soft-blocking

A form of soft-block — 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.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of soft-block
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APA

soft-blocking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-blocking

MLA

“soft-blocking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-blocking. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft-blocking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-blocking.

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