Ignore lists...and missing stuff.

[jdrakeh]

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.

That's pretty much how I use it, as well. There are, however, some people who have earned a permanent place on my ignore list, because they never added anything good to the forums.

 

[Lanefan]

What I'd like to know is how many 'ignore' lists I'm on. I don't care whose, but how many.

Am I on none? Or 1? Or 4? Or 27? Or 536?

Lan-"if I'm on 536 ignore lists I'm gonna shoot for 1000!"-efan

 

[DumbPaladin]

I have a good number of people on my ignore list.

Almost none have ever attacked me viciously and personally in a forum.

All of them are trolls with boorish behavior.

None of them contribute positively to conversations. I don't miss seeing anything they had to say, at ALL.

And I've never been tempted to get into arguments with any of them. Since this isn't the same way some people use their Ignore Lists, I felt I should point it out.

There really are, sadly, quite a few people who post on these boards who you will be much, much happier almost never seeing. Trust me on this.

 

[TarionzCousin]

yeah, this is how i use it.

it helps me from getting banned b/c of telling someone what i really mean in the language and way i would in normal conversation.

[MENTION=2885]diaglo[/MENTION] is probably the expert. Don't you have 30+ people on your list?

I'm glad the Ignore function exists for some people, even if I don't use it. It's like strawberry ice cream; some people eat it, so there is more chocolate and vanilla left for me!

 

[Bullgrit]

What if you like chocolate chip coffee icecream?

Then you like chocolate chip coffee ice cream. It doesn't mean that everyone else likes it, or even that anyone else likes it. It's only when you hold your own personal preference up as the common or best or proper preference that your opinion becomes an annoyance.

And then the annoyance becomes an aggravation if you were to then respond to a statement of "vanilla is the best selling flavor ice cream," with, "you hate chocolate chip coffee ice cream!"

Bullgrit

 

[El Mahdi]

I have it on very good anecdotal hearsay evidence that plain vanilla is declining in popularity and is likely to be discontinued.

There's a homemade vannila hybrid poised to take over because it's waaaaaaaay better.


You heard it from me first!

 

[Relique du Madde]

Plain Vanilla is inferior to Vanilla Bean.

 

[On Puget Sound]

You are all using the ignore list wrong. You should be using ignore version 6. Ignore 7 took all the fun out of ignoring people, and was introduced by Morrus just to make money from people who don't know how to ignore people well.

 

[Dice4Hire]

What I'd like to know is how many 'ignore' lists I'm on. I don't care whose, but how many.

Am I on none? Or 1? Or 4? Or 27? Or 536?

Lan-"if I'm on 536 ignore lists I'm gonna shoot for 1000!"-efan

You can be the weem of Ignore ..... ance. (sorry, could not help it.)

 

[pawsplay]

It really is true that ignoring things doesn't solve the problem. But sometimes, if you wait a while, problems solve themselves...

To those who feel weird about ignoring people, I can offer my own personal strategy. I walk away from a discussion for a day or two. Then I return, and report the most offensive post I can find by that person. If behavior doesn't go to the level of actually breaking forum rules and decorum, I feel it's generally on me to learn to tolerate it the behavior.