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I also have been receiving lots of these lately. I don't understand why "blocking everyone that's not in your contact list" is not a feature. This thread below

by bonobo 4y ago

I also have been receiving lots of these lately. I don't understand why "blocking everyone that's not in your contact list" is not a feature. This thread below on Google Drive Help Center was closed with a response that you can now block a specific user — which is useless against a horde of bots. https://support.google.com/drive/thread/58636526/how-to-block-spam-from-google-drive?hl=en https://support.google.com/drive/thread/58636526/how-to-bloc...

mrlatinos 4y ago
I don't see any way to block users through the Android app.
- turnerc 4y ago
  On a file within the Shared section, click the three dots to the right, block should be the last option.
maps7 4y ago
I'm getting these recently too as Android notifications. It's very annoying and could be very unprofessional or hard-to-explain if one came in at the wrong time.
- hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
  Me too, although FWIW on Android I opened Drive, then to "Settings" under the hamburger menu, then "Notification Settings", then I unchecked the "Shared items" notifications. That may not work for you if you want shared item notifications, but I already get bombarded by a million different notifications for everything (sometimes I hate the modern world) and I sure as hell don't want shared item notifications - if something is important enough that I should read it, the person who shared it to me will email me about it.
moonshinefe 4y ago
Yep, I even tried to ask a very similar question with the very first sentence outlining I was aware you could block singular users but it's useless against hordes of bots, same response: https://support.google.com/drive/thread/142587006?hl=en https://support.google.com/drive/thread/142587006?hl=en
- turnerc 4y ago
  It's the best response we have at the moment, please send in-product feedback and report such files.
  - lupire 4y ago
    Why? That just wastes everyone time. It clearly doesn't help solve the problem.
    - cbetti 4y ago
      Are you more interested in fixing a process or fixing the problem? Sending in-product feedback certainly could work because it's more likely to be seen by product management as it continues to roll in. Support-driven product change requests are well intentioned but generally break down as a process internally. The working knowledge base and incentives are not properly aligned.
      - krageon 4y ago
        > Sending in-product feedback certainly could work If it could work, we would have seen that happening. We have not, so we must assume it can't. Thus, asking to "send feedback in-product" is just a way to waste everyone's time. You avoid the negative stigma that is associated with knowing a problem exists and ignoring it, without having to undertake any concrete action. Corporate spin at it's finest.
mrjin 4y ago
I've been asking blocking feature since Gmail started inviting for beta testing. I'm one of the early Gmail testers. From day 1 I registered, I started received spams and I asked again and again, the response had always been non-sense like "our spam filters are good enough, you don't need to block anyone yourself". Really? So I never used Gmail as my primary email address. And this thing should be based on the exactly the same sh*tty logic. Never mind, I'm on the verge to ditch Google.

by bonobo 4y ago

mrlatinos 4y ago

I don't see any way to block users through the Android app.

turnerc 4y ago
On a file within the Shared section, click the three dots to the right, block should be the last option.

maps7 4y ago

I'm getting these recently too as Android notifications. It's very annoying and could be very unprofessional or hard-to-explain if one came in at the wrong time.

hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
Me too, although FWIW on Android I opened Drive, then to "Settings" under the hamburger menu, then "Notification Settings", then I unchecked the "Shared items" notifications. That may not work for you if you want shared item notifications, but I already get bombarded by a million different notifications for everything (sometimes I hate the modern world) and I sure as hell don't want shared item notifications - if something is important enough that I should read it, the person who shared it to me will email me about it.

moonshinefe 4y ago

Yep, I even tried to ask a very similar question with the very first sentence outlining I was aware you could block singular users but it's useless against hordes of bots, same response: https://support.google.com/drive/thread/142587006?hl=en https://support.google.com/drive/thread/142587006?hl=en

turnerc 4y ago
It's the best response we have at the moment, please send in-product feedback and report such files.
- lupire 4y ago
  Why? That just wastes everyone time. It clearly doesn't help solve the problem.
  - cbetti 4y ago
    Are you more interested in fixing a process or fixing the problem? Sending in-product feedback certainly could work because it's more likely to be seen by product management as it continues to roll in. Support-driven product change requests are well intentioned but generally break down as a process internally. The working knowledge base and incentives are not properly aligned.
    - krageon 4y ago
      > Sending in-product feedback certainly could work If it could work, we would have seen that happening. We have not, so we must assume it can't. Thus, asking to "send feedback in-product" is just a way to waste everyone's time. You avoid the negative stigma that is associated with knowing a problem exists and ignoring it, without having to undertake any concrete action. Corporate spin at it's finest.

mrjin 4y ago

I've been asking blocking feature since Gmail started inviting for beta testing. I'm one of the early Gmail testers. From day 1 I registered, I started received spams and I asked again and again, the response had always been non-sense like "our spam filters are good enough, you don't need to block anyone yourself". Really? So I never used Gmail as my primary email address. And this thing should be based on the exactly the same sh*tty logic. Never mind, I'm on the verge to ditch Google.