Whats App is ubiquitous. It is out there in every smartphone and when a
service has millions and millions of users, there are instances when some users
block a few other users. The reasons could be many but the crux of the matter
is that once you are blocked, you won't be able to send the messages to the
person who has blocked you.
But at the same time, there is
another question -- how do you know that you have been blocked? Well, there are
various ways.
-- If you have enabled last seen for
your profile, you should be able to see the last seen status for other users.
This means you should be able to see in WhatsApp that your friend Rohit was
last online two hours ago. However, if Rohit blocks you, then you won't be able
to see this info. Instead, the part where this info appears will be blank.
-- If someone has blocked you then
you won't see their profile photos. It will show you the image only if you have
applied the image to that person in your phone's contact book.
-- If you are sending messages to a
person and they are never delivered, which means they never get two ticks and
stay at one tick, you can assume the worst: yep, you are most likely blocked.
Even if a user has turned off the read receipts, your messages would still get
two ticks once they get delivered. If that is not happening, you are blocked.
However, remember that blue ticks means message has been delivered and on some
occasions this gets delayed due to network issues etc. So you should wait
before you jump to conclusions. It is possible that the phone of the receiver
was switched off for one whole day. But if your messages are not going through
even after four or five days and you know the receiver is online, you can be
100 per cent sure that you are blocked.
-- You may make a WhatsApp call but
if the person has blocked you, the call will never go through.
-- The last way and the best way to
find out if you are blocked or not is to ask the person, if that is an option
available to you. If someone, who is close, is blocking you could be some
reason. May be you can walk up to that person and ask him or her if you are
really blocked on whatsApp or is it is just the poor network.
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