I seem to remember, once upon a time, seeing an option to block (I think shadow-block) a comment poster who just does not quit. However, I have lost the route to that action. Can anyone tell me how to access that tool?
Many thanks
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How to block or shadow-block persistent comment posters on forum?
Go to the gallery page of that person by clicking on their name/username
Click the 3-dots button as seen in the picture below
(on mobile, the 3-dots menu is in the site header)
Kind regards,
Salvatore
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PS: this doesn't block them on the forums: only in your private messages, image comments, and your notifications.
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Thanks…that was what I needed!
Salvatore Iovene · Jan 5, 2026, 03:26 PM
PS: this doesn't block them on the forums: only in your private messages, image comments, and your notifications.
Is there a way to block someone on the forums, or ever a plan to include that?
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There is no way at the moment, and I haven't thought about the problem. The most obvious thing that is blocking this is that you would have a weird experience with missing posts, or it would look like people talking to themselves, or answering questions nobody asked. And what if the quote that person, and the body of their message is within a post from somebody you didn't block?
It's a bit of a can of worms.
Sal - this is actually a very common feature in many online forums like various comment sections etc. As an example, some very prominent newspaper comment section allows you to block someone. What then happens is that you don’t get notified if they respond to your postings, anything they post is hidden, etc. As long as you don’t end up blocking more than 2-3 people, it really does not take away from the conversation and can actually be very effective in improving your experience. People that you don’t like to hear from or whose opinions take away from your experience are very much less likely to respond to you if they know that you will not read what they have to say. It is a feature that you should consider adding to AB even as an experiment.