Ignored users

[BOZ]

LOL - i now see there's a very good reason i don't use the ignore feature.

 

[Wormwood]

LOL - i now see there's a very good reason i don't use the ignore feature.

Agreed.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Darn it -- I can't ignore myself!

 

[Infiniti2000]

It took me a while to figure out what was going on as well. I kept getting these weird situations where I would click a thread and see all these responses to a post--a lengthy post--that was simply missing. After a while I figured out what these threads had in common: the OP was on my ignore list.

It would be nice if thread-starting posts were left out of this plan, if only to save me clicking back and forth to find the "first page" of discussion I obviously missed when I clicked on the link to the "second page" by mistake.

Don't you look to see who started a thread before reading it? Why not just ignore threads started by people on your ignore list? Better yet, someone could include that into the ignore command itself.

PS. Why does this thread skip post 16?

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

Don't you look to see who started a thread before reading it? Why not just ignore threads started by people on your ignore list? Better yet, someone could include that into the ignore command itself.

PS. Why does this thread skip post 16?

Well, for starters, no. I don't care who started a thread if it's a thread I want to read. Often, people who are worth reading post messages in threads by people I have ignored. I also don't want to check my ignore list every time I read a new thread just in case the OP is ignored. I'd rather just open the thread, note that the OP is ignored, and click "read this post" to find out what the thread's about. Then, I can continue to ignore the poster in question without further trouble.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Well, for starters, no. I don't care who started a thread if it's a thread I want to read. Often, people who are worth reading post messages in threads by people I have ignored.

Exactly. Just because one person on ENWorld is someone chosen to ignore doesn't mean I don't care about everyone else's opinion. Even the people on my ignore list (two) occasionally have some topic of interest to talk about, and aren't jerks about it.

That said, I've found that the number of times those people have something worthwhile to say is vastly outnumbered by the times they either contribute needlessly or are total jerks. If the ratio were in their favor, I wouldn't have them on ignore, I'd just skim past their posts. So having the initial posts blocked isn't something I'm terribly concerned about. Also, honestly, neither person starts many posts in the forums - it's either meaningless crap or deliberate rudeness in response to others.

 

[Piratecat]

Even with Dr. A's complaints, I think we're pretty happy with how ignore is currently working. I don't think it'll change from its current incarnation for some time.

 

[Arnwyn]

That's too bad - I'm waiting for a system that allows me to put myself on somebody else's ignore list!

 

[diaglo]

That's too bad - I'm waiting for a system that allows me to put myself on somebody else's ignore list!

quoted for troofity

 

[Joshua Randall]

Is there a limit to the number of people you can have on your ignore list?

Should I try to find out what it is? :blink: