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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 7541077" data-attributes="member: 6704184">The ignore function didn’t work very well at stopping the other person from being part of my forum experience. Several times I still had to deal with people who I had ignored, because they’d read my posts and quote or tag me in reply (I don’t remember which was possible, bc I don’t dwell on past forum mechanics). They’d also read my posts and go back and forth with others in the thread about them, etc. IRL, you can close ranks in a group and shut someone out socially using body language and social cues. In a forum, you can’t. Block is the generally accepted internet alternative. Also, a lot of folks find it make-ones-skin-crawl creepy when someone they have ignored or otherwise “cold-shouldered” online circumvents that to read their posts. My reaction isn’t that strong, but I frankly just care a lot more about their ability to use the forums without being skeeved out by a shadow creeper than I care about someone’s sense of entitlement to view all posts on the forum always.</blockquote>