One thing that not everyone knows about Facebook Messenger is the ability to block someone, without taking away the friendship on Facebook. In practice, you remain friends on Facebook, but the messages sent by those who have been blocked cannot reach us.
Obviously, those who are blocked have no notification and will be able to write messages as much as they want, perhaps thinking that the recipient will read them without replying.
So to avoid writing messages in a vacuum, in the absence of a clear indication that our messages sent to a Facebook friend are actually read, let's see what is the clue that makes us understand that a contact has blocked us on Facebook Messenger .
What is important, above all, is to understand if that person has blocked us or if he has deactivated the account.
First of all, let's remember what it means to block a user on Facebook there is a big difference between the terms "blocked" and "deleted" .
In summary terms, when someone is blocked on Facebook, this person not only can no longer contact us and ask us for friendship, but he will no longer even see our profile and will not even be able to read what we publish.
It is a complete block, which prevents any contact attempt.
If you delete someone from friends, they will still be able to see our Facebook profile, the things we publish with public visibility and also contact us via Messenger.
If you delete a person's friendship without blocking them on Messenger, their messages will still be received in the " Message requests " mailbox, which contains the messages received by all non-friends.
The block on Facebook Messenger chat can also be done on a Facebook friend, who can continue to see our posts and everything, but will not be able to contact us with messages.
If I block my contact, he will no longer see me online and will not be able to send me messages in chat or even call us, even if he was still on my list of friends.
Of course, even the blocker will not be able to send chat messages to the blocked person.
Note that if I and the person who blocked me on Messenger are added to the same conversation group, Facebook will notify the person who placed the block, so that they can choose whether to join the group or refuse.
Seeing who blocked me on Messenger is pretty simple.
Both from PC and from the Messenger app on your smartphone, when you send a message and immediately receive the reply " This person is not available at the moment ", then we have been blocked and the message will not be read by the recipient.
In addition, we will never be able to make voice calls to him, because Messenger calls are also blocked.
If we have been blocked on Messenger by a Facebook friend we will not find the button to call, which is normally present instead
The only other reason why the word " This person is not available at the moment " may appear is if the person to whom we are writing has disabled the account.
To check, just try to open his Facebook profile and see if the page is available.
If it is and we can read its data and its posts, then the account is not deactivated, but we have actually been blocked in chat.
How do you block someone on Messenger by leaving them among Facebook friends "> www.messenger.com, search for the name of the person to be blocked, then press the i button at the top right.
In the information tab, next to the name, click on the gear button and then on Block messages .
On the app it is the same thing: search for the name, on Android press the key with the i at the top right, while on iPhone press the name at the top to see the information.
Then scroll down the options tab and activate the one that blocks messages.
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