Your Feelings about Use of the "Ignore" Option here at DU

[Mike 03]

[Kitty Herder]

1. I use it once in a while, not frequently, but not rarely, either.

And I have no qualms about doing so.

[csziggy]

11. Same here - and I agree with the next poster. I use on people I think are jerks

That I think will piss me off.

On a different forum I started using their Ignore feature for people who pissed me off so I wouldn't break the rules and get banned. Since then it has come in handy on several other forums.

[Bicoastal]

2. I have no qualms. There may be people objecting to me Ignoring them...

...but thanks to the Ignore function, as far as I'm concerned they don't exist! :)

Besides, I don't Ignore people who disagree with me; I Ignore jerks.

[Muttocracy]

4. agree with your last line. nt

[TahitiNut]

53. Have you ever regarded someone who agreed with you as a "jerk"?

:eyes:

I know that I regard folks who agree with me as supremely intelligent, experienced, well-informed, emotionally mature people. :dunce: (Good-looking, too.)

[EFerrari]

54. That's because we all are.

:silly:

[TahitiNut]

104. See?

You can see I'm a supremely intelligent, experienced, well-informed, emotionally mature person. :dunce: (Good-looking, too.)


:hide:

[redqueen]

96. Same here.

I can disagree with rational people and have no problems with that.

The problem I have is with just downright rude/nasty people or people who seem to argue like trolls (baiting with insults/snark, little or no substance, etc.)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I really don't use it.

I have, however. But my curiosity always gets the better of me; I want to see what whoever it is is saying.

And these days, I want to keep track of whoever, to see what that person is up to.

I think putting someone on PM ignore is just the height of cowardice. Several folks have done that to me, and now I have no way to address whatever it is that's upset them.

I hate that.

[FreakinDJ]

10. And when you ignore some one they can still Trash you

except now you don't know it

[20score]

68. Who the hell could get mad at you?

You're nice every time I see you on the site.

[CreekDog]

70. Jerks use ignore too

i don't know how anybody could ignore Peggy either. :shrug:

[Kajsa]

71. I only used PM ignore once, Peggy.

When someone else put me on PM ignore and I knew they would
send me nasty PMs knowing I had no way of responding to them.
No thanks.

This has happened to me only once, but I have a feeling the person
who instigated this does this as common practice as soon as said
person disagrees with someone.

Cowardice?- Yes!

btw,

I can't imagine anyone putting you on ignore, Peggy.

You are nice to everyone.

:)

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[LostInAnomie]

5. Never used it.

I can understand if someone is stalking you, but for anything short of that it seems like putting your fingers in your ears and screaming "LALALALAALALA... I can't hear you!" to me.

[roughsatori]

16. I like when a member of DU lists high-minded reasons for using ignore

and then you see them in a later thread responding with a comment such as "I can see what kind of person you are. The kind of person I put on ignore."

It makes me perversely happy when I read: "You are now on ignore! Have a nice day." It's so blatantly juvenile that I ENJOY reading the ignore taunts. Unfortunately, I've yet to have anyone write that in response to a post of mine.

I am too curious to use the ignore feature; but if I did I would be too ashamed to admit it. :)

[Regret My New Name]

26. You're ignored for that, buddy.

Not really though.

[roughsatori]

27. You made me smile - thanks. NT

[Regret My New Name]

30. I have no idea what that says, because I ignored you...

Actually, I don't know if that is how ignore works on here or not. :P

[timtom]

97. I had several people on ignore

just because everything they said really pissed me off. It's not whether we agree or not, it's all about tone.

And I have never seen those people say anything useful, clever, intelligent, or edifying.

I took everyone off and had to put one person back on.

I just recently got into a fight with about three others on a particular thread. A couple of us often disagree, but, because they often contribute thoughtful points of view, I would never put them on ignore.

[PufPuf23]

29. I vote in this box too -- no way except stalkers

and that instance I would report to Admin/Mods.

I seldom post anyway and have no interest in flamewars.

There are bullying posters here that make conversation difficult on both sides of most issues.

There are also posters that I distrust because they spend so much time and effort to maintain the status quo.

[DrDan]

39. exactly - like Janet Parshall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3jFE84fBOM

Janet Parshall would use "ignore".

[hfojvt]

98. I used to be sorta proud of not needing to use ignore

it's not like I cannot handle contrary opinions, but often it's not about the issues. I seem to get into discussions where I might be arguing that "X is true" but the other person is not so much arguing "X is false" as they are arguing the proposition that "you are an evil (or really stupid) person for believing that X is true". Okay, bully for their opinion about me, but at some point there's no point trying to discuss something with somebody who is just trying to pi$$ you off or insult you. So, hey after about the tenth time of being insulted by some posters, I figure they are not worth listening to.

[Marrah_G]

124. I use it on nasty bullying type personalities

[MADem]

6. I only have one person on ignore.

It was an entirely necessary action, unfortunately.

For the most part, differences of opinion, so long as they're at least halfway reality-based, aren't a bother at all. Opinions are like assholes, we've all got them!

It would be a dull place if we all agreed on everything.

I do think for people who are hypersensitive and cannot bear dissent, the option is a nice one for them to have.

[The Straight Story]

101. That explains why I never see you on my threads

:rofl:

[MADem]

108. Nope--not you!

I can see you loud and clear!

[mix]

117. i never see that person either! n/t

[Posteritatis]

7. I'm usually indifferent to it

I won't use it myself, since just not reading someone's posts takes less effort. I do think the growth in public declarations of ignorehood to be childish, and I've always considered filtering posts merely because of differing opinions to be a sign of intellectual cowardice.

I am intensely glad that the nuclear ignore or whatever the term was that I seem to recall was bandied around here awhile back either didn't get implemented or was rolled back quickly.

[MrPerson]

8. I never use it.

[johnnie]

9. I never use it

I don't lose sleep over what people think. To me it is like people putting their fingers in their ears and singing "na na na na na..I can't hear you". Not that people care, but I lose all respect for people who use it and especially for people who need to publicly announce they are putting people on ignore. Sometimes life is a bitch, fucking deal with it like adults do.

[TheKentuckian]

12. Other: 4 and 5

Both the height of cowardly lameness and too much of an investment in caring about agreement.

[Starry Messenger]

13. I have over 350 on my ignore list.

I ignore the tedious. Life is short. Sometimes when I am curious I log out and will see a flame war that consists almost entirely of people from my ignore list all screaming at each other. Heh.

[Stinky The Clown]

63. Hahahaha

:rofl:

[geek tragedy]

14. I need it to keep myself from getting banned. n/t

[Igel]

65. That's how I use it. n/t

[emilyg]

15. I have two on ignore

one for language I can't tolerate and one stalker.

[high density]

17. I had to use it a lot during the primary season

Then there was a lull for the general election. Last month I had to start using it again. Trolls are a waste of time, and my decision is always validated when I see threads where people are arguing with "Ignored."

[bigwillq]

18. I hardly ever use it but

I use hide thread all the time.

[Muttocracy]

20. I would probably use hide thread if you could do it from the forum index

or whatever you call the main charts for GD, GDP, etc. But you have to open the thread to hide it as far as I can tell.

[bigwillq]

25. Naw, just click on the little 'x' after the post

[Muttocracy]

34. Hey, thanks!

:hi:

I feel a little :dunce: though!

[Redneck Socialist]

19. I don't care if people disagree with me, but unmitigated rudeness will get you on my list.

Most of the people on my ignore list eventually went and bought themselves a granite pizza so I figure I'm ignoring the right people. Only two left!

[etherealtruth]

21. Even a "stopped watch" is right ...

... twice a day. I don't use "ignore" so that I can experience those twice a day occurrences.

Differences of opinion don't bother me. I actually enjoy views from different vantage points.

[Regret My New Name]

22. ignore & block features take the fun out of the internets. :P

[zeemike]

23. i have never used it and never will

I am not thin skinned and don't take anything said about me on a board seriously.
Sticks and stones they say will break your bones but letters and word running through these tubes are harmless I think. At least to me.

[Number23]

60. Exactly. And why are people saying they've got HUNDREDS of names on Ignore??

Does that seem weird and completely unnecessary to anyone else or is it just me??

[spiritual_gunfighter]

92. It seems like if you have hundreds of people on ignore

that is a pretty good sign there may be something wrong with you not the people you are ignoring. I personally have never used it and probably never will. It's the internet after all.

[Number23]

109. That's EXACTLY what I'm saying!!

It seems like if you have hundreds of people on ignore that is a pretty good sign there may be something wrong with you not the people you are ignoring.

Thank you! Good Lord, it seems so obvious to anyone with even a drop of common sense but folks here still brag about having dozens if not HUNDREDS of people on ignore.

Why not just do yourself a favor and permanently log off if conversing with people of different values and beliefs is so traumatizing for you?? If you've got 100+ people on ignore, I'm sure that no one will notice when you've left!! :crazy:

[lumberjack_jeff]

126. It's a form of passive aggression.

If you ignore someone in real life, you contribute to ostracizing them. The fact that it doesn't work that way on the intertubes hasn't really sunk in yet.

[bemildred]

24. Other: I never use it, though I used to.

Basically I don't care what anybody else thinks unless they express themselves in a coherent and civil way; and if they do, then I would never put them on ignore. So I never use it.

[elocs]

28. I use it as often as I feel necessary for me. My choice.

As Democrats, we like personal choice don't we? My personal choice is that life is too short to suffer jerks.

[rrneck]

31. I like to ignore people manually. nt

[Blue_In_AK]

32. I've been around here long enough

to know whose posts to read and whose to pass up. If I don't want to read them, I just don't.

[Muttocracy]

42. I'm terrible at remembering names in real life

so maybe that's why I need help on DU remembering who NOT to read :)

[babsbunny]

33. didn't know about such an option

I bet you do it to me all the time. :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

[JitterbugPerfume]

35. I use it

Skinner put it in place a few years ago to cool down some disagreements and as far as I can tell it works

[DrDan]

36. I think the only people that use it are those that are unsure of themselves

Those afraid of a difference of opinion.

[liberalmuse]

37. I was signed up for over 7 years before I used it...

it was during the Obama/Hillary primaries. I got rid of the list after Obama became our nominee (after a few months). I think I have 1 person on 'ignore' now, and I can't remember why, but it was after several similar posts and I just got tired of seeing them. I use the feature very infrequently, but should use it more rather than respond the way I do sometimes, having gotten really cranky and intolerant of BS in my old age.

[Coyote_Bandit]

38. I used to think using the ignore feature was beneath me

But I find some attitudes and commentary so offensive that I do not wish to entertain it. Bigotted comments for example. The right of another to speak freely does not create an obligation in me to entertain and listen to what is said. I mostly access DU from my home. And there is some commentary and conduct that makes folks unwelcome here.

[MineralMan]

40. Never use it. I don't like holes in threads.

[Juche]

41. I use it because it makes it easier to feel comfortable

I try to be a nice person. I'm not perfect, but by and large I try to be open and supportive and to only attack people if they have attacked me first. But it is harder to have a sense of community when I worry that I am responding to or helping someone who has been abusive and insulting to me in the past. Its basic evolutionary psychology, be nice until people give you a reason not to. Then shun them. Tit for Tat. Reciprocal altruism.

So I just put people who are overly abrasive on ignore so I won't have to deal with them.

[Forkboy]

43. I never use it because it denies you the opportunity to respond to bs.

I don't begrudge anyone who does use it, but I want to be able to see the stupidity and respond if I see fit.

I do like being put on ignore, however, as it allows me to say things about the person without them knowing. :evilgrin:

[villager]

44. Well, someone on my ignore list posted on this thread!

I wonder what they said? ;-)

[BlooInBloo]

45. In general, it's cowardice.

[annabanana]

46. I'm a very emotional ignorer . I'll get ticked off if I think

someone is being mean (to me or someone else who I don't think deserves it) Or if someone is being argumentative for argument's sake and not adding anything but heat to the thread...

Then I go back & review after a few weeks.. I usually don't remember what pissed me off.. and if the poster hasn't been tombstoned, I'll take the ignore button off them..

[DainBramaged]

47. A sign of cowardice? That's fucked up and borderline deserving of a big red x.

On principle alone.

[JerseygirlCT]

48. I use the "manual ignore" function

as I learn that some people are just not worth the aggravation.

[pipi_k]

49. I only have two on my ignore list, and only because

the two who are there weren't able to be civilized.

What I mean is, I don't mind a bit of disagreement. Makes for good interesting discussions.

But I won't tolerate snarkiness or nastiness. Especially when I wasn't even conversing with them in the first place, you know?

People who can't disagree without being snotty little assholes aren't worth my time.

[JohnnyLib2]

50. I don't use it.

I'm sort of an observer anyway, and don't want to miss anything in this wonderland!

[rucky]

51. After being a teenager under my mom's roof...

I'm pretty good at ignoring without any help.

[Occam Bandage]

52. I never use it, but I think it's useful for others.

[htuttle]

55. "We cannot separate the air that chokes from the air upon which wings beat."

-- A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, John Perry Barlow
http://homes.eff.org/~barlow/Declaration-Final.html

[McCamy Taylor]

56. "Opposition is true friendship" William Blake

[varelse]

57. Other: I have not needed it yet

when I do need it, I'll use the feature.

[Number23]

58. My personal feeling is that Ignore is the tool of the unthinking coward.

Now, in cases where someone is being straight up harassed, I understand it.

But there are people on this site who brag about having ignore lists so long they have to put them in Excel spreadsheets just to see all of the names. Why the hell even come here?? If you're ignoring that many people, do you think that anyone would miss your @ss or even care if you left???

[stuntcat]

88. .

:headbang:

[mix]

122. there are what around 130,000 members here?

if you were in a a big room with all these people or even a fraction of them, it seems entirely natural there would be many who you would avoid for whatever reason...for better or worse ignore lets people diminish the dissonance and focus on what they think is important

case in point: do i really want to see posts that attack me as a troll or disrupter every time i fret about a particular policy? or that reduce my concerns to "poutrage"?

[XemaSab]

59. I use it rarely

and temporarily.

[Stinky The Clown]

61. I think its pretty silly to use it

Why not just stick your fingers in your ears and babble bloobloobloobloobloobloo .... ?

[Stinky The Clown]

62. How many people use it and then lift it temporarily to see who said what to them?

[suede1]

72. Three. Three people do that.

Okay, probably a lot more, but I thought that was funny.

[Djinn]

75. lots

the amount of people who have huffed and puffed that they were gonna ignore me only to respond to my post saying "go ahead" is pretty high

[20score]

64. Just a couple of people who tried to ruin a satirical piece I wrote.

But it was months before I put anyone on. I figure, disagreeing is about topics is fine and adds perspective. But if someone is just being an ass... well I can go to other sites for that.

[AzDar]

66. I've used it only once in almost 5 years... some doooosh (shortly thereafter tombstoned) called the

Dalai Lama a "fucking asshole".

:eyes:

[Iggo]

67. It's not for me.

Well, unless I piss someone off enough to where they use it on me. But that's not what I meant...lol.

[Waiting For Everyman]

69. Never use it. But

when DU gets stuck on some frenzy for weeks on end, and I'm not interested in it any longer, I'll use "Hide Thread" to get the beaten dead horse threads out of the way.

[Djinn]

73. I've used it once or twice

to stop myself going round and round in circles with someone but I usually take them off again after a day or two.

Generally my in built ignore function works well enough and people being nasty online has zero effect when you work in the job I do.

[ColbertWatcher]

74. Opps. I voted wrong.

I use "Hide thread" often, ignore very rarely.

[Fumesucker]

76. Other...

I *like* it when people who I disagree with are nasty to me, it means they have no heavier ammunition else they would use that rather than personal insults. Personal insults are an unmistakable sign of someone losing an argument.

But then I learned my political posting chops on unmoderated usenet forums that make DU look like nap time at the preschool.

I don't think I've ever lost my temper over something someone has written about me online.. Face to face I'm not nearly as self controlled though. :)

[lildreamer316]

77. I use the 'ignore thread' option pretty often; but I have a very short member ignore list.

Some threads just hurt my heart too much.

[Crunchy Frog]

78. I can't respond to this poll as I have you on "ignore".

[H2O Man]

80. I've never used it.

But I suspect that during the '08 primary season, I made other people's "ignore list."

[Adelante]

81. I never used it before the last primary season

At the end, I emptied it out. I've started it going again, though, just a couple of days ago. I just get tired of seeing the same arguments, where there is nothing new to be said, but a poster persists and persists and persists, until it's just a bore, because it's so predictable, or I might want to be rid of consistently nasty people. I don't have time for it and I want to be able to get to fresh discussion. So I find the function useful, for my own purposes.

[PeaceNikki]

82. I think it's a good way to avoid further arguing and hard feelings.

[lonestarnot]

83. Never. It's a waste of gas.

[Echo In Light]

84. Never use it

[cobalt1999]

85. If I ever felt the need to use Ignore, then I'm taking an online msg board too seriously

Hell, I don't even remember the id's of the people I've argued with after 24 hours. Besides there are 100's of topics of discussion. The same person who is completely opposite you on one topic, may be complete aligned with you on a dozen others.

Some people just need to lighten up or have a glass of wine. It's just a message board, nothing to get emotional over.

[L0oniX]

86. UNfortunatly it does not stop "ignored" from responding to what you post.

As it is, about 2/3rds of those I have in my ignore list have received the pizza.

[stuntcat]

87. I picked..

I voted- sign of cowardice. Because that's the impression I got from the people who've messaged me to tell me they'd put me on ignore.

[Political Tiger]

89. A must have!

Some people are not interested in any kind of reasonable discussion and simply just want to bitch and whine. There's no use in talking to those people, as far as I am concerned, unless you're in a fighting mood, but in the end it's unproductive so the constant whiners I just put on ignore.

[L. Coyote]

90. You mean the personal troll list? LOL

I've use it to block personal messages from those I expect will get tombstoned
before their 10th post. It's like placing side bets on the action. :rofl:

[Quantess]

102. That's what I use the buddy list for.

My buddy list looks like a cemetery.

[Fire1]

91. Other: I've not seen the 'need' so far but that doesn't mean

I won't use it in the future.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

93. The people I'm most interested in talking to are the ones I disagree with

I see no point in mutual backslapping.

I'm glad ignore exists so that people can put me on ignore instead of flaming me, but I don't use it myself.

[mix]

94. i love ignore

there are too many cheerleaders who try to intimidate (your pizza's on the way!)...they think i am a troll and i think their politics are puerile and shallow...so i just move on...there are many better conversations to be had here between people of good faith and differing opinions...why suffer offensive fools obsessed with pizza and baseball metaphors (it's only the first inning!)?

[Quantess]

111. It happened/happens to many of us when we had under 1000 posts.

Make one off comment when you've got 60 or 600 posts, and immediately people assume you're a troll.
But since you've been here over a year, that's a very good sign. :hi:

I've never seen the "first inning" reference before. I admit I love posting photos of "tombstone pizza" when the moment is right, but I try to be judicious about it...

[mix]

113. that is so obnoxious

the tombstone pizza, which i was served once for a skeptical Obama thread last year...i see posters in terms of good and bad faith, trolls obviously fall into the latter (why bother with them? and i think it's pretty obvious who they are)...i also think that there are many conflicting political styles as much as beliefs here...i support and admire the President, but I have always distrusted power and try to think about things in terms of social justice and what's good for the country as much as for humanity and the other peoples/cultures caught up in our policies...i also think we need to regain confidence in ourselves again as citizens after Bush, holding politicians accountable is a part of that

[Quantess]

115. The tombstone pizza photo is only obnoxious when wrong.

I love pizza party announcements, LOL. :evilgrin:
There was a time that I wrongly posted one but edited it out 2 minutes later when I thought better of it. I was mistaken, but at least I edited it out right away. Sometimes the banning is a long time coming, and no one is too surprised. Sometimes you see someone with 3 posts and you know right away they won't last. But anyone with any sense to check your profile will see that you have been here a while, and are serious.

Back when I only had about 50 posts or so, I made an offhand comment snarking on the cultural reference (The Grateful Dead) in the title of a popular thread posted by a popular DUer. A small mob attacked me for it and called me a troll. These kinds of things are just par for the course here. It's a rough message board, but it would be even rougher if republicans or troublemakers were allowed to stay.

[mix]

116. my impression

is that there are more people wrongly accused of being a troll than not, and the pizza thing is just lame, why waste the time and emotional energy...i do agree that the real trolls should be banned, and they usually are

re the first inning reference, that sticks in my mind because--the hexagonal feline--uses it

[Quantess]

118. the hexagonal feline--uses it?

What's that about? Curious.

[mix]

119. we should not call out other members, right?

but when i want to complain about frenchiecat, bless her ignored soul, i use that

oh, and hexagon is another way to refer to france, which has six sides geographically

[Quantess]

120. LOL! I never noticed France fits in a hexagon so well.

You'll get over it, just like I got over the 2 DUers who stuck out to me as calling me a troll way back. :)

[mix]

121. that was my first LOL

merci

[-..__...]

95. I think it's childish.

Akin to sticking ones fingers in their ears while loudly proclaiming "nah-na-na-nah... I can't hear you".

I am aware though that some posters keep an "ignore list" as a way of finding out/keeping track if a suspicious poster or nemesis of theirs eventually gets banned or not

Long before I was on DU, I spent a great deal of time on Usenet... flame wars, cross posting to other newsgroups and invasions were quite common.

For the most part, the majority of these newsgroups were totally unmoderated; however, there was one newsgroup where one poster (she was a Canadian Baptist), was constantly trying to force her idea of moderation on others.

In response there was a group of us that would always go over there and randomly post away anything and everything to get her worked up.

Her response (after complaining to the newsgroup provider(s) failed to do anything), was to post that she had us all on ignore.

After every few days or so, she would post a request to her few supporters to tell her whom and what was being posted. :rofl:

[azmouse]

99. I love it.

Gets rid of those who never have anything good to say and only live to bring others down.

[Quantess]

100. I have a well respected, long-timer on ignore only because his/her posts annoy me in a trivial way.

I found that person's posts and OPs to be unnecessarily distracting, nothing personal. "Hide Threads" option in this case.

[LWolf]

103. Rarely, and only for stalkers.

I go in and take them off "ignore" after a few months; they've usually moved on by then.

I DO use the "hide thread" more frequently, if it is a topic I'm sick of, and has already been fought over ad nauseum.

I don't "ignore" the posters I find to be particularly obnoxious, irritating, or poisonous. Sometimes I reply to them; most often, I just skip whatever they have to say.

I don't need the "ignore" feature to do so.

[slackmaster]

105. I use it as a last resort when I feel the Moderators have been derelict in shutting down a troll

I presently have one person on Ignore. The few others I have used it on are all tombstoned now.

[pleah]

106. I have never used the ignore button.

:)

[distantearlywarning]

107. I chose "Other"

I think it's an absolutely pointless gesture if the goal is improving discourse and reducing disharmony on an online forum.

[AZBlue]

110. If it wasn't for Ignore I couldn't come back here anymore.

I don't use it that often, but when I do it's the only thing that can allow me to come back here, some people really shouldn't be allowed on the board at all.

[Hello_Kitty]

112. I've thought about putting people on ignore but didn't and was glad I didn't

I may disagree vehemently with someone on one particular issue but agree fully with them on another. And some of the people who have pissed me off the most here have given me something to think about when all was said and done.

[Zavulon]

114. I use it often, and sometimes against people with whom I have had no interaction at all.

For the same reason I use the "hide thread" option, I use the ignore option. There are too many good people here for me to want to have to sift through the posts of people I consider to be idiots, gasbags or hypersensitive wusses.

I have on several occasions have seen someone post in a thread I'm only reading and have thought "Jesus Christ, I could definitely do without reading this moron's drivel again." When I see such a thing, I put that person on ignore.

Mostly, though, I use it against hypersensitive types or people who obviously think that they're so right that even the slightest disagreement with anything they say or anyone they admire is treated like a slap in the face. Life's too short to deal with people who think they have all the answers; I have the utmost respect for those who know they don't.

I'm guessing I have about 25 people on ignore now in the 32 months I've been on DU.

(Edited to note that I just counted my list and have 30 people on it, so it's a shade under one a month.)

[Marrah_G]

123. I have a very large list on ignore and it makes Du alot more enjoyable

I have cleared it twice since the primaries ended and it quickly filled back up with mostly the same people.

[flvegan]

132. Ha ha, you can't see this!

neener neener

[lumberjack_jeff]

125. I used it exactly once. I find it the epitome of passive-aggression.

I have no doubt that I'm on dozens of ignore lists however.

[JNelson6563]

127. I have one person on ignore.

And since I did that GD looks less like the lounge. Still too similar for my tastes but better.

Can't help but feel annoyed, not so much sympathetic, to those who are so needy they air their very personal things (and things their partner might not appreciate being aired in public) not only on the internet but in GD of a political forum instead of the lounge. I miss the days when that shit didn't fly 'round here.

Julie

[Orsino]

128. It's a private matter.

Talking about it is typically a passive-aggressive thing. We just can't stand letting someone have the last word, so bragging about an ignore is the Internet equivalent of putting one's fingers in one's ears, and chanting "la-la-la-la."

[MedleyMisty]

129. I used to use it frequently

but then I cleared out my list and now have only like three major trolls on it.

I didn't have a change of heart or anything - the ignore function on a random internet message board just doesn't play that huge a part in my philosophy and moral ideas about life. I don't listen to music I don't like and don't watch TV I don't like and don't seek out movies I don't think I'd like to watch, so why read posts I don't like?

Actually I think it's that a lot of people on it had been tombstoned and plus I was just in a random mood.

[Arugula Latte]

130. Other -- Never use it 'cuz I'm way too curious to see what the irritating people are saying.

:)

[Blue Diadem]

131. I've never used it.

It seems some use the feature as a weapon of sorts by announcing it in a response. I'm not sure of the intention to advertise it. If I ever did use it, I'd do so without announcing it.

[Xenotime]

133. It's rude to use it.

[peace13]

134. I have a few on ignore.

It's funny because generally when I see an ignore response others are fighting with that person. I am happy not to have to read the ignorant responses over and over from a very few people. In fact I see one of my peeps arguing right now and I am so happy not to be involved.

[LanternWaste]

135. I have three people on Ignore....

I have three people on Ignore. Not because I'm 'afraid' of them, or a 'coward' by any means, but simply because these three specific posters took a position of authority on particular issues that they actually had very little knowledge of.

If we think about it, engaging in a conversation with someone about something they have very little knowledge of while they continue to maintain a self-validating and self-professed authority on it is at best, a waste of our time.


I imagine that (all things being equal) should a Professor of Mathematics have a debate about mathematics with an individual, and it tuns out that that individual actually failed math in high school, and his or her full knowledge of mathematics comes from nothing more than having recently finished the book, 'Mathematics for Dummies' and nothing else, and that the individual is insisting he himself is correct and absolute, the Professor would probably be wasting his time to continue engaging our high school drop out.

[Rob H.]

136. I use it

mostly for people who don't seem to have anything to say that isn't condescending of offensive. There's even at least one person on my list who's such an ass I can't believe he hasn't been tombstoned yet.

FWIW, I cleared the list a while back but the same people have found their way back onto it, so I guess I should've listened to my instincts and left the list alone.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

137. Other: you can't alert on ignored posters. -nt

[WeDidIt]

138. I've got more people on ignore now than I did during the primaries

More Freeper types pretending to be "liberal" and posting these days