I’m curious to hear about why you may or may not block a user? Do you use this feature? I’ve never been on a platform like this where it shows you comment unavailable to indicate that you are blocked.

I was recently chatting with another reader about the vibes of a book and they didn’t agree, but instead of engaging in further discussion (to which I would have loved to have heard what vibes they thought the book had) they blocked me. I’m kinda bummed and have never had that happen before.

I wanted to open the floor up to maybe understand better. I don’t think I would block a reader in that fashion. Maybe I would use the feature if someone was sharing triggering content related, but not to end a conversation. I’m just surprised and a bit hurt.

Edit: WOW. Thank you all for sharing your experiences, opinions, perspectives, thoughts. This has really helped me see this feature in a different light and was very helpful for me to read. I appreciate you all. 🫶🏻

This is kind of a silly post. I just started a new book, and one of the characters has the same name as someone I used to know and do not like to think about anymore. I find the name in the book a little distracting. What do you do when you encounter a character with a name you associate with someone you don’t like?

I don’t think I’ll DNF over this name, but I know there are other names that would make me stop reading, no matter how interesting the book sounds. Am I just too picky? LOL 😭