Ignore lists...and missing stuff.

[Aberzanzorax]

I'm a bit confused (and have always been) about using ignore lists.


It seems (please correct me if I'm wrong) that an ignore list means that I don't see the posts of someone I don't want to hear from.



I'm just not sure if that's an advantage.



I'm not saying there aren't people who I don't agree with, or people I don't get along with...but I don't understand the usage of the ignore list...and I'd like to.

Heck, I may be on one or more people's ignore lists, and I don't really even understand what that entails.



I mean...there are people who I'd rather not converse with (not neccessarily even on these boards) but I'd feel weird in a three way conversation only hearing one response and my own opinion.





Does "ignore" work for people who use it?



<---- IS confused, moreso than about probably any other aspect of gaming or messageboards.


Thanks.

 

[Eridanis]

Gonna slide this over to Meta.

Yes, the "ignore" function works just that way. I never used it on ENW, even before I became a mod, but I've seen it in action over on CM, and it is weird. One time, I put two people on ignore, and relented a few weeks later when I realized I was clicking to read their posts anyway when they were in a thread I was interested in. It was defeating the purpose, so I've not used it since.

Really, it's a tool for those who may have poor impulse control, yet have the wisdom to understand their poor impulse control. It allows you to not see posts from someone you know is going to rub you the wrong way, and that you'd be tempted to respond to in a less than grandma-friendly way.

We're all about helping you help yourselves here at ENW.

 

[Nagol]

It acts as a calming mechanism for me.

Every now and again, a poster's demeanor gets under my skin and I find it for the best to not see any additional posts for a while so they go onto my ignore list until I get distracted by something else.

After a short while, I clear the list again.

 

[Aberzanzorax]

Sorry for posting in the wrong forum, first of all...

...and thank you for the very clear answer.




I've been thinking of using the feature, but I always feel as though I'd rather know what's being said, even if it's by a "troll" or just someone who is very reasonable, but extremely polarly (not a word, I know) opposite to me.


Seems like I'd just be best off not ignoring things....because it'd drive me nuts to miss stuff moreso than it'd drive me nuts to read it!





In the end, I'd rather read most posters, even those who disagree (who I'd never put on ignore) and even those who I feel disagree in ways I can't comprehend with motives or logic I just don't get....who I had considered ignoring.



Thanks again..and I know I grow more from listening to opposing viewpoints than from complementary viewpoints.


But, Nagol, that's a great point...putting someone on ignore long enough to "cool off"...I think that might actually be a useful tool in a short term way for me.

XP for you if I''ve not done it too recently! EDIT: annnnddd it appears I have. I'll get ya sooner or later!

 

[frankthedm]

I really like the ignore features. I just wish there was a way to set a thread to ignore without opening the thread.

 

[Janx]

I only have 1 person in my Ignore list.

I put them there, because on every thread we were both in, their manner of response tended to attack my viewpoint in a rude and condescending way.

I would then foolishly respond back with less diplomacy.

I was lucky and was not warned. He was warned. I put him on my ignore so as to stop arguing with a troll.

Later, I found he was banned for a time.

I think I made the right call.

 

[renau1g]

I had some problems with one or two posters for a bit usually a result of trolling posts about the edition I enjoy, on that edition's boards, about how much it sucks and how much better their favourite edition is. Anywho, I cleared it out after some time.

 

[Bullgrit]

I have a few people on my ignore list, and it works great for me.

Most of the people on my list are what I consider "edition propagandists" -- people who annoy me to no end with their constant edition banner waving. You know, the people who can't join a discussion about ice cream without every post including some form of "Chocolate Sucks!" and "Vanilla is Obviously the Best!"

But there's one person on my list whom I just cannot fathom his perspective. He holds a perspective diametrically opposite my own, supposedly based on experiences completely opposite my own. It's like trying to talk ice cream to someone who says, "Coffee is the proven most popular flavor, because vanilla has always caused illness in all who ate it." But if that were the only issue, I could just ignore them without putting them on an automatic list. The problem is that this person is a prolific poster -- often half the posts, (no exaggeration), in a contentious thread are theirs alone. After seeing every other post in a discussion stating, "My way is right and common, yours is wrong and alien," it gets frustrating.

So that's why I use the ignore list. It has made my visits to ENWorld less frustrating.

Bullgrit

 

[renau1g]

Hmmmm, I wonder what happens if someone tries to Mention you that you're ignoring?

 

[fba827]

Hmmmm, I wonder what happens if someone tries to Mention you that you're ignoring?

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