They NEED to bring back the block feature. I don't care if I haven't texted a person, I should be able to block another person. This has caused a lot of safety concerns as the hide feature doesn't work and I've had people text me who I don't want to interact with because they have threatened my safety. If I were to block them from the start, I wouldn't have them approach me. I could already have the step in protecting myself. The hide feature is quite dumb and doesn't hide anyone at all. I still see the people on my end all the time, so what is the point? I feel like we should be able to block whomever, whenever, and no matter how many times.