We’ve introduced a minor change to how Blocking works. Until now, if Account A blocked Account B, that meant that Account B could not interact with any of Account A’s content. That included observations, comments, identifications, journal posts, flags, etc. However, that also meant that Account B w…

Blocking no longer applies to Taxon Flags and Taxon Changes

insectobserver123 September 10, 2025, 3:49am 9

I have personally encountered blocks used to exclude curators who disagree with the flagger from participation in taxon flags, this was definitely an issue

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Remove the ability of users to block others from commenting on taxon flags and changes Feature Requests web , github-issue-made , implemented	6	603	September 11, 2025
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Blocking no longer applies to Taxon Flags and Taxon Changes

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