How to use the ignore function

[Guest]

If the forum software would support it, I suggest implementing forced ignores.  

 

There are many posts which consists of people attempting to censor content they don't like or silence posters they don't like.    Since these wannabe censors do not have the wherewithal to simply use the ignore button or they are suffering from the delusion that they are somehow protecting the internet from dangerous ideas,  it would be interesting if the Mods could do it for them.  

 

 

[Guest]

I have Komentarlos on ignore.. but if I click on "Latest activity".. I can see what  they posted.. that kind of defeats the ignore feature..

[fraufruit 42,496]

8 minutes ago, SpiderPig said:

I can see what  they posted.

 

So don't read it.

[john g. 37,776]

I don´t like any censureship unless the poster is a spammer, crook or whatever. If the poster breaks German laws - ban the post(er)..ok. Otherwise why get the mods involved in differences of opinion and emotions? And if someone can´t use the ignore function, why is that something the mods should be bothered about?

 

The REAL issue is: balticus is right, IMHO..some posters can´t accept other people´s opinions, stories, lifestyles, posting habits. And I know which ones they are! They are people who would have loved to work for the Stasi or their ultra right equivalents in military dictatorships!

Without their oppressive, intolerant, high-horsed  opinions, no dictatorship of Left or Right would survive.

[john g. 37,776]

2 minutes ago, fraufruit said:

 

So don't read it.

Exactly!!!

I will now post a picture to demonstrate my independence of those who would want to censure me/ murder me!

After the vet visit today, Roza was checking out if she could go surfing.

 

Ban me, put me on ignore etc!

 

 

 

 

[john g. 37,776]

1 hour ago, SpiderPig said:

I have Komentarlos on ignore.. but if I click on "Latest activity".. I can see what  they posted.. that kind of defeats the ignore feature..

Why should that worry a grown man?

[hellfire99 4,388]

 

7 minutes ago, El Jeffo said:

 I'm only interacting with you because it's Friday and you seem kind of desperate.

 

Think you are doing the ignore thing wrong, El Jeffo. 

 

 

 

On 11/6/2018, 7:44:15, dessa_dangerous said:

 How to Ignore

 

1. Actually wish to ignore the user you wish to ignore. Wishing to wish you didn't want to see what they have to say will not suffice, unfortunately. It's important to work through any denial in this regard in order for the feature to function properly.

 

2. Adjust your settings to include the user to be ignored on your Ignored User list. If the person is particularly odious and/or aggressive, be sure to ignore their PMs also.

 

3. Scroll past the bit of white space with the tiny text when it appears on your screen and do not bother to read whose post it is you've Chosen to Ignore (assuming you have more than one person on your list, which, let's face it, if you need this tutorial, then you probably have half the active users on iggy). It doesn't matter whose post it is. Scroll past it and enjoy the peace and quiet.

 

4. If you do opt to Show This Post you must understand it as a secret act, the weak, spineless commission of which must be guarded dearly until your natural death, lest you bring shame unto your family and besmirch the name of your dynasty with an irretrievable loss of face. 

 

In other words, if you looky, don't tell no one, geddit? It's between you and your maker. No one else needs or wants to know about your temporary lapse of judgment, overwhelming curiosity in the moment, or plain old denial about wishing to wish you would wish to want to ignore any given user.

 

5. Do not, under any circumstances, publicly post that you have a given member on ignore. Not punishable by death but decidedly indecorous and guaranteed to elicit a response from that user, which is the opposite of your purported aim--minimizing exposure/interaction with that person, and which will inevitably lead to more posts you'll have to "ignore".

 

5a. Same applies to individual comments as well. Posts such as, "ohhh, did TingleTongle1966 write something to or about me, cos if they did, I would be the last to know OR care," are punishable by up to ten years shame on your family. You shouldn't know they posted anything at all (you don't bother reading whose post it is). You damn sure shouldn't assume they wrote anything about you (you flaming narcissist). And you're not allowed to care what they do because they are dead to you now. That's the beauty of Ignore. It's like blotting out their existence but without all the messy pickaxe, dismemberment, interment and going on the lam as a one-armed man of actually having to kill them.

 

6. DO NOT, under any circumstances, post a screen shot of the You Have Chosen To Ignore PigSnot69 message! Ever! Evereverevereverevereverevereverevereverevereverevereverever! Never!

 

7. EVER!!!!!!

 

8. Do not, after posting the screenshot of the post you didn't not read, protest that you can't be accused of engaging the person because you're "not even answering" them. Failure. You have failed. As a man/woman/father/mother/son/daughter/brother/sister/aunt/uncle/niece/nephew/spouse/partner/occasional shag/passing acquaintance/earthling/friend. If you have a pet you have failed them too but purely by Bob's grace they won't know it. Punishment: a lifetime of knowing how badly you have failed, the knowledge that everyone else saw you fail and thought you looked like a twat, shame on your family for all future generations, possible death by embarrassment, likelihood of dedicated, pinned post in metachat by admin to publicly shame you. And five years' bad Chinese takeaway.

 

[AlexTr 19,754]

Don't panic, @hellfire99. Help is on the way.

[hellfire99 4,388]

1 hour ago, hellfire99 said:

Of course it is a hatched job. Nothing more that EU sympathisers and 5th columnists trying to undermine the government.  Same with the bullying accusations. Yawn! 

 

1 hour ago, El Jeffo said:

It's "hatchet job". Are you sure you speak English?    I feel obliged to leave this here. Maybe you could find an herbal remedy. Or barring that, a cork.

 

On 2/21/2020, 3:30:14, El Jeffo said:

I'd prefer to see you getting your ass hit by the door on your way out of here, but you do you, man. I'm only interacting with you because it's Friday and you seem kind of desperate.

 

1 hour ago, hellfire99 said:

What was it you were saying about only interacting with me on Fridays, El Jeffo? 

 

You've not really got the hang of ignoring me, have you! 

 

But I live in hope! 

 

 

[hellfire99 4,388]

On 11/6/2018, 7:44:15, dessa_dangerous said:

 Actually wish to ignore the user you wish to ignore. Wishing to wish you didn't want to see what they have to say will not suffice, unfortunately. It's important to work through any denial in this regard in order for the feature to function properly.

 

5 minutes ago, Metall said:

Basically, the second when trolls like you turn up and start posting.

*puts HF firmly back on ignore*

 

I don't really think you want to ignore me, Metall. 

 

I think a big boy told you to do it then ran away and now you look silly and have been found wanting. 

 

[hellfire99 4,388]

 

On 4/29/2020, 2:20:49, fraufruit said:

More likely that she has you on ignore.

 

On 4/29/2020, 2:23:18, hellfire99 said:

She lacks the fortitude to do that, Fruity. 

 

9 minutes ago, Metall said:

And yet another motherfucking special snowflake and wannabe SJW! Hahaha!!!

 

Q.E.D. 

 

[hellfire99 4,388]

Hey john_b,

 

You are doing it wrong! 

 

 

28 minutes ago, hellfire99 said:

make love, not 

 

18 minutes ago, john_b said:

troll for Brexit

 

Or what was it you were saying?

 

 

How can we take your word on anything now? 

 

I'm disappointed with you, john_b. 

 

 

[hellfire99 4,388]

How hard can it be to ignore someone?

 

On 10/9/2020, 3:28:21, cb6dba said:

I'd say a well done to all the established members for ignoring and ot the new(ish) members for catching on quick and ignoring.

Keep up the good work.  

 

1 hour ago, cb6dba said:

When HF can't make any come back he will question your knowledge and, if he's needing attention, ask you to convince him.

 

Mate, please try to ignore me. It will save me having to read the absolute gibberish you write. 

 

Keep up the good work.

 

 

[El Jeffo 42,135]

Let's see... I don't like how people are responding to my constant poking and prodding. Do I

1. put them on ignore myself
2. just let it slide, because I've got my big boy pants on
3. hold my breath, stamp my feet, and post repeated whinges demanding that others ignore me, because I'm just that special

 

[robinson100 12,854]

I think that some people take their online persona too seriously.

At the end of the day, many of us do not know each other IRL, and have no urge to get to know each other.

Thus, the simplest thing to do is walk away from the computer, and do something more productive.

 

OTOH, if I really want to ignore somebody, why on earth would I need to click on a button to do so? I am a grown woman, and can do things for myself!!!

[lunaCH 972]

16 minutes ago, robinson100 said:

if I really want to ignore somebody, why on earth would I need to click on a button to do so? I am a grown woman, and can do things for myself!!!

(This is not aimed at you. I'm just quoting what you wrote as a reference.) 

 

You can. Some people on here though can't do that. They simply have to keep bandying about the existence of an ignore function and the fact that they use it.

 

The funny thing is I've been told repeatedly by the same user that I'm on ignore or even back on ignore !!

So it seems that they are merely using the existence of the ignore function just to make a point, just to mention it, just to post about it, but they are not actually using it.

Why the heck would someone be on ignore then off ignore again? Surely the idea is to ignore them? If you're taking them off ignore, then you've been seeing their posts anyway, reading them, disagreeing with them and so bringing up the point about the existence of the ignore function again, whilst having nothing of any value to bring to the ongoing discussion - it's just because you disagree with them.  

 

Even with an ignore function on, if it works, you still see that person's posts, particularly if the following user quotes them. Moreover many threads make no sense whatsoever if you skip posts, particularly as quoting is sometimes used and sometimes isn't. When it isn't used, you don't know what the user is referring to if you have not read the post which immediately precedes that post - presumably (especially if the discussion carries on from that particular point) then you go to read it - which defeats the object of the ignore function entirely.  

[Metall 14,557]

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[kiplette 8,795]

4 hours ago, robinson100 said:

why on earth would I need to click on a button to do so?

 

 For me it was because unlike posters who I routinely ignored in the past, the posts were everywhere and all the time, and pointless. It's like chucking junk mail every day rather than having a useful note on the letterbox saying 'no junk mail please'. 

 

I think life would be better if more people used it actually, because threads do get hard to read when individual feuds take over the pages. 

 

 

[Metall 14,557]

4 hours ago, kiplette said:

 

 For me it was because unlike posters who I routinely ignored in the past, the posts were everywhere and all the time, and pointless. It's like chucking junk mail every day rather than having a useful note on the letterbox saying 'no junk mail please'. 

 

I think life would be better if more people used it actually, because threads do get hard to read when individual feuds take over the pages.

 

Word.

 

[fraufruit 42,496]

Some pages I see only have about 4 posts that I can read. The rest ignored. 

 

Time saver if nothing else.