Reply #69: The only time I've used it is when someone was in the mood to fight. [View All]

[Kerrytravelers]

And they got insulting. Being that they had been here forever and had a ton of posts and the issue was personal (unloading their personal baggage on me, the complete stranger who'd never seen them before their attacking post) and not political, I chose not to alert on them. I did let them know (after they persisted to hijack a thread with their nonsense) that this was unacceptable and that I felt forced to put them on ignore so if they chose to continue in the future, I wouldn't even be tempted to be drawn into their circular insults. I received several PMs later from DUers who said they had once had this same poster on ignore for the same reason. I still choose not to alert and to just let them be. It's not a political issues (like a troll), just something about me I suppose. :shrug:

I guess it is like putting my fingers in my ears. I won't deny this. But i just got tired of being insulted by someone who I wasn't talking to ,wasn't directing any flames and who just all of a sudden appeared and went directly into a personal attack. It's been months and I rarely see the "ignore" on a thread. Maybe once or twice since that day.

I will say it was the strangest experience here at DU.