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I was actually on my own ignore list for a while, because I accidentally put myself on there.

I could very well be on a few, and I've definitly used it a few times.
The first time was on a thread about an old man being busted for pedophilia. The person was being a total ass, seemingly saying pedophiles didn't really exist, and thowing out some fairly moronic remarks.

Never used the feature, i think i've been a jerk a couple of times in the first year or so i was on the site but i am nothing but civil these days and avoid blanket, baiting, statements for the most part.

There's a couple users i dislike, mainly for their smug, self-absorbed manner but i force myself to be satisfied with the simple fact that they are clearly smug and self absorbed people.

A lesson i quickly learned is that there's no point picking at every single little hole or prat-fall someone makes. That wee satisfying sting of contempt i get when i read something stupid is usually enough for me

If I put someone on ignore would I see threads they start?

 Laemos wrote:
If I put someone on ignore would I see threads they start?

Yes.

 Avatar 720 wrote:
There are about 3 people in this thread who I currently have on ignore, so I'd say not nearly often enough.

Hey, someone actually quoted someone in this thread I have on ignore

I've never used it, and I don't intend to start.

I've got one still on mine. I had two but one of them stopped posting about half a year ago so I removed him.

Without the ignore button, I would be banned.

I've got quite a few on there, even a MOD!

GG

I have about four or five people on mine. There is one person I want to put on, but said poster occasionally has information I'd like to see, so I don't put him/her on it. I never find myself in agreement with said poster though. So each day is a coin toss of whether I do it or not.

Hope that's ambiguous enough for the mods.

 flamingkillamajig wrote:
Just read an uncensored post from the user i was talking about and was reminded why i ignore them in any thread which isn't strictly about games currently being played or some topic that usually shuts out a person's opinions.

Did you ever look at a person and what they write sometimes and ask yourself "How the h*ll does this person have so many steam friends or online friends?!"

Maybe you're just not a likeable person, popular people tend to be popular because people like being around them (there's exceptions though).


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I haven't put anyone on the ignore list.

Got 10 or so person on it, I can't remember why for most so I should clean it. The one person I remember was a guy who kept making post in Ork speech, and it makes my eyes bleed.

I don't use it. I like to hear other people's opinions even if they are misinformed at best.

Nope, never use it, need the forum shenanigans, if i would use the ignore button my popcorn would go stale!

Sooooo... who has me on their ignore list?*

*You can't see me if you do!

Can you hear me now?

I cannot stand the clamoring of large numbers of leaderless samurai. That's it.

 Bullockist wrote:
Wait, what? Sigvatr is married? He's been called mysogynist (and other terms) so many times on this board i thought women would run screaming from him

Not really. Healthy attitudes about gender & sexuality are hardly prerequisite for marriage, love or just about anything else really. In fact I'd probably go so far as to say they probably don't play a huge role one way or the other on the matter. Misogyny is or lack thereof is really kind of a non-factor when it comes to finding love.

 Cheesecat wrote:

 flamingkillamajig wrote:
Just read an uncensored post from the user i was talking about and was reminded why i ignore them in any thread which isn't strictly about games currently being played or some topic that usually shuts out a person's opinions.

Did you ever look at a person and what they write sometimes and ask yourself "How the h*ll does this person have so many steam friends or online friends?!"

Maybe you're just not a likeable person, popular people tend to be popular because people like being around them (there's exceptions though).


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I haven't put anyone on the ignore list.

To an extent but believe it or not it's more because i'm more introverted and don't often friend people on here. I have quite a few. Also if you're one of the few female on a male dominated forum chances are a lot of guys will give the girl attention. Not always but it happens.

Also yeah that person in question has very extreme views and gets angry easily. In fact they have a blog nobody visits as it harbors such extreme views.

 Bullockist wrote:
Wait, what? Sigvatr is married? He's been called mysogynist (and other terms) so many times on this board i thought women would run screaming from him

I'm married to a feminist, equal opportunities officer working at the same company as me and we have a (mostly...) lovely 7 years old daughter

Just don't assume that people (on these forums) claiming to be feminists actually are.

Never, ignore is cowardice and defeatism

I have used it twice. Once was for an absolute tool, no grammar and his first post was nothing but insults and swearing and generally being a nob (and not the Orky kind).

The second guy I just didn't like his posts and didn't want to know.

If the button had a 'zap a user in addition to ignoring them' I feel I'd use it more.

But no, to answer the OP's question, I don't use it at all. If I want to ignore someone I can just scroll by their bs or not read the thread. Or *gasp* get off the computer and go do something else that isn't infuriating.

I have one person on there, and to be honest it was only for a couple of posts that I found offensive, otherwise they're just a normal user. Should probably take them off.

 Sigvatr wrote:

 Bullockist wrote:
Wait, what? Sigvatr is married? He's been called mysogynist (and other terms) so many times on this board i thought women would run screaming from him

I'm married to a feminist, equal opportunities officer working at the same company as me and we have a (mostly...) lovely 7 years old daughter

Just don't assume that people (on these forums) claiming to be feminists actually are.

Don't sweat it, Sig.

I've been called a misogynist plenty of times, too, and am quite happily married to an extremely intelligent woman I probably don't deserve

I've used it once, for a guy who came into the 40K Background section and started insulting people for discussing the background of 40K. I don't mind disagreements. I don't mind contrary, demonstrably wrong, or even flat out insane opinions. But going into a background discussion area of a forum and mocking people for discussing the background is lazy trolling. Put some effort into it, dammit.

I've only got one person on my ignore list, and that is purely because I just don't have the time/energy to decipher what the heck they are trying to say.

I get that English isn't their native language, but their posts read to me, as if they typed something in Thai into Google Translate, and went from Thai, to French, to Finnish, to Japanese, into Italian, and then in to English.

All this thread has done is made me wonder how many ignore lists I'm on...

 pretre wrote:
All this thread has done is made me wonder how many ignore lists I'm on...

You can sleep easier knowing that you're not on mine

 Frankenberry wrote:
If the button had a 'zap a user "

MOD team function only, sorry.



note to self : check we've announced this upgrade and the great purge has actually started, don't want to give the game away with an early reveal.

 reds8n wrote:

 Frankenberry wrote:
If the button had a 'zap a user "

MOD team function only, sorry.



note to self : check we've announced this upgrade and the great purge has actually started, don't want to give the game away with an early reveal.

Is that next to the "bane" button?