Flying the Ignore List Like a Flag

Cutter XXIII · 12th September 2005, 04:27 PM

So, open question to all of you who make use of (or don't make use of) the Ignore function:

Do you make public the contents of your list? Do you wave it in people's faces--including the people you're ignoring--like a flag?

At rpg.net, I've seen posters whose sigs are lists of people they're ignoring.

What's the point of ignoring someone, I can't help wondering, if you're going to use it as a ploy to get their attention?

For the record, I have several names on my Ignore List. But I'd never announce them. Seems kinda counterproductive to my original goal: ignoring them.

What do you think?

Jdvn1 · 12th September 2005, 04:30 PM

What did he say?

Sorry, you know it's obligatory.

I dont' use the ignore list, but if I did, I probably wouldn't make public who was on it. That's just not tactful. On the other hand, I'd be curious to know whose lists I was on.

Cutter XXIII · 12th September 2005, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jdvn1

What did he say?

Sorry, you know it's obligatory.

I dont' use the ignore list, but if I did, I probably wouldn't make public who was on it. That's just not tactful. On the other hand, I'd be curious to know whose lists I was on.

I'd have been disappointed if you didn't, Jdvn1.

That's interesting. Me, I'd rather not know. If people want to ignore me, that's great--it means less people yelling at me in the end.

diaglo · 12th September 2005, 04:50 PM

mine wouldn't fit in my sig.

**Umbran** · 12th September 2005, 05:13 PM

I'd see waving it around like that to be downright rude. But then, I sometimes have a hard enough time understanding that folks cannot exert enough control over themselves that they need the computer to enforce ignoring for them.

Hand of Evil · 12th September 2005, 05:40 PM

I don't use it.

DaveMage · 12th September 2005, 06:01 PM

There's really only been one or two posters in all my time here that I considered ignoring, so I haven't used the ignore list.

But IME, even those that annoy the hell out of me occasionally have something worthwhile to say. OTOH, sometimes I read their posts because I just like watching them make fools of themselves....

Pielorinho · 12th September 2005, 06:14 PM

I would strongly encourage people not to publicize their ignore list. That just doesn't seem very civil to me, and certainly doesn't seem productive.

Daniel

Crothian · 12th September 2005, 06:15 PM

I made a point to make sure everyone on my ignore list knows they are on it.

Jdvn1 · 12th September 2005, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Cutter XXIII

That's interesting. Me, I'd rather not know. If people want to ignore me, that's great--it means less people yelling at me in the end.

I think my own morbid curiosity would get the best of me. It's like watching a train wreck--you want to watch to know what happens, eventhough you already know how it'll turn out.

Psionicist · 12th September 2005, 06:40 PM

Sounds like a feature idea: check how many members ignore you. A counter in the user control panel perhaps? That'd be a good indicator if people dislike you (which probably means you should change your behaviour). I would rather know how many (if) members ignore me than live in the dark.

Quasqueton · 12th September 2005, 07:01 PM

Diaglo, last week, responded to one of my threads asking someone to quote me in their reply so he could see what I said for him to respond to. What kind of person responds to a post from someone he's ignoring? And why ask someone to quote the ignored person so you can see what they said? Proves to me the boy is just insane. :-)

If I add someone to my ignore list, I'll usually mention it my response to what prompted me to ignore them. Figure I should let them know I've turned off their channel so they don't expect anymore responses from me.

Ironically, I did this recently, and the ignored person mentioned my ignoring them in at least two other later threads. I know because others quoted my ignored person. Kind of funny, really.

Quasqueton

reveal · 12th September 2005, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Psionicist

Sounds like a feature idea: check how many members ignore you. A counter in the user control panel perhaps? That'd be a good indicator if people dislike you (which probably means you should change your behaviour). I would rather know how many (if) members ignore me than live in the dark.

I'm on the opposite end of that spectrum. I couldn't care less who ignores me.

Quasqueton · 12th September 2005, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by reveal

I'm on the opposite end of that spectrum. I couldn't care less who ignores me.

Quoted for the benefit of all those who have reveal on their ignore list. :-)

Quasqueton

Henry · 12th September 2005, 07:36 PM

Publicizing your ignore list is like publicizing the explicit reasons for your divorce -- kinda tacky, and in the end, people don't really wanna know about it.

But then, tact is a dying art, IMO...