There is a great little instant messaging utility, Pidgin that helps to find who has blocked you in Google Talk. If you not sure how to configure Pidgin with Google Talk, I advice you to first visit this page.
Ok, now when you are aware of how to configure Pidgin to work with Google Talk, I’ll guide how to make smart use of Pidgin to identify who has blocked you on Google Talk.
It’s very simple. Just follow the steps:-
1- Log in to your Gmail account on Pidgin.
2- Go to “Buddies” -> “Show Offline Buddies“. (A person who has blocked you must be showing offline to you. So you need to make all offline friends visible)
3- Now all your contacts are visible to you. Pick any one of those.
4- Right Click on your chosen contact name and select “Get Info“.
It will show you the brief information of your contact. Now, if any of your contact has blocked you on Google Talk, you will not be able to see his/her profile.
6- Select a contact who you think may have blocked you. Again, Right Click on his/her name and select “Get Info“. You will not see anything. Not even the contact’s name.
This goes to show that this particular contact has blocked you on Google Talk and don’t want to talk to you and so it appears to be offline always.
Hope, you like this article. This is the only way I could able to find out to determine who has blocked you on Google Talk. What’s your comment on this?
Hi,
If you need to know whether you have been blocked, just try steps below:
Try to send out a voice mail from Gtalk. If it ends suddenly, it means you have been blocked by him/her. If the guy is offline, you will be able to send it to him and would be stored in the inbox of the other guy.
Kind Regards
Sajan
hello bhai, dekh yaar did everything what you told, but after so much anxiety mera kaam nahin hua, a person whom i wanted to check badly once showed only offline, and next time showed details. rakshit bhai, kuch bata sakte ho to batao, me a software developer php too. awaiting reply! Last question is “does showing details even once confirms you are not blocked by that person”
Hi All,
If a person shows as “Offline” that means he has not blocked you. If a person has really blocked you, then you will see nothing. refer the screenshot that I have posted in the article above.
r u sure if it shows as offline then u r not blocked by the contact. please help. Thanks in advance.
I tested this out by making a false account and blocking myself. If you are blocked it can still show as “Offline” in the box, but it won’t show the full name that you type in when you sign up for gmail. It won’t necessarily be an empty box. It may still show as Offline, just without the name.
Sigh! Ex boyfriend has me blocked. Jerk.
Thanks Smitty for the clarification. I suppose in new versions of Pidgin, instead of seeing empty box, it says, “Offline” if some has blocked you.
@Adi – If it shows as Offline, then also you are blocked.
Hi All,
Their is as small correction on my comment earlier. If you see some contacts coming up as “Offline” with no other details like Contact’s name etc. that means YOU ARE BLOCKED by that user.
Regards,
Rakshit
[...] Finding out whether someone has blocked you or is offline: Many a times anxiety engulfs our mind when we don’t find some of our friends (specially girl friends ) online for a long period of time. If it is so, the friend might be remaining invisible or offline all the times or he/she must have blocked you. In the above point, we have mentioned about two cool tricks to find whether a friend is really offline or is avoiding you remaining invisible. But what if they would have blocked you? You’ll presume that they are offline but in realty they may not be. In this case, Rakshit will help you on “how to check whether someone has blocked you on gtalk”. [...]
I just checked everything you recommended in pidgin.
I compared informations btw two buddies.
1st was offline in gtalk and pidgin but I could see the name and the picture.
2nd (for whom I assume blocked me) was also offline in both accounts but I could not see the picture.
You’ve mentioned above that if I can not see anything else but x.y@gmail.com of all the informations about a friend in Pidgin, therefore I was blocked by the person. It is interesting that on gmail I can see the picture though this person is constantly “offline”.
ANOTHER thing : I created a fake account on gmail. Then I blocked myself (therefore my true account) from this new fake account.
But when I tried to do vice versa, there was no option to “block this person”.
Does it mean that we can simply check if someone blocked us on gtalk by trying to block them and if there is no option to block them, assume that there is no option exactly because we are already blocked by that person?
Thank you in advance for answers.
thanks a lot.very useful
great dude… it really works… i made a fake account and then blocked myself …if person has blocked you, only one message i.e “Status: Offline” will appear. And if he/she is offline, his/her complete info i.e. his/her full name and photo (if he/she has uploaded any) will appear.
hii
the above idea given by sajan works, if you’ll try to send voice mail to the person who has blocked you the call will be disconnected soonly, otherwise in other case voice mail is stored in inbox….i have tried it m having two account and i hv tried on it ….
Thanx boss.. you saved me from being broke again.. i tested it with fake id and works like a charm..