softblock
softblock is the alternative form of soft-block.
Meaning of soft-block
Verb
soft-block (third-person singular simple present soft-blocks, present participle soft-blocking, simple past and past participle soft-blocked)
- To block (a user) on social media and then immediately unblock them, so that the user will (perhaps unknowingly) no longer follow or engage with the blocking user's posts.
- Softblocking is not a built-in function, but a strategy. There are a few ways of doing it, but the idea is to create a sort of inverted mute.2019 November 11, Brian Feldman, “How to Block, Mute, and Avoid Your Enemies Online”, in New York—Intelligencer
Forms of softblock
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | softblocks |
| present participle | softblocking |
| past participle | softblocked |
| past | softblocked |
| Noun | |
| plural | softblocks |
Questions about softblock
- What is softblock the alternative form of?
- Softblock is the alternative form of soft-block.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: softblock (page history and authors); soft-block (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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