❤️❤️ DU "Ignore Feature". ❤️❤️

[OhNo-Really]

Do you use the "Ignore Feature"

Who do you ignore?

One of my recent articles, ironically an invitation to civility, drew one of the most uncivil responses I have seen on DU (been here for years, lost password, couldn't get back on until I got a new iPhone/email)

So I Asked nicely for comment to be removed only to be told to ".........whatever right wing 💩hole....shilling for"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128741459

Can you guess who will get ignored.

I have never been called a right winger in my entire life, until now. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

When we ignore, do the negative comments still show up for everyone else to see?

If yes, how are we protected from hateful trolls trashing our work?

If we ignore a troll, and their character slamming comments persist, we won't even know they are there, is this correct?

Anyone? Bueller?

[Lazy Daisy]

1. When you put a person on ignore

they only disappear to you

They are still out there doing what they do

[TheBlackAdder]

28. Yep. Sometimes people change. Even the worst submitter adds nuggets of benefitical info at times.

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I don't block anyone.

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[nini]

2. If you want to ignore someone just do it and move on

Who cares what they say? If they're over the top someone else will see it and alert.

Don't let them bother you.

[OhNo-Really]

4. what does alert do?

I have to run.....family

Thank you for,commenting

[nini]

7. An alert triggers a review of the comment

If the group of people reviewing it think it is inappropriate it will be removed.

Being called a repuke is one of the offenses if I remember correctly.

[MustLoveBeagles]

13. It goes to a jury who will vote to either keep or remove the post

I've only done jury duty a couple dozen times, so I'm not sure how many alerts it takes to go to a jury. Someone who knows more about the jury system can answer that part.

[demmiblue]

3. If you think that person is a troll, then use the alert function.

Bringing the drama over to GD is, well, boorish.

[Harker]

6. I've ignored three posters.

One for "yelling" at me for asking a simple question to help me understand his position better, another for windy, inconsequential posts marked by lousy grammar and punctuation. The third, somewhat reluctantly, for I do "like" him, for relentless egotism.

When one ignores others, it seems their original posts are still visible. I just ignore them, too.

Ignorance can really be bliss. I enjoy my time here more for having taken action.

[LakeArenal]

8. I as well have three on the ignore...

Probably the same...One throws bombs all the time.. One is very insulting in a "dialogue". and the other is a plain ass.

[Harker]

10. Could be...

I suppose, though there are possibly many meeting the criteria we've described.

I'm pleased to see we're not ignoring each other! I enjoy yours when I find them.

[LakeArenal]

9. also check profiles.. Very interesting..

Latest example: 1300 Posts since 2013, 15 posts in the last 90 days.. Bashing a leading candidate today..

[Blue_true]

23. There are a number of people on DU that have been here for a while but seldom post.

The poster indicated that he or she had been out of DU for a period, that would affect post count, especially during elections and other such events. I don't use post count as a sign of validation of the poster, instead I try to look at the content of the post and then go from there. But everyone has their own methods, yours is as good as any, IMO.

[LakeArenal]

35. All I said is profiles are interesting.

Always depends on what someone posts.
I just like the background provided us by DU and I find it interesting.

If you don’t. That’s fine. Don’t read them.

[Blue_true]

40. I have stumbled into profiles by mistake, not often.

I have cludgy fingers that sometimes hit the wrong stuff, as you would see if you read a lot of my posts. But I don't go into profiles as a rule. Have a good solid week ahead.

[LakeArenal]

36. All I said is profiles are interesting.

Always depends on what someone posts.
I just like the background provided us by DU and I find it interesting.

If you don’t. That’s fine. Don’t read them.

[old guy]

11. I use both the ignore feature and the trash feature as I see fit.

I have no regrets for doing so.

[tritsofme]

12. I've always thought it pretty silly that adults need to be "protected" from each others words.

Some people are assholes, it doesn't bother me.

[Blue_true]

24. Sounds like another person that has a zero sized ignore list.

If I can't duke it out with a person that I disagree with, then I am on the wrong place because there can sometimes be pretty strong opinions lodged on DU.

[UniteFightBack]

14. You asked a question and it looks like somebody answered in a way you didn't like. Not sure why

you would ask them to remove their post answering your question.

You asked about reaching out and they said fuck the republicans..... You don't like the reply that's fine that happens all the time but to TELL someone to remove their post is a bit much...especially when it was not offensive.

[Blue_true]

25. Honestly.

If someone responded to a post of mine with "fuck republicans" I would try to find that person to pin a medal on his or her chest.

[ProfessorGAC]

30. If I Could...

...I'd rec your post!

[cwydro]

15. I never use it, but I do trash threads.

I can ignore people quite well on my own.

[Blue_true]

26. Same here (ignore people). nt

[Raine]

16. I mostly use the "trash thread" feature

actually I use it a whole lot.

[OhNo-Really]

18. So where is the trash thread feature?

[Raine]

19. Along the bottom of the original post

next to thread info and bookmark featues. You can't trash individual posts, it has to be the whole thread.

[OhNo-Really]

41. I don't have the trash threat feature. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Nt

iPhone Safari issue? Not showing on my old iPad either.

[Raine]

42. Try before opening the original post, there might be a tiny

X in a box next to the subject of the post if you have that and click it it gives you the option of trashing the thread.

Ops on edit ... You probably don't have it. I don't have it on my mobile, I have to open the post before I can use the trash feature, sorry.

[OhNo-Really]

44. thank you Raine

I just don't have it for my posts. Oddly, the featur is available on all other threads, inoperable of course.

[Iggo]

17. I use it liberally.

Life's too short and life's too long to put up with the people on my ignore list.

[Drahthaardogs]

20. I have never used ignore

The jury blacklist? Oh yes. There is a group here who play a nasty game. They bait posters into making a personal attack, report and try to get them a vacation.

Luckily they appear to have mostly moved onto JPR.

[OhNo-Really]

22. Thank you, good to know.

Same as kindergarten playground. Always a couple of rough players interrupting the joy of the group. They are the sad people, that's what I taught my kids. Sorry they are sad, be nice and if they are too rough avoid them.

Guess that applies everywhere today. So many emotionally immature, stunted people.

[Blue_true]

21. I choose not to use Ignore.

I currently have no one on Ignore and don't plan on changing that. But I am pretty good, even in my regular life, at ignoring people that irritate me without using administrative means. To each their own.

[LongtimeAZDem]

27. I try not to use it, because it not only blocks the individual's posts, but any threads below

[Squinch]

29. How have you been here for two years without knowing what the alert and ignore features do?

Also, "who do you ignore?" Really?

And you're going to get in the face of someone who says, "Fuck Republicans?" Really?

Don't be surprised if, as you police responses to your "articles" for a level of civility that you find acceptable, you see the word "fuck" again.

[cwydro]

39. OP actually says he's been here for "years."

[ProfessorGAC]

31. Their Reply To Your Response...

...was purged by a jury.
What more do you expect?

[Iggo]

32. ...or want?

[UTUSN]

34. 1) No Ignore feature, but I 2) do my own and 3) *wish* some would ignore ME!1

1) With the official Ignore, it just blocks out the offensive information that is out there. It's like Fox Network version of only hearing what is the agreeable point of view.

2) That said, contradicting myself, when somebody is obnoxious and insulting I have my own personal Ignore, wherein I just never look at any posts of theirs. I just skip past them. There is nothing to be discussed with them, nothing to learn, nothing just nothing.

3) Many years ago for the first time, when somebody was ugly I sent them a message asking them to put ME on Ignore and got a response of (their) SHOCK, like, how DARE I!1 But I seldom send personal messages, especially of that sort, and the annoying people usually don't respond well to the messages and KEEP REPLYING along the lines of one of the internet's original memes that whoever gets the last word WINS, and they just keep replying no matter their being told "DO NOT ANSWER THIS."

********I have been saying for YEARS that I am/acknowledge being an *ERRATIC* poster, on the high end posting some (a few?) well thought out and original items, but also on the low end posting some wacky/stupid/apparently-IRRITATING things. These bad posts of mine are usually off the wall for whatever reason, whimsical, and like "huh?" because I might be responding to something on the telly or in posts without my providing the context. Despite knowing my own posting flubs that evoke hostile replies, I am still mystified at why the Flamers are so EAGER to *POUNCE* on this type of thread, while they never go near any of my well thought out/original threads, which sink like stones. Flamers are bursting to release the horrid build-up inside and they SWARM giving one another PERMISSION for more.

[DFW]

43. I don't use the ignore feature

I have seen that one or two people used it on me, which is fine. I think they, too have moved on to JPR, but I didn't pursue it. Why should I care if someone wants to put me on ignore? I'm not running for anything (except maybe a train to Utrecht or a plane to Geneva).

I sometimes get the occasional poster who tries to bait me, but I usually just answer to the point where it seems relevant and then just leave them hanging when it gets absurd. If they think they had the last word, let them think so. I don't live inside my computer. I have a family and a day job that is rather demanding, though it does involve a lot of travel that permits me to look in on DU at odd times (North American timezones, anyway) of the day and night.

I just figure even the worst jerk, if they came on here for any other reason then causing trouble, might just have something interesting to say (well, it COULD happen), so I leave the ignore feature alone. I am perfectly capable of simply ignoring posts I feel like ignoring (and I do).

[11 Bravo]

45. Never used it, and I doubt I ever will.

Giving a fuck about what anonymous internet posters have to say about me apparently ain't in my DNA.

[Azathoth]

46. Never understood the ignore feature

And frankly, I think the alert feature is also 99% stupid.

Politics is about debate and conflict. Those aren't optional features; they are the essence of political engagement.

If you feel the need to be shielded from opinions and personalities, then you shouldn't be on a political forum. Just my $.02