# "Block" renamed to "Silence"
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** moderation
**Created:** [11월 13, 2017, 3:24오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991 "2017-11-13T15:24:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [11월 13, 2017, 3:24오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/1 "2017-11-13T15:24:53Z")
We’ve heard feedback over the years that “block”, the staff tool to prevent users from posting on the site was unclear. Without knowing what “block” meant in a Discourse sense, one could just as easily infer that it mean block the user from using the site (which is a suspension).
As such, we’ve renamed block to “silence” in [Rename "Blocked" to "Silenced" · discourse/discourse@1f14350 · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1f14350220b4df9ee0bdc3c6bf1e7794b7c494fc)
Over the next few days we’ll be working our way through Meta to update documentation and other discussions that refer to “blocking”.
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### Author:  [@nixie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nixie)
#### Post date: [11월 13, 2017, 4:02오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/2 "2017-11-13T16:02:24Z")
@jomaxro
Was it just a “rename” or a change in functionality has been done?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [11월 13, 2017, 4:03오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/3 "2017-11-13T16:03:18Z")
Just a rename. There should be no change in functionality. If there is, please report it as a #Contribute > Bug
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [11월 13, 2017, 4:19오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/4 "2017-11-13T16:19:24Z")
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> Over the next few days we’ll be working our way through Meta to update documentation and other discussions that refer to “blocking”.
That sounds like a good time! Good luck with that. 🙂
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### Author:  [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)
#### Post date: [11월 13, 2017, 7:56오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/5 "2017-11-13T19:56:19Z")
Thanks for the announce!
Check the setting, example key: `system_messages.user_automatically_silenced.text_body_template` at `server.en.yml` (transifex).
Says:
> (…)
> This threshold can be changed via the `block_new_user` site settings.
That setting will be renamed too?
Something like `silence_new_user` ? 🤔
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [11월 13, 2017, 7:58오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/6 "2017-11-13T19:58:05Z")
Site settings have all been changed. I’ll double check the translation files, they should have all been updated as well.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [11월 13, 2017, 8:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/7 "2017-11-13T20:00:47Z")
Block was a rare state to be in and only recently was an explicit button added for mods to put users in it. So I don’t expect much pain from the rename.
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### Author:  [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)
#### Post date: [11월 13, 2017, 8:04오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/8 "2017-11-13T20:04:56Z")
Agree @jomaxro, I mean if “block\_new\_user” does not exist anymore, need to be renamed too 😉
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [11월 13, 2017, 8:36오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/9 "2017-11-13T20:36:16Z")
Fixed:
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [12월 1, 2023, 12:24오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/10 "2023-12-01T12:24:26Z")
6개의 게시물이 새 주제로 분리되었습니다: [구체적으로, “Silence”는 무엇을 하나요?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specifically-what-does-silence-do/287184)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [12월 1, 2023, 12:21오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/17 "2023-12-01T12:21:21Z")