The Truth About Being Blocked | Generated by AI
Question: What are some unpopular opinions about being blocked or deleted on social media by a friend or someone we know?
Answer:
Here are some genuinely unpopular (often down-voted or controversial) opinions that surface repeatedly in discussions about being blocked/deleted by friends or acquaintances:
- Getting blocked is usually a favor, not an insult. It’s the cleanest, least dramatic way for someone to say “I no longer want you in my life” without forcing an awkward confrontation. Being ghosted or slow-faded is far more disrespectful.
- If someone blocks you, it’s almost never “out of nowhere.” You probably ignored multiple subtle (or not-so-subtle) hints that they were distancing themselves. Blocking is the final step, not the first.
- Being blocked doesn’t make you a victim; it just reveals that the relationship was more one-sided than you wanted to admit. Real friends talk it out; casual friends block.
- People vastly overestimate how much others care about their posts. Most blocks happen because the blocker got tired of seeing your content, not because of some huge betrayal or fight.
- Blocking is healthier than keeping toxic or draining “friends” on your feed just to avoid hurting their feelings. Curating your social circle aggressively is self-care, not cowardice.
- If you’re genuinely upset about being blocked by someone you barely talk to in real life, that says more about your attachment to online validation than about their actions.
- The people who complain loudest about being blocked are often the same ones who have blocked others for far less. It’s only “immature” when it happens to them.
- In 2025, blocking someone you know IRL is the modern equivalent of “I don’t want to be friends anymore” in middle school. Everyone acts like it’s a nuclear option, but it’s actually pretty low-stakes compared to the drama of an explicit breakup conversation.
- Being blocked without explanation is perfectly fine. Nobody owes you closure for a social-media connection that probably took three seconds to accept years ago.
- If your first reaction to being blocked is to make subtweets, Reddit threads, or TikToks about it, you’ve just proven exactly why they blocked you.
These opinions tend to get pushback because most people prefer the comforting narrative that blocking is always rude, dramatic, or a sign of the blocker’s immaturity—rather than confronting the possibility that they themselves may have been the problem (or that the connection simply ran its course).