Ignore/Blacklist Option in Forum
Take a look at virtually every topical forum thread. Heck, take a look at the ten trillion threads bashing HP and all of its writers. You should easily be able to see what I mean.
It gets ... irritating would be putting it mildly.Well, then...would you kindly shut it?
Agree completely. The problem in the forum is that we have no means of getting around it. We have to scroll through pages of really awful appetizers to get to the delicious meal of the real conversation. As ti removing them from the conversation, I would never recommend that in a forum setting. They have every right to fight and argue with whomever wishes to join them and to discuss anything in the forum. I just don't want to be distracted from the conversation when I don't want to join the fight.
Flamethrowers are another option, but they could probably get pricy.
You may have misunderstood. I'd like to see a feature that would allow me as a forum participant to simply block/ignore comments from others while I am actively participating in a discussion. There is no need for anyone to even know, just like no one knows which hubbers might be blacklisted on our profiles. It would simply give us the ability not to see the comments of the person who's being blocked. It would in no way impede anyone from posting anytime and anywhere they wish.
Yeah...I don't care a whit if they talk about me.
if nothing else it means they're leaving someone else alone.
Oh, agreed. An ignore feature means only that you can't see posts. No one has a clue. Totally anonymous. People would only know if you made mention of it. Frankly, everyone has something valuable to say. I just want to ignore the yuckiness when people start to get snippy.
I think there is a misunderstanding here. In many chat rooms and forums, when several conversations are happening at once, there is a way where you-only you, no one else-can hide the posts that do not apply to your conversation or are offensives or abusive. The person continues to participate and absolutely nothing happens in the forum. You simply no longer see the posts. You. Just you. Everything else remains status quo. No censorship, no banning...just a way for you to not be distracted by tangential conversations. Make sense? It has no impact whatsoever to the thread as a whole and does not keep anyone from posting. It is your personal tool.
Yup.
It's never an issue of silencing anyone...more so just allowing you to not be distracted.
Eh, in truth, I'm not expecting much. I thought I'd try bringing up an option to ignore individual posters in a thread as opposed to filtering out objectionable thread topics. I enjoy the discussions so often. Its the petty bickering and sometimes downright nastiness between participants who go off on tangents that I'd like to avoid.
I have seen many others try. Always worth a shot...but I sure do see your point.
Oh, by the bye, the hat is adorable!
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