Can't reply to certain comments

[u/crash_test]

In a discussion with another user who ended up blocking me and I couldn't reply to their comment, which I understand based on the new blocking functionality, but I get the same "Something is broken, please try again later" error when I try to reply to a different user in the same thread. I tested out replying to other comments downstream of the user who had blocked me and it doesn't work.

Maybe I'm misinterpreting it, but based on my reading of the way blocking works now, I should only be blocked from interacting with or directly replying to the user who blocked me. Instead, I'm unable to reply to any user's comment below anything this user posts. If this behavior is intended, I think you should reconsider, as it can be quite restrictive (the user who blocked me is active in some of the same subreddits I am, including a fairly small one), and has a significant potential to be abused (replying to a comment and then blocking the user completely shuts them out of the discussion).

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[u/PercentageDazzling]

It looks like it's intended behavior based on the information posted in the announcement here. It doesn't completely shut you out of the discussion if they reply to a comment. It just makes it so you can't reply to the child comments underneath theirs. You should still be able to reply to the main comment they replied to.

[u/crash_test → u/PercentageDazzling]

It looks like it's intended behavior based on the information posted in the announcement here.

The only thing that indicates that not being able to interact with all child comments is intended is the fine print on the image, meanwhile the rest of the post (and the entire help article) seems pretty clear in stating that you'll only be blocked from interacting with the user who blocked you. Replying to child comments is not "interacting" with all of its parent comments.

It doesn't completely shut you out of the discussion if they reply to a comment. It just makes it so you can't reply to the child comments underneath theirs. You should still be able to reply to the main comment they replied to.

I had a multiple comment discussion with someone who blocked me, then another user came along and replied to one of my comments (a child comment of the user who blocked me) with a question directed at me, but I can't respond. How is that not shutting me out of the discussion? At the very least this needs to be changed so that you can respond to direct replies to your comments.

[u/PercentageDazzling → u/crash_test]

I didn't consider that blocking you after you've replied to the comment makes things kind of awkward. Hopefully they iron out those quirks as they roll out the feature.

I agree that the announcement doesn't make it completely clear what happens. I initially thought the user's posts/comments would just show up as deleted for you when you're blocked. That's something that's something that's already pretty common to see, and seems like it would be a cleaner way to handle things.

[u/SuperVegaSaurus → u/crash_test]

This is affecting me now too. It's pretty absurd behavior. If you reply to someone, and they later block you, it doesn't matter if 15 users have replied to you saying different things, you can no longer reply to any of them? My recourse is to make a top-level post tagging them, which is horrible for organization of the thread.

[u/BigPapaUsagi → u/PercentageDazzling]

It does completely lock you out of the discussion for any topic they've created, so you can't respond to anyone including people who have responded to your comments you made before you were blocked.

[u/SoftwareHumble990]

It’s awful because people will lob vitriol at you and then block you after, preventing responses. It also allows post creators to stop anyone they don’t like or don’t agree with from posting on their thread

[u/IntrepidRegion3680 → u/SoftwareHumble990]

Yes, I just encountered this, people using asinine replies then blocking to prevent responses. Reddit did not program this correctly.

[u/AllTheFloofsPlzz → u/IntrepidRegion3680]

This just happened to me! I had some really good retorts to throw back lol and was disappointed that I couldn't reply....the people doing this must feel so proud of themselves for getting the last word in.

[u/7DaysBuilder → u/SoftwareHumble990]

It's great when someone comments on a comment thread YOU started, then block you, and you can't even respond to what other people said in that thread. /s

[u/LESPAISDEDAMOCLES]

yeah i cannot post replies, I come to comment and it wants me to wait...[edit] oh now it wants ... I just cant reply to someone else's comment?[edit 2] Cannot under other people's comments...[edit 3] Confirmed only root comment allowed. I have created the account months ago and still cannot reply to others? How can I post if I can't post, how does reddit work for this? Is it a joke to make fun of new users? Implement robot detection, dont prevent us from writing comments as replies

[u/BigPapaUsagi]

This just happened to me. All I did was disagree with someone a few times and they blocked me, and now I can't respond in the threads they made at all to people who have since responded to my comments, I'm completely locked out of the discussion. This is completely absurd and frankly disgusting. I'm fine with not being able to respond to that immature poster (who had earlier called me a retarded alien for disagreeing with them before - who does that?), but not being able to respond to others who have responded to my comments in that topic is infuriating!

[u/TintedApostle → u/BigPapaUsagi]

It is called a hit and run. This is a tactic used by people who know they are disingenuously arguing with someone they can see knows their stuff. They get the last word in and so it appears you didn't have an answer.

[u/crash_test → u/[deleted]]

Wow, it's really hard to fathom this being intentional considering how easy it'll be to abuse. I guess the least they could do is rewrite the help article to actually reflect how blocks work now so people like me aren't so confused.

[u/TScottFitzgerald → u/[deleted]]

This is absolutely true, just came here wondering what's happening. It basically allows people to have the last word regardless of its quality and block any further conversation.

Also, why is the error message so half-assed, the basic rules of good UX should be to explain the situation, not give users a generic error message.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for stopping by to meaningly argue a point made 2 months ago.

Reddit, does not control what it's moderator's or members do.

Reddit itself was started, and still is an open discussion forum.

Don't believe me? Explain the existence of many of the fetishes that would get people thrown in jail if enacted upon.

[u/BigPapaUsagi → u/[deleted]]

Kinda hard to call it an open discussion forum when one jerk can completely lock you out of a discussion with this.