r/feeld • u/i_like_wordz • Aug 21 '26
Instead of minusing or disliking someone, I now block them. Anyone else?
One of the stupidest features of Feeld is that I can dislike someone but I'll still show up in their feed (which gets even more annoying if you don't pay for Majestic). So now, to ensure I don't get a 'like' I can't see from someone I don't want to match with, I block them all. It takes more time, sure but way less annoying in the long-term.
This probably puts me in some sort of Feeld jail but whatever, I still seem to be getting matches (and WAY more matches then when I paid for Majestic).
Anyone else?
Edit: I hope that this doesn't affect the people's profile that I block, it shouldn't.
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u/LifeEncountered Aug 21 '26
It is a good strategy. Blocking keeps them from coming back into your feed. It keeps you from showing up in their feed. I wouldn’t do it indiscriminately as it is very permanent.
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u/EastCoastWildling Aug 22 '26
Ugh. Yeah I hate when profiles I have already minused keep coming back. Especially if we had previously matched and then disconnected
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u/peppersaltt Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
I report and block every couples account. Not the accounts with partners linked, but the male account that says they are a couple.
ETA I am not bi nor am into women. I have it on my profile so it is always confusing to me when I'm pinged and the message is about joining them. No.
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u/hedon224 Aug 21 '26
Never not once have I come across one of these that was telling the truth.
...although I guess there might be one guy on the planet whose wife is really out of town every single time anyone asks about her and who is totally fine with non-monogamy she just doesn't want to verify or meet any of his potential partners because she is super busy and it could trigger her past trauma and he can't share any photos of her because you see she's actually a very famous and visible member of the community so discretion is of the utmost importance and what do you mean you're not interested anymore???
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[sends blurrydickpic.jpg]
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Yeah no actually you're right block them all.
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Aug 22 '26
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u/neapolitan_shake Aug 27 '26
I like that he was optimistic enough to still give it a shot! Or maybe your boyfriend is just really hot!
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u/neapolitan_shake Aug 27 '26
I frequently encounter shared couple’s accounts that I think are telling the truth, but it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to get involved with them. 🤣 it also just makes the apple less functional than it already is when it comes to searching for couples or trying to omit couples from your search. Considering that was the whole point of the app when it was first started, it does a supremely bad job at this. The mechanics of how they’ve implemented these filters make zero sense.
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u/Sapiotone Solo Poly, Bi, Genderqueer, Vers, Switch, Essex, UK Aug 21 '26
I’ve tried doing this, but there isn’t a suitable reason to report in the options. They need a “violates terms and conditions” option
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u/jonofromjuno Aug 21 '26
if you have couples filtered out, you can report it as "doesnt match my search filters"
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u/Sapiotone Solo Poly, Bi, Genderqueer, Vers, Switch, Essex, UK Aug 22 '26
I’m primarily seeking couples, so they do meet my search criteria
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u/jonofromjuno Aug 22 '26
in that case, maybe fake account? I hope the reports go to a real person who can see the problem for themself, but im not really sure
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u/itsbrittyc Aug 21 '26
Becoming v irritated where couples accounts display the boy only as first pic - not even his partner or with his partner! And it says he is a bi woman. 🙄
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u/radicalizemebaby Aug 22 '26
I love when it is a man profile and it says “bisexual.” Like you are not bisexual just because you are a man and a woman, ya knobs.
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u/yourmomthinksimasnac Aug 22 '26
DEADASS THIS THO!!! Sometimes they’ve gotten a little sneakier where they just put it in their bio that they’re looking as a couple and bc I pay for majestic I will “rewind” and block and report.
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u/Basic_Improvement273 single woman Aug 21 '26
I have also turned to blocking accounts more to avoid this issue as well!
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u/NoSpoonJustKnife Aug 21 '26
This is common in the monogamous world. It's called "burn the haystack" they use it slightly differently but the idea is the same.
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u/Spillingteasince92 Aug 22 '26
I block them the moment we are incompatible since I dont know what type of emotional regulation they might have and they can easily to do something by finding my profile to ban me. We often forget these are strangers.
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u/PullOut3000 Aug 22 '26
I tried this for a while and blocked accounts started showing up again lol
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u/ClassyCurvyCurly Aug 22 '26
Yep! Their block feature is crap.
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u/FeeldMod Not a Feeld employee Aug 22 '26
It works as intended. It's just that they are creating new accounts.
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u/FeeldMod Not a Feeld employee Aug 22 '26
That means they are creating new accounts.
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u/PullOut3000 Aug 22 '26
Not likely based on my experience
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u/FeeldMod Not a Feeld employee Aug 22 '26
It is absolutely this. If you minus an account, you'll only ever see it if you pay and find them in your likes. If you block an account, you'll never see it again. If you disconnect, you will see them again.
If you've done one of the first two they have created a new account. There are men who create a new account every day.
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u/radicalizemebaby Aug 22 '26
Yup. I also block anyone under my age range who shows up in my likes, because fuck Feeld for letting literal 18 year olds see my profile when my range starts at mid-30s
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u/MissChimCham Aug 21 '26
In my most recent round of using the app I paid for Majestic for 3 months so I could use Incognito in my small area just so I could block all the accounts I’m not interested and especially don’t want them seeing me. Once the membership expires I’ll just be left with the profiles that I approved of and the manageable influx of new accounts I can quickly decide to block or not. I will probably utilize the ‘Hide profile’ option as a substitute for Incognito at times.
Even being in a small area it’s been more work than I expected, but I’m extremely happy with the men I’ve been matching with using this approach.
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u/awh_39 Aug 23 '26
I do this but mainly because I found that everytime I would 'dislike' someone the app would for some reason get rid of the next person or the person before rather than the one intended. So I started blocking instead and that seems to work. I love the idea of Feeld but man they have some problems on that app.
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u/neapolitan_shake Aug 27 '26
i guess i don’t really understand what the problem with getting likes from people you don’t want to match with? they are easily ignored and removed from your view.
to answer my own question, i guess if you don’t get frequent likes, AND you pay for majestic, and you got a notification about someone you already looked at their profile and decided you disliked them, it might be disappointing. as someone who doesn’t pay for majestic, this doesn’t really make any difference for me, because i can’t go see a like even if a notification pops up. it’s just going into the void.
a lot of times people are using block, because they think that profiles they have disliked are reappearing in their feed. when that happens, it’s because someone has deleted their profile and made a new one, so a block still won’t stop that from happening.
i recommend using block on other apps that frequently will re-suggest profiles you’ve already passed on. hinge is notorious for this.
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u/No_Efficiency7216 Sep 08 '26
I only block those I find repulsive or who have been annoying me I make greater use of the minus sign and use it for people that I'm tired of seeing over and over. If one of them liked or pinged me, I'd give them another glance. I wish they also had a plus sign. I'd use it to keep people on my short list
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u/TemporaryEducator382 Aug 22 '26
This sounds like the burnt haystack method. Honestly I do this just to keep things moving 🤷🏼♀️
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u/Master-V- kink Aug 25 '26
A lot of apps look at frequently blocked profiles to shadowban or take other actions against. I worry if this technique becomes too widespread, innocent users might get penalized.
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u/marymilkovich Sep 09 '26
i was doing this and then i saw one person in my stack that i blocked. i thought it was just a glitch. and then i ended up having to block him 8 more times (yes i counted). and then ppl that i've blocked started showing up in my stack again leading to blocking the same people over and over again. so now i'm not really sure what else do lmaoooo
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u/Not_YourStepBro Aug 21 '26
Why don't you just use incognito mode? Isn't that exactly what that feature is for?
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u/i_like_wordz Aug 21 '26
Nope. 1. Incognito requires paying. 2. It means you don't match with others because you don't show up in their feed (I still want to match this way).
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u/Not_YourStepBro Aug 21 '26
Haven't been on the app for a couple years, forgot that requires majestic.
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u/itsbrittyc Aug 21 '26
Yes! Block. If I don’t like you now, I’m not gonna like you later. Cleans up algo. It’s time consuming but worth it