Can a member block another member from reading their posts?

[michelle86]

Hi,

So I need to find out asap whether or not there is a mod out there that will allow Member A to not only ignore Member B's posts but that will also block Member B from reading Member A's posts.

I have a member that does not want another member reading her posts for legitimate reasons. I can't ban this member because a lot of other good members actually like her and they'd give me a bunch of grief if I did.

I've tried searching for this in the mods but can't find anything. If you know of something out there, please let me know!

[kh99]

You could do something like this: create a plugin using hook location postbit_display_complete and this code:

if ($this->registry->userinfo['userid'] == 1 && $post['userid'] == 2)
    $post['message'] = "<b>You do not have permission to view this post</b>";

(of course you'd change 1 and 2 to the actual user ids of the blocked and blocking users).
But there are other ways to see a post that aren't covered by this, for example if your forum is not private to members only then the user you're trying to block would only have to log out.

[michelle86]

Tested it out and it works but...

Is there a way to do it, so it won't display to the blocked person at all? And even make it so they can't see entire threads started by a specific member?

That would be ideal with the current situation I am facing with two members right now.

Also when you go to the member's profile and click "view all posts" it still shows a portion of the post (or all of it if it were a short post). That's a pretty easy loophole to figure out.

[kh99]

Originally Posted by michelle86

Also when you go to the member's profile and click "view all posts" it still shows a portion of the post (or all of it if it were a short post). That's a pretty easy loophole to figure out.

Yeah, I was just going to post that when I saw your update. I figured there must be other ways to see the posts, and they probably have to be addressed individually.

I'll think about it. Maybe someone else will come up with a better idea in the mean time.

[Menzer]

This would be great, I have a few users who requested something like this. This was due to a person following another user and posting stupid things. would love to see this as a feature

[Zylantex]

I'm sure that someone with more coding ability than I could find a way to make use of the "Ignore" feature.

For instance if Fred has Joe on ignore then two things happen:
1. Fred can't see Joe's posts (as per standard feature)
2. Joe would then be denied access to reading Fred's posts.