Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked
I can't block a spammer. Says he's blocked, but he doesn't come off my followers list. I have tried both on my followers list and on my followers list.
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Hi guys, this is a known bug that we're working on, and almost done fixing! The good news is, the person really is blocked. The bad news is, the follow number and page is not keeping up with the times. I"ll post an update here as soon as the fix goes live.
Thanks!
Crystal
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Inappropriate?imagine if people could be voted up or down based on their behaviour, we could rank people like ringernation down to a really low point which triggers a vote on banning/blacklisting them.
I’m giddy with the prospect of letting people know how much they are hated
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Inappropriate?I have the same problem with. Please add to the list?
Sarah Plam sarahplam / Sarah Plam
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Inappropriate?I'd like to block Sarah Plam, for the same reasons.
Sarah Plam sarahplam / Sarah Plam
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Inappropriate?HEY FOLKS! i just unblocked those pesky klingons and blocked them again. THEYRE GONE!
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yes, before I came here I tried it and it worked!!! I'm happy! YAY!. -
Inappropriate?Hi guys, this is a known bug that we're working on, and almost done fixing! The good news is, the person really is blocked. The bad news is, the follow number and page is not keeping up with the times. I"ll post an update here as soon as the fix goes live.
Thanks!
Crystal
I’m happy and I know it. clapping hands.
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Woot! Thanks, Crystal! For the first time I find myself looking forward to a sharp drop in my follower count. haha! -
As long as it's working under the covers, I'm happy. Thanks for the heads up! -
Inappropriate?I just wanted to confirm that I'm having this issue too. I'm curious about how it will be fixed as some of the spammers accounts have been removed (which is a good thing). I don't want to unblock them (the only option listed), I just want them gone.
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Inappropriate?EUREKA!! :-) I think I figured out a way to get rid of your blocked spammers who still show up in your list of followers. What I did with mine was 1) in a separate browser window, go to each of the offenders' twitter addresses. 2) For ones whose accounts were no longer there, I went back to my followers list (in the original browser window) and clicked the "unblock" button next to their name. 3) Then I tried to "block" them again, but got the "no such Twitter account" screen. 4) And when I returned to my profile, each of them was gone. Took a while since you have to do each one separately, but it worked, thankgod! (I might have tried to follow them at some point, but since their accounts were no longer there, I couldn't. Sorry, it was a couple of days ago, and I can't remember all the details now.) Give it a try; as long as you already know a particular account has been deleted, this should work.
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I don't know why but it works! thank you. -
That doesn't work for me... I get a popup that says "are you sure you want to unblock this person?" and when I hit okay it says it can't find that page. So the spammer whose account was deleted (barbie071) is still in my list. -
Inappropriate?Well, the second (& last) of my pesky followers has gone in the last 24 hours. I don't know whether they've deleted his account or fixed the "follower list" problem, but thanks, Twitter.
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But hang on... One day later and he's back. And still my only options are "follow" or "unblock". Where is the "NUKE!" button? Huh? Make him die, I'm sick of this. -
Inappropriate?Would it be a difficult task to make the followers list optional? If the follower email notifications were reliable, I'd prefer to go without the list in the sidebar. As long as it's public, it feels like I have to either block unwanted followers or (by leaving them there) endorse them. I'd prefer to list only the accounts I choose to follow - a kind of blogroll.
It's not like the followers list tells us much, anyway. It doesn't count anybody following (subscribing) by RSS, so... well, what's the point of it? Popularity grading? -
Inappropriate?Hi. I'm not sure if this will work for anyone else, but this work-around let me remove followers that I previously couldn't remove through Blocking.
1. I set my account to "protected" or private at http://twitter.com/account/settings
2. I went through my Followers list at http://twitter.com/followers and clicked the [Remove] button for anyone I don't want following me.
When I refresh my Followers list after removing someone, they no longer show up on my Followers list, and my Followers count decreases accordingly.
And when I visit the profile page of the other party, I no longer see the 'message' and 'nudge' actions on their sidebar (which was another indicator that they're following me).
It can be a bit of a pain to go through the Followers pages, but if this issue really bothers you, you might consider it worth the effort.
And when you're done, you can always set your account back to public at http://twitter.com/account/settings
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This fixed it! Yay-hooray! Thanks, mdy! -
Wow! I'm happy to hear that! Thanks for the feedback! 8-) -
Yes, this does get around the glitch! :) Thanks.
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