soft-block

== English == === Alternative forms === softblock, soft block === Verb === soft-block (third-person singular simple present soft-blocks, present participle soft-blocking, simple past and past participle soft-blocked) (Internet, transitive) To block (a user) on social media and then immediately unblock them, so that the user will (perhaps unknowingly) no longer follow or engage with the blocking user's posts. Coordinate term: hard-block === Noun === soft-block (plural soft-blocks) (Internet) The act of soft-blocking. Coordinate term: hard-block