Is The Forum Getting More Antagonistic?

[Gradine]

I’ll be honest that has gone over my head. I don’t understand. I certainly hope I aren’t intellectually dishonestly threadcrapping, or implying anything.

The way that breaks formatting wasn't helping, but no, you're a good egg, I was just making a stupid joke about an old posted frenemy of mine.

 

[TheSword]

The way that breaks formatting wasn't helping, but no, you're a good egg, I was just making a stupid joke about an old posted frenemy of mine.

phew.

 

[SakanaSensei]

I’m curious now: if a thread OP has someone on ignore, does the ignored party see the thread but not the OP itself, essentially getting a context-less conversation in their feed?

 

[Morrus]

I’m curious now: if a thread OP has someone on ignore, does the ignored party see the thread but not the OP itself, essentially getting a context-less conversation in their feed?

Doesn't work on the first post.

 

[billd91]

I’m curious now: if a thread OP has someone on ignore, does the ignored party see the thread but not the OP itself, essentially getting a context-less conversation in their feed?

That may depend on the ignore settings, because there are definitely threads out there created by people I'm ignoring that I cannot see in the list. If I stumble onto them in a search for something else and I spot a post by someone I'm not ignoring, then I can indirectly access the thread.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I’m curious now: if a thread OP has someone on ignore, does the ignored party see the thread but not the OP itself, essentially getting a context-less conversation in their feed?

I know I've had people respond to a thread I created who had me on ignore, so I'm guessing they see it.

 

[beancounter]

I know I've had people respond to a thread I created who had me on ignore, so I'm guessing they see it.

Yep, I accidentally saw stuff when I viewed the thread before I signed in.

 

[Thomas Shey]

There's also the occasional oddity where you see a final page number that you can't access, because the only person who's posted on it yet is the blocked/blocking person.

 

[CapnZapp]

I’m curious now: if a thread OP has someone on ignore, does the ignored party see the thread but not the OP itself, essentially getting a context-less conversation in their feed?

In the old days that was a real problem. Mind you, the ignore functionality back then wasn't integrated into the forum software, but was an extension purchased by the site. So I guess it was hard to implement in a seamless fashion.

In Xenforo the functionality is implemented without that bug: you can't effectively shut out people from an entire thread (including all the posts made by others) by being the thread starter and then ignoring someone.

 

[CapnZapp]

I quickly read through the last five pages or do where the topic shifted to the ignore function. If someone has already made the following point, please skip this post:

As you might know the forum remains accessible through the Tapatalk interface. In my case, the dedicated ENWorld app. (As I understand it, we're talking a reskinned Tapatalk app which accesses only one forum)

Anyhoo, since it only understand the most basic Tapatalk features (Xenforo remains backwards compatible with this) all the new improved functionality doesn't work on Tapatalk.

For instance, the old way of tagging spoilers didn't work. (Now that ENWorld has resumed the standard spoiler implementation, they work once more in my app)

Another aspect, to finally get back to the point, regards the ignore interface. Basically, it is ignored by the app.

Just to say that if you ever realize someone you have ignored is responding to your posts (through a third party) it does not necessarily have to involve someone deliberately trying to evade the system.

It could simply be they're browsing through the app and simply don't (and can't) realize they're on your ignore list.

This message is not inviting you to any mischief. I simply believe more information is better than less.