profanity-blocked(1)

profanity-blocked1

Usage

/blocked

/blocked add [<jid>]

/blocked report-abuse [<jid>] [<message>]

/blocked report-spam [<jid>] [<message>]

/blocked remove <jid>

Overview

Manage blocked users (XEP-0191), calling with no arguments shows the current list of blocked users. To blog a certain user in a MUC use the following as jid: [email protected]/spammy-userIt is also possible to block and report (XEP-0377) a user with the report-abuse and report-spam commands. For spam reporting, please include the content of the spam message as evidence for the service operator.

Arguments

add [<jid>]

Block the specified Jabber ID. If in a chat window and no jid is specified, the current recipient will be blocked.

remove <jid>

Remove the specified Jabber ID from the blocked list.

report-abuse <jid> [<message>]

Report a user for abuse with an optional description of the behavior.

report-spam <jid> [<message>]

Report a user for spam, including the actual spam message as evidence.

Examples

/blocked add [email protected]

/blocked report-abuse [email protected] Harassing me in MUC

/blocked report-spam [email protected] "You won a free prize!"

/blocked add [email protected]/spammy-user

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

From profanity 1:0.19.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by profanity-gtk. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.