OT: Ignore Feature — Do you use it?

[Ridley Simon]

I have read a few threads recently where people have commented on the ignore feature. I have never used it. Mod’s do a good enough job of filtering out what shouldn’t be here, it seems odd to have to block someone’s opinion. But I may be missing something?

So —please do NOT name names. That’s absolutely what this isn’t about. I don’t even think people need to verbalize a response.

Just curious as to how liberally it’s used on our board.

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[HunterSThompson]

Have never used it, but if I did, I imagine it would consist of Pens and Leafs fans.

 

[maacoshark]

I have no one one on my ignore list but I think I might be on some lists.

 

[EYEuhFRAYtee]

In 14 years on this site I have had to use this feature on one person. He was repeatedly taunting fans in the Redskins thread.

 

[Blades of Steel]

a couple

 

[Devil Dancer]

No, I don't think so.

We had some bad years here after 2010 when the fanbase was super negative, and I didn't like how the mods handled it, but it wasn't coming from any one poster consistently, so there was no point in ignoring anyone.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Can't imagine how boring the Internet would be if I eliminated people I didn't like or agree with.

 

[Hivemind]

I use it mostly for my own sanity. Some of the folks on HFPol have giant swathes of the userbase ignored, and I can't say I blame them.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Only on extreme use and I typically purge the list annually to see if they’ve grown up.

 

[usiel]

When I was modding this forum of course no ignores. But since only one long time regular poster for reasons that of course are not to be mentioned. A couple from the politics forum more recently.

 

[usiel]

No, I don't think so.

We had some bad years here after 2010 when the fanbase was super negative, and I didn't like how the mods handled it, but it wasn't coming from any one poster consistently, so there was no point in ignoring anyone.

You can blame me I'm oldz so my feelings can't be hurt, heh.

 

[g00n]

Have only used it temporarily when someone goes on tilt, just to remove clutter. Nobody there now. When I was a mod we couldn't use it, and there were some I wished I could ignore. Then when I quit I was like "meh, who cares, just scroll past".

And before we changed the rules you couldn't even talk about the ignore list. What a pain in the ass that was. I argued that this didn't make sense and people should be allowed to discuss using it so long as it's not for the purpose of trolling/flaming others. If we encourage people to ignore rather than flame, wouldn't we want other users promoting that ability?

tl;dr: I don't really use it

 

[usiel]

Different topic but am I just missing how to mark threads as read or even all threads in forum?

 

[Corby78]

I have on another board but not here. I find even when I don’t agree with people on the caps board they are civil enough there isn’t a need. Where I’ve used it a couple guys would always go off on personal attacks on people and it got old

 

[John Price]

I can proudly say no one regularly posting on this board is on ignore. Don't have enough feuds with anyone here to put anyone on ignore. #CapsFamily

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

IF you accidentally “ignored“ a thread, forum or poster…. Can you reverse an “ignore”?

 

[g00n]

IF you accidentally “ignored“ a thread, forum or poster…. Can you reverse an “ignore”?

Click on your icon/avatar top right. Then click the Ignore line in the left menu. You can manage users and threads from there: