# I wish to understand replying then immediately blocking on twitter. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 31, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-understand-replying-then-immediately-blocking-on-twitter/811537 "2018-03-31T20:03:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-understand-replying-then-immediately-blocking-on-twitter/811537/1 "2018-03-31T20:03:46Z")
What happens when you reply to someone on twitter then immediately block them? I understand this means you cannot read their posts, they cannot read your posts, but everyone else can read your reply. Furthermore, the target doesn’t know that he has been replied to. Do I understand this properly? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-understand-replying-then-immediately-blocking-on-twitter/811537/2 "2018-04-02T16:36:10Z")
When you block someone they can’t reply to or retweet you. They can still read your tweets. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-understand-replying-then-immediately-blocking-on-twitter/811537/3 "2018-04-02T17:08:57Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > When you block someone they can’t reply to or retweet you. They can still read your tweets. If you block someone, they cannot read your tweets. (I say that as someone blocked by a few people on Twitter) ETA: you can’t even find them in Search! That I did not know. #@gehrig38 ETA2: to the OP, yes, you understand properly. responding and blocking is just a childish way to get in the last word to everyone but the recipient. that said, you can obviously go look at someone’s tweets without logging into Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-understand-replying-then-immediately-blocking-on-twitter/811537/4 "2018-04-02T17:38:02Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > If you block someone, they cannot read your tweets. . Yes, they can. The most common way to discover someone has blocked you is to try to respond to or retweet something that someone you follow has retweeted. Then you get a message that they have blocked you so you aren’t allowed to reply/retweet. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-understand-replying-then-immediately-blocking-on-twitter/811537/5 "2018-04-02T18:50:44Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Yes, they can. The most common way to discover someone has blocked you is to try to respond to or retweet something that someone you follow has retweeted. Then you get a message that they have blocked you so you aren’t allowed to reply/retweet. If you are in someone’s mentions and so is the account blocking you, yes you will see that you are blocked and mentioned, but you cannot directly read the tweets of the blocker. > **[How to block accounts on X](https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/blocking-and-unblocking-accounts)** > > Learn how to use X's block feature when you want to restrict an account from following you or viewing your posts. > [@](#): > > Blocked accounts cannot: > > - Follow you > **- View your Tweets when logged in on Twitter (unless they report you, and your Tweets mention them)** > - Find your Tweets in search when logged in on Twitter > - Send Direct Messages to you > - View your following or followers lists, likes or lists when logged in on Twitter > - View a Moment you’ve created when logged in on Twitter > - Add your Twitter account to their lists > Tag you in a photo