Can I unfollow myself for them somehow?

October 31, 2011 11:36 PM

I have a follower on Tumblr I would much rather not have. Can I make them unfollow me somehow on my end? From what I can see "blocking" them does pretty much nothing. I just dont want to show up on their dash anymore. Any way or clever workarounds so that I can make that happen?
posted by skjønn to technology (7 answers total)

I don't think there's any way that would make this stick. They can always just make a new account, right?
posted by aubilenon at 11:53 PM on October 31, 2011

Blocking them should make it so you don't show up on their dash. I think that's essentially what it does.
posted by MiaWallace at 12:11 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]

They are still going to be able to see your blog unless you password-protect it..
posted by 3mendo at 12:34 AM on November 1, 2011

Block and change the tumblr name so they can't find you again?
posted by revikim at 2:21 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]

Seconding password protection.

Tumblr isn't particularly well set up for filtering who can see your content, alas.
posted by Narrative Priorities at 5:51 AM on November 1, 2011

Even if you block them, they can still follow your RSS feed as long as your blog is public (not password-protected). I do this with a couple of blogs that are actual blog-type written blogs that just happen to be posted on tumblr. Thirding password protection.
posted by immlass at 6:52 AM on November 1, 2011

If the Tumblr is publicly-viewable, no. Even if you could somehow block their account from viewing yours, all they'd have to do is log out.

Password-protection seems like the only way to do this.
posted by Lexica at 9:38 PM on November 1, 2011