# "Block" renamed to "Silence"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** moderation\
**Created:** [Novembre 13, 2017, 3:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991 "2017-11-13T15:24:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [Novembre 13, 2017, 3:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/1 "2017-11-13T15:24:53Z")

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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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