The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[MichaelSomething]

Democracy doesn't mean that you always get what you want. It means we get what we want. Sometimes you will be part of "we." Sometimes you won't. This is a feature, not a bug.

Yet people would ignore my suggestion that we Enworlders form a secret society to quietly manipulate events from behind the shadows.

Are we not best suited to rule the masses???

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Are we not best suited to rule the masses???

I feel like any thread here that goes over nine pages would put that idea to rest.

 

[trappedslider]

I feel like any thread here that goes over nine pages would put that idea to rest.

that's a lot of words to say more than 3 replies.

 

[payn]

I feel like any thread here that goes over nine pages would put that idea to rest.

Thats all of them if you subtract the locked ones.

 

[Umbran]

Thats all of them if you subtract the locked ones.

Well, that's a lot of putting to rest. Maybe that idea is more laid to rest, at that point.

 

[Wofano Wotanto]

Thats all of them if you subtract the locked ones.

Barring the ones I've started. Don't think I've had more than one thread even get replies. Which leaves me more time to be snarky on other folks' threads, especially this one.

 

[MNblockhead]

I have unfortunately been on a few forums where the ignore feature that is used has been weaponized against other users, it’s not a perfect system. No system really is.

However, the solution isn’t to remove such a feature, but to have a good moderation team to ensure the feature is being used properly. On that front I think the mods here do a pretty good job of that.

Almost afraid to ask, but how can it be "weaponized?"

I mean, anyone who thinks they are attacking me by ignoring me are people I would be happy to be ignored by. They are doing me a favor.

 

[MNblockhead]

View attachment 359888

QFT. Illustrative example: The Rise and Fall of Action Park, New Jersey’s Most Dangerous Water Park | HISTORY

 

[Cadence]

The number of times I click on an alert about a like, go to see what it was for, and then fix a typo I had made...

 

[RoughCoronet0]

Almost afraid to ask, but how can it be "weaponized?"

I mean, anyone who thinks they are attacking me by ignoring me are people I would be happy to be ignored by. They are doing me a favor.

Mostly I've seen it used to throw shade and spread rumors that the ignored user couldn't see or defend against, especially if you have several users doing this together. Sometimes the misinformation would spread beyond the initial forum. One forum in particular got pretty frustrating. Didn't help that the moderation team wasn't quite as active as a place like here. Drove off a few good people over some really petty stuff. Luckily nothing truly damaging but still. Several of us ended up creating our own discord server to get away from the forum and continue to hang out and talk about what brought us together (Skyrim). That particular forum shut down a few years later.

Thankfully I haven't seen any sort of problems like that in a while, and the few I did experience were not first hand but as an observer. The few forums I frequent now are very well moderated and have a very strong, if passionate, community.