It's Impossible To Block Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan On Facebook, But Not Why You Think

If you don’t like Mark Zuckerberg and don’t want his stupid announcements messing up your timeline, sorry but there’s no way for you to avoid him.

According to a report in The Independent, both the Facebook CEO and his wife Priscilla Chan can’t be blocked on the social media platform. That’s because they’ve been blocked so many times now the system just can’t process it.

If you try to hit the Block button on either of their profiles, you’ll receive an error message saying the “profile can’t be blocked right now.” That’s not because the Facebook power couple are receiving any sort of special treatment. Instead, it seems they’ve actually been blocked so many times it’s triggered automated systems that were already in place.?

Zuckerberg tends to post quite a bit on Facebook about major events in his personal life, advancements at the company, as well as the various town hall meetings. All these posts are pushed forward by Facebook’s algorithm until they get on pretty much everyone’s timeline, which in the past has led to disgruntled users slamming the block button.

Then, in 2010, Facebook’s automated systems instituted a block ban on Zuckerberg and Chan. Basically, any one person can only be blocked a certain number of times (a very large number of times) before Facebook stops letting that be an option. Supposedly it’s a protection put in place for certain outlier incidents, like a viral campaign instructing people to all block one user.

So if you don’t like hearing about charity work, new updates, or anything Zuckerberg in general, sorry but you’re just stuck with him.