Ignore lists

[Dice4Hire]

I had someone assume they were on my ignore list (jokingly or not) so I thought a poll was in order.

Attempting a dual question poll, please vote for at most two choices, and do not vote for the poll questions, of course.

I voted 8 and 1-3, though the 1-3 might be optimistic.

 

[nerfherder]

I'm not even on diaglo's ignore list

 

[Kafen]

Ignore lists are one of the odd things on the internet. Chances are, you are doing the person on your list the favor by using them. You are removing yourself from their life and doing the legwork.

 

[El Mahdi]

deleted

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Never use ignore lists.

 

[Jeff Wilder]

I don't have many people on mine, and for a very long time I didn't have any at all. I don't throw people on the ignore list based on stuff like, "I got into an argument with this person." (If I did, I'd see about seven posts of every 10.) My sole criterion is, "Has this person ever made a post I found helpful or funny?"

The answer is "no" very rarely.

My guess is I'm on 15 or 20 Ignore lists. But, you know, I have a high opinion of my ability to offend.

 

[Tequila Sunrise]

I don't have any ENworlders on my list, but my WotC list is a different story. Every once in a while a poster proves themselves to be nothing more than a deliberately offensive troll, without even an occasional shred of insight, that adding them to my list is as necessary as using a pop-up blocker.

 

[ggroy]

I don't bother using ignore lists, despite how tempting it can be.

I've always found it amusing whenever I have somebody "stalking" me online, for whatever reasons. Some of my "stalkers" are so obsessive about keeping track of my every move online, and pouncing at every opportunity with angry posts filled with vengeance.

Essentially they're paying more attention to me than my ex-wife ever did! (My now ex-wife was one of those extremely jealous types who would be covertly tracking my every move outside of the home, but I didn't know it at the time).

I just find it amusing that some anonymous strangers online, are willing to put so much effort and time in keeping track of my posts and comments on many message boards, blogs, etc ... It's as if I'm a huge target of their obsessive disgust and hate, that I largely feel pity for them more than anything else. I just find it hard to not feel sorry for such souls.

Unrequited hate is vastly more diminishing for the self than unrequited love. You can't react by demonizing.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

No one's on mine. I don't actually remember how to ignore someone off the top of my head.

I doubt I'm on anyone else's, but you never know what can put off a random stranger... so I ticked "1-3" to cover cases of "Teh Int3rwebz Social Code, Article 4, Section 1.6: Unrecognized Offense by Innuendo &/or Stupid Commentary".

 

[DaveMage]

5 (or so) are on my ignore list.

I take people off now and again just to see if they have become tolerable to me. If not, back they go!