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by verve_rat 1545 days ago
They are blocked when the one person they DM'd ignores the message because they are busy with other stuff.
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Then they can ask someone else. Or move to public thread. But quite often, they are not blocked and the person they are asking responds.

And quite often, you get better and faster response when you ask a person instead of forum.