Ignore lists

[Celebrim]

Well, I know that I'm on about a half-dozen ignore lists, and I think its reasonable to assume that I'm on many more, so I voted 10+

If you are ignoring me, let me know so that I can see how close my guess is.

My ignore list is currently empty. I think I put someone on there for a few months years back but then thought about it and decided it wasn't really being fair to myself or the poster. Honestly though, I rarely pay much attention to the user bar, and probably wouldn't notice that I was disagreeing with the same person over and over. I didn't really pay attention to the fact that there was a couple of posters who I consistantly admired until I noticed I couldn't give them in more XP. Besides which, despite the hystrionics and theater I sometimes engage in, I really am hard to offend. Back in the UseNet days I acquired +5 asbestos underware of flame resistance, and comparitively, you can't even roast marshmellows at EnWorld.

 

[Dice4Hire]

So far the numbers have run pretty consistent. About 60-75% of people have no one on their ignore list and a similar number think they are on no one's list.

I kind of wish I could find out how many ignore lists I am on, just for curiosity's sake.

I would be more interested to know how many mutual ignores are going on.

But overall, I think it is a good thing that ignore lists are unused so much. It does make things a bit more open and freer, though if someone is regularly offensive (at least in your eyes) I think ignoring their posts is the best way to go, because there is not need to raise your blood pressure or get incited into theadbans or such.

 

[blargney the second]

I kind of wish I could find out how many ignore lists I am on, just for curiosity's sake.

I think it's fairly natural for social beings to have at least a passing interest in how others perceive them.

 

[Nifft]

I kind of wish I could find out how many ignore lists I am on, just for curiosity's sake.

As long as this number was reported only to the user, and as long as you never told anyone the contents of anyone else's ignore list, I think this would be an excellent feature.

Morrus, perhaps consider adding this for community supporters.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Longtooth Studios]

I don't use ignore. Of course I have never been attacked and pursued on the forum either.
I wonder sometimes if my banner sig irritates people enough to become ignored. I guess those who are offended by it have already ignored me and wouldn't be able speak up.

 

[Mr. Wilson]

I don't use ignore lists, since I can just stop reading if someone says something stupid.

I don't believe I'm on anyone's ignore list, but there's always a chance.

 

[Wayside]

Honestly, for me the Ignore List isn't just related to Edition Wars, but just that person's tone and behavior.

It doesn't matter if we agreed, that person (imo) is obnoxious and/or inflammatory, and beyond reason.

Absolutely. Whether someone ends up on my list or not is a measure of their intellectual honesty in expressing their views, not a measure of the views themselves. For example, I think Dannyalcatraz is pretty much wrong about everything, but I don't ignore him. For the most part he's genuinely engaged in the conversations he enters, and that's really where the bar should be set.

It is the biggest reason I do not use ignore lists. People change, ignore lists stop you from really seeing it. The guy you hate in one post may have some really cool stuff to say on another issue.

This argument always makes an appearance in Ignore List threads, and I don't think it holds up. Look at it this way: ENWorld has tens of thousands of active members. Do you really have time to read everything that each of them has to say? Of course not. So the goal becomes to get through as much of the worthwhile stuff as possible. By muting the worst offenders--trolls, edition warriors, etc.--you drastically improve the signal-to-noise ratio. Sure, you might miss out on that one cool post that Edition Warrior #963 has it in him to someday make, but in the meantime you get to read a lot of other cool posts that you might never have noticed otherwise because they would have been drowned out by all the crap.

In other words, for me the Ignore List is not about silencing people. On the contrary, it's about giving people the chance to be heard.

 

[Dice4Hire]

I don't use ignore. Of course I have never been attacked and pursued on the forum either.
I wonder sometimes if my banner sig irritates people enough to become ignored. I guess those who are offended by it have already ignored me and wouldn't be able speak up.

I have ignored sigs for a long time. When I come here via another computer the avatars and sigs come as quite a shock.

 

[haakon1]

I had 3 or 4 for a few months, but then decided I really didn't like the idea of electronically ignoring them (I figure I should be mature enough to just not let those I find annoying get to me - emphasis on should - I don't always succeed).

Nod. I feel sheepish about "ignore listing" people too.

But I feel better about it if I blame it on me instead of them -- it's something I just need to do if I keep getting mad when I talk to them, to keep me from being a jerk and annoying everyone else.

 

[haakon1]

And I, one who easily gives in to impulse, do not need more opportunities to give into negative impulses.

Nod, I hear you and feel the same way.

And hopefully, you can hear me. I've actually wondered if I made -YOUR- ignore list after our somewhat heated discussion of humanocentric/cantina stuff. It's hard to exactly how annoying -I- am when I respond to someone and go off on some tangent that seems interesting to me.

But since you gave me pretty much a treatise on how you think about the issue in reply, I'm guessing you weren't too mad. If you were, sorry.