It has been known for quite some time now that you cannot
block Facebook's co-founder Mark Zuckerberg or his wife Priscilla Chan on the
social media app even if you desperately want to do so. Trying to do so shows
an error message and the process is failed. But now there are chances that you
may soon be able to do so.
A report from Buzfeed now claims that Facebook is working on
this issue and could fix it soon. Zuckerberg told the website that his team is
working on to resolve this error but it could take some time. Currently if you
try blocking Zuckerberg or his wife, an error message is reflected reading
this- "You can report Pages or profiles if you think they're doing
something that goes against our Community Standards. Learn more. If you think
you're seeing this by mistake, please let us know."
The Facebook users can block anyone except Mark Zuckerberg
and his wife Priscilla Chan. The error has been there since 2010 when it was
reported by Tech Crunch. Zuckerberg currently has more than 95 million followers while his wife Priscilla
Chan is followed by over 1 million people on Facebook.
Reportedly, Zuckerberg and his wife have been blocked so
many times on Facebook that the site's algorithm doesn't allow you to block
them anymore. Apparently, the posts from
Zuckerberg are promoted due to some news feed algorithm and are pushed to the
news feed of many.
However, it isn't just Chan or Zuckerberg who cannot be
blocked on Facebook but anyone who's been blocked for several times.
"I can tell you that people trying to block a profile
or Page may see an error message if it has been blocked many times within a
short period," the Facebook spokesperson told Buzfeed. "This
temporary message does not prevent people from reporting profiles or Pages that
they think are in violation of our Community Standards."
Facebook's blocking feature allows you to prevent someone
from seeing your posts on your profile, starting conversations with you or even
adding you as a friend. Blocking someone also automatically unfriends them from
your list. In case you've unblocked someone recently and want to re-block
again, you can only do it after 48 hours of unlocking him or her on Facebook.
