Ignore Lists. . .

[Azlan]

Folks, this isn't going to turn into "Veiled Hints about Who's on my Ignore List" ok?

It was just beginning to dawn on me that "Veiled Hints About Who's on My Ignore List" is exactly what this could turn into (though I wouldn't have been able to entitle it so succinctly), and that seemed to me like something unprecedented, like something I hadn't encountered before throughout the past two or three years that I've been active on these message boards. (Albeit, my total number of posts is still way below the thousands mark.) But now I'm guessing it's been done before.

Heh. You've seen it all, eh, Eric?

 

[hellbender]

Is it really that rude to just come out and say who is on an ignore list? I am probably on a couple and it honestly doesn't affect me. 'Netiquette' is nonsense. Speak to people as if you were in a room with them. If I seem ascerbic sometimes, hey, I am that way in real life, I am not offended by every little thing. People who are going to cry for being ignored need to step away from the keys for a while, go outside, and jump into the real world. On the other hand, I could care less who is on anyone's ignore list. Life is way to short to sweat your status with another person on a message board.


hellbender

 

[Emiricol]

I'm usually polite to people in a real room, too

I don't have anyone on my ignore list, actually.

 

[Piratecat]

'Netiquette' is nonsense. Speak to people as if you were in a room with them.

"Netiquette is nonsense"? Not here, it's not. The problem is not when people speak as if they were in a room with someone; the problem is when people speak as if they were alone in a room at a computer, with no manners or accountability. Luckily, it doesn't happen too often.

 

[Umbran]

Is it really that rude to just come out and say who is on an ignore list?

Yep. Why? Cliche as it may sound, it's because nice matters. And two wrongs don't make a right.

To say who is on your ignore list essentially tells everyone "I had a problem with these people, and so you might, too." In so doing, you possibly prejudice readers against said person, which is rude.

 

[Mark]

None on mine. Never has been.

Just a thought... Sometimes when people first come to EN World they post in a manner that they have grown accustomed to posting elsewhere on the Internet. Some places require a fairly thick hide coupled with a certain level of harsh retaliation to make headway among the regulars. Not so much here, of course, but that can carry over to the first impression they make on EN World. It might be worthwhile clearing your ignore list and seeing how many who irked you in the past have settled in to become posters with information you find useful.

 

[Knight Otu]

None on mine. Never has been.

I never really thought I would actually use it, before I put that one poster into the list. But I surely will try not to add more. Actually, I might even empty the list, I'm not too sure about it...

 

[hellbender]

My netiquette is nonsense still stands, actually, for the very reasons that you mention. The internet used to be a neat place, but with it being so easy to be virtually anonymous, people will spout off things they wouldn't dare say one on one. I used to be a mIRC op for years, watching main folder channels and keeping the peace. Seeing the influx of people, including freaks, it just got old and tiring. I treat people as if we were all together in a room together, a much better policy than 'netiquette'. I understand the policy here, and if I don't like it, I can leave it (and I do from time to time, mostly due to this very thing, moderators can be frustrating creatures), and I will probably take a break, enjoy the real world, play a little 3.5, and slither back in time. There is really nothing here that imperative to get worked up about, which really, is the whole point.


hellbender

 

[Desdichado]

I have two, I think, on my list. Not because they necessarily give me a lot of grief, more because I just find them tedious. No hints about who they are, either! If they respond to a thread I start, I look to see what they have to say, at least.

I'd be curious if I'm on anyone's ignore list. Not in some kind of vengeful stalker kind of way, I'd just like to know if I've offended anyone so I could try to straighten it out. Of course, since I'd be on their ignore lists, they'd never see me ask it here, so I guess it's a moot point.

As to your point hellbender, it's easy to get carried away with the anonymity of the Internet, and be much ruder than you would in real life. Partly to curb my tendency to do that, and also partly because I decided I thought the whole thing cumbersome and tiring, I decided to register here under my real name. Lately, I've been doing that everywhere. I don't have anything to hide!

 

[Piratecat]

It might be worthwhile clearing your ignore list and seeing how many who irked you in the past have settled in to become posters with information you find useful.

It amazes me how many tims I've seen this happen. In particular, one or two people that I've written off as lost causes have ended up being tremendously interesting assets to the community. I'd have never have guessed it.