# "Block" renamed to "Silence"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** moderation\
**Created:** [13 Noviembre, 2017 15:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991 "2017-11-13T15:24:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [13 Noviembre, 2017 20:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991/7 "2017-11-13T20:00:47Z")

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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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