On number of ignores

[Umbran]

Hoping it's fewer than 75.

It is not fewer than 75. It is much, much higher. However, it probably also includes many spammers who got an ignore or two before they got banned, and such.

The more interesting number might be how many active posters have at least one ignore, for some reasonable definition of "active".

 

[Gradine]

It takes a lot of bad faith to get me to ignore somebody, and every time I decide to go back and see what those folks are up to they are no longer around, either voluntarily or shown the door.

It is incredible helpful that Morrus and the rest mod team keep such a great zero-tolerance policy towards the type of "current real-world outlooks" that would be harmful or otherwise exclusive of people such as myself. It helps make this a space where I can be comfortable sharing my thoughts.

I'd have assumed most ignores on this site though were due to Saelorn-esque levels of stubborn "badwrongfun"-ism leading to endless pages of acrimony over semantics.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

While that’s likely true, the people I personally have blocked, I did for the sake of my time and blood pressure. If I find that I’m only communicating with someone to argue with them, because for whatever reason their communication style and content bugs the heck out of me, then it’s better all around if I don’t talk to them. And it’s easiest then for me to Ignore them.

I understand and respect that. I was tempted once to block a poster, but I decided that I can use my own judgement to ignore them if I like, and maybe they'd say something interesting in the future (or something that might make me understand them better) if I just let them speak. I'm not judging others for blocking people - obviously the feature is popular for a reason - but I don't think that I personally need it. Besides, anyone that could really offend ME would long since be kicked off the board by a moderator, I expect.

 

[Rabulias]

It is not fewer than 75.

Sorry to hear that. :-/

The more interesting number might be how many active posters have at least one ignore, for some reasonable definition of "active".

This is more what I was looking for, with active being defined, say, as "unbanned, and with at least one visit to ENworld within the last 90 days."

 

[Sacrosanct]

Man, I'd pay double on my Community Supporter account to see the names on that list.

Pretty sure I'm of them

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Pretty sure I'm of them

Does it make you Proud, Ashamed, or Indifferent? (I mean that as a friendly curiosity).

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I have only ever ignored one person, and it was a troll that was banned from the site about a week after my Ignoring them.

I wonder if anyone has ignored me after my just over a year on this site. I don't think anyone has told me if they have.

 

[TwoSix]

Pretty sure I'm of them

If you make any number of interesting points, you're eventually going to piss somebody off. Price to pay for being an interesting poster.

I don't think I have a lot of people ignoring me, but I know I have some. At least getting ignored doesn't break links like it did in the old forum software.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

So I was going to say (pointing out the obvious) that there are three rough "groupings."

There are the people from 35-60. You can subcategorize that, a little, but it's roughly one contiguous group; the difference between 35 and 60 is only 25, and there is no gap larger than 5 anyhwere in there (47-52, which is why you could subdivide it from 35-47, and 52-60 if you really wanted).

Then there is 74, which would be an outlier. 74 is as close to 60 as 60 is to 46....

Except, you know ... 130.

Come again? You know I don't speak Internet. In English, please.
What? You pooped in the threads? And you got up to 130 ignores? How'd you do that? I'm not even mad, that's amazing.

 

[CleverNickName]

If you put me on your Ignore list, please reply to this message and I'll try to make amends.