Monkey King

I'm on over forums where users can add trolls, spammers, flammers and anyone else they just would rather not read to an ignore list so that their post just don't so up.

If that's something we can already do than this is me asking how, I've looked but only when I'm really tired. If we can't it's a nice feature that others may find helpful. Helps maintian the peace too.

Either way, just an idea. I still like the site. And if you're reading this, chances are I like you.

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BookLover

Just curious, King, who do you want to put on your ignore list?

On a serious not, I think its a good idea. I second that suggestion.

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Hodge

I don't like it. I wouldn't have anyone to talk to...

Talia_Brie

Well you could talk, but nobody would listen.

That's pretty much the way it is now, anyway.

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Londongrey

I think the system here is more human, I prefer it.

Plus you can actually choose to ignore someone without it, it just means having more spine than saying 'I can't read your post'.

It would be a bit like junior school wouldn't it? He said, she said blah blah blah.

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journyman161

Actually, I think this was mentioned in another post & the reply was it can't be done with the current software but the swapover software being considered CAN do it. Not sure & about to cook dinner so not going to search for it.

EDIT: Oh, and Hodge, I'd still talk to you. I reckon there's a max of 3 I'd consider putting on such a list & one of them has recently shown some alteration that might remove him from the list.

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Monkey King

Well first off, this isnt for me alone. I've seen plenty of arguments where there enough bad blood between posters that, I feel, it be better if they just didn't speak to each other until they've calmed down. If they could ignore eachother that process could be faster.

Nobody trolling me because I generally don't talk to the people I would put on the list. There are some poel that in general, I feel a trolls and would just rather not see their pst becaue I have to bit my tongue not to rebuke them everytime they post. I know that if I were to say anything, chances are it would make things worse. If there were a way to remove the temptatio, I would take advantage of it.

Hodge: I don't know you very well, but from what I've seen I would have no reason to ignore you.

Journeyman: Well, I'll take what you said and wait patiently for the change. If it comes, neat; if not, oh well.

London: it does seem like it would work out that way, but in my experience it runs a lot smoother. The theory is you only ingore someone if you really don't want to know what they say, nobody should have to repeat it to you. If you care that much, just unignore them. If it were that jr highish I wouldn't want it either.

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Monkey King

I completely agree, not with the ignore you part, but with the rest.

I'm not talking about avoiding people who are different. Contrary to the assumptions people have made about me, I have no problem with differing opinions. Just because someone says something different, I would not put them on this ignore list. I agree with you, that would be stupid.

Let's examine what I said.

I added emphasis to the key point.

I'm not talking about people who don't agree with me. If I was I'd just ignore most of you people. But I'm not, because I agree that differing opinion is important. You are all right.

What isn't important is spam. What isn't important is the guy who just says things suck without any explination. What isn't important is post by people who seem to think that they need to respond the exact same to everything to keep up some image they've created for themselves.

There are very few people who fall into the "People Monkey King wants to ignore" catagory. I don't hate anyone.

I feel like I have offended some people with this suggestion. If that is the case I'm truely sorry. That was never the intent. I'm content to leave it where I did last post with assuming Journeyman was correct and waiting paitently. I'll never bring this up again. Again, if I hurt your feelings, I'm sorry.

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blademasterzzz

But it is bound to be abused in another way.

Viqto

IMO it isn't needed. If someone is being abnoxious, a MOD/SUP/SITE ADMIN should be talking to them, warning them, and if the behavior continues, the user should be kicked from the site. Simple as that. Unless I'm misunderstanding the basic principle...do you mean block users on a personal level? (I.E., only you can't see his posts?) If that's the case, and the supervisor is thinking of doing this, they should also include an area to unblock the users as well, in case you want to later down the road.

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Hodge

I dunno. It'd be nice to keep a certain spammer from clouding up the "new posts" list with his pointless replies to all the threads in the "123 Testing" part of the forum... I won't name names, but Vixen is really annoying.

mswietek

Personally, I don't see why not to have it. If a poster wants to ignore another poster for whatever reason, why not let him do it? If it improves their enjoyment of the site, by removing those people who just annoy them, why should anyone else care? Even if the their reason for adding them to the ignore list is silly it's up to them and does not affect me.

I also agree with Vigto. Overly obnoxious people should be dealt with by mods as well as ignore lists. Extremely obnoxious people may find themselves on many people's ignore lists and thus deprived of what Trolls desire most. Attention.

Michael

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Pawn

This is correct. Until we change from phpBB, we couldn't do this even if we wanted to.

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Chrispian

The new software is coming very soon, and we will allow people to ignore others. Some people like to bother people via PM and other ways and this is a great way to allow people to control their own experience here.

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