1. soft-block - Noun
2. soft-block - Verb
soft-block (third-person singular simple present soft-blocks, present participle soft-blocking, simple past and past participle soft-blocked)
(Internet, transitive) To block (a user) on social media and then immediately unblock them, so that the user will (perhaps unknowingly) no longer follow or engage with the blocking user's posts.
Coordinate term: hard-block
soft-block (plural soft-blocks)
(Internet) The act of doing this.
Coordinate term: hard-block