Is The Forum Getting More Antagonistic?

[Lazvon]

Interesting. I am newly back after Uber long hiatus, only ignored two people which I just saw how to find. To someone’s suggestion here I looked at who I am ignoring, and noticed I could uncheck this so I at least know when they are in the thread:

“Remove ignored contentIf checked, the content from users that you ignore will be completely removed.

If un-checked, the content from users that you ignore will be hidden with a message indicating the user is ignored and an option to show the content.”

Nice feature.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I'm busy ignoring myself.

Although I've been told that if I do that too often, I might go blind.

Wait .. you don't think that's true.

Do you?

DO YOU??!!!!!

ETA- "I'll take jokes that don't work in dark mode for $100, Alex."

Interesting. I am newly back after Uber long hiatus, only ignored two people which I just saw how to find. To someone’s suggestion here I looked at who I am ignoring, and noticed I could uncheck this so I at least know when they are in the thread:

“Remove ignored contentIf checked, the content from users that you ignore will be completely removed.

If un-checked, the content from users that you ignore will be hidden with a message indicating the user is ignored and an option to show the content.”

Nice feature.

Yeah. Shame it only works one way.

 

[CleverNickName]

My trouble is I don't ignore nearly enough people.

Them:
Me: "I'm sure they didn't mean that. I must have misunderstood them."
Them:
Me: "I'm sure that deep down, they're actually really nice."
Them:
Me: "....somewhere deep, deep down..."

 

[beancounter]

The problem with ignore is that it can prevent threads from spiraling out of control.

 

[RealAlHazred]

I don't much care who has me on ignore, but occasionally I would be curious to know how many people have me on ignore.

But I also act contrarian sometimes, and don't need more encouragement to be a jerk.

 

[Nikosandros]

It definitely feels a bit antagonistic recently. There's quite a bit of posting that is quite dismissive of differing opinions.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I don't much care who has me on ignore, but occasionally I would be curious to know how many people have me on ignore.

But I also act contrarian sometimes, and don't need more encouragement to be a jerk.

The problem is I feel bad about it. I'd apologize if I knew who they were.

 

[darjr]

Hello? Strange empty thread?

 

[Nikosandros]

Hello? Strange empty thread?

Lots of ignored posters?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

There are over 200 users who are ignored by more than 10 people.

So, I suspect there's dozens of posters would be surprised how many are ignoring them.

I wonder if there's any productive way to let those folks know. I suspect it wouldn't be productive knowledge for most people, though.