Why the heck would someone be ignoring me?

[LeftofObama]

I just went to check my transparency page out of curiosity. It says 1 star member is ignoring me and 1 star member is blocking my emails. Hmmm, I don't remember offending anyone, and I've only sent maybe 3 PM's (all supportive) since I've been here. Why would someone be ignoring me and blocking my email?

[In_The_Wind]

1. I was wondering the same thing.

Then I thought maybe it's built into the program.

[LeftofObama]

2. Oh well.

If I knew who it was I would apologize, but I guess there's nothing I can do about it.

[In_The_Wind]

3. I feel the same way.

Years ago I offended several DUers but they're mostly gone from DU now.
Most days I think twice, post once. I rarely PM anyone.

[Pool Hall Ace]

34. Yeah, like Tom Anderson on myspace is a default friend.

Maybe we all have at least one person ignoring us.

[In_The_Wind]

36. Right.

It keeps us on our toes. [img][/img]
Like maybe somebody really is reading our post. [img][/img]

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[pipi_k]

4. Probably just goes to show

that no matter how careful we try to be, how diligently we try to watch what we say to avoid offending people, there will always be someone who's going to be offended.

Just because.

[ohiosmith]

5. Yep!

[lunatica]

6. I have 11 star members ignoring me

I can get pretty testy sometimes. I probably deserve it.

[ohiosmith]

7. Make that 12!

[lunatica]

8. Well there are 13 who have blocked my emails, but I don't ever PM anyone

Oh well.

[sharp_stick]

11. Some people block messages

because they aren't sure if they really want to ignore someone so they'll block the messages and then keep an eye on posts to see if they think the poster deserves the full ignore.

Others do that to stalk a member. If you block emails you can go and look up the posters latest message or check the transparency page (if available). This borders on creepy but there are all kinds of people, including some creeps around.

I've got six star members that have been ignoring me pretty much since the start of DU3 but no one since then. Either I've become too nice a guy or some people are just a tad touchy.

[lunatica]

12. I don't ever block or put anyone on ignore

I've thought about it every once in a while, but I find it kind of silly. I just ignore them for real by not clicking on their threads for awhile.

[OmahaBlueDog]

9. I was finally driven to ignore some posters recently

You were at the top of my list

When you put someone on ignore, you select a DUer, and then are shown two boxes. The one on the left allows one to only block DU mail, while the one on the right is "Full Ignore" (posts and e-mail). I think sometimes, in their haste to put a poster with whom they are annoyed on ignore, people click the wrong box.

Anyway, I have 11 DUers ignoring me, so for you to only have one poster (most likely me) ignoring you is an admirable record.

[HereSince1628]

10. Perhaps for the same reason people hit alert when they are losing an argument

I don't say that as if I know why anyone does that, either, but I'm open to the idea that it's for the same reason.

[txwhitedove]

13. Ha, I just checked and the same thing has happened to me. We must have agreed with/supported

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an OP someone didn't like. How petty and small.

[hibbing]

14. Nevermind

Hi,
Thanks for the link.
I found mine, but there doesn't seem to be much information there, weird.

Peace

[MrScorpio]

16. Here you go

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=128081&sub=trans

[MrScorpio]

15. I've got 18 people ignoring me and I'm nothing but a big ol' lovable pussy cat

I don't get it, myself. I don't ignore anyone, that's just not something that I would do, no matter what.

All I can say is that person who's ignoring you is just missing out of all of the love.

[madinmaryland]

23. Apparently, there are 18 douchebags on DU. Not me, though I have been known

to be an iDouche!

[LWolf]

17. I am 3 and 3,

ignoring and blocking. I don't PM, although I reply when I get one. I think they just add that on there when they "ignore."

I'm surprised it's not more, since I am no partisan and don't hide my disagreements with corporate/dlc/3rd way/"new" dems and their supporters.

Especially when it comes to the blatant abuse of public education and teachers, of which I am one.

I used to be a moderate, even here a decade ago. Now, without having changed my positions at all, I'm too far left for the site. That says something about the evolution of the Democratic Party, at least to me.

I don't "ignore" anyone; if I want to ignore them, I just don't read their posts.

[OutofMindOUTBody]

18. Maybe it is because you support Obama

I hear some people who are Dems don't like Obama because there was a war in the primary that never ended even though on face value. It could be you didn't do anything, but someone doesn't like you cause of a name.

[fizzgig]

19. i have someone ignoring me

to clue as to why

[LeftofObama]

20. Thanks for all the replies.

I guess it just caught me off guard that someone would ignore me. Anyhow, to whomever it is, sorry I offended you.

[femmocrat]

21. Someone has me on Ignore! I'm hurt.

I always try to be so polite to everyone.

That is just mean.

[LeftofObama]

24. So, I shouldn't have wondered what I might have said to offend someone?

I never said it was mean, nor did I say I was hurt, nor did I cry. I just try not to be offensive that's all.

[femmocrat]

30. Please don't take what I said personally.

OMG. I didn't mean you, at all. I was being "dramatic". I apologize if I said something wrong.

[LeftofObama]

33. No problem!

I must have misinterpreted the meaning of your post. Mistakes happen. Sorry about that.

[love_katz]

22. Hmmm...I wonder if DU is being weird tonight?

This is luv_mykatz. I am not a new poster nor new to DU.

I had to set up a new account. Every time I tried to reply to a thread, DU kept sending me to the log-in page. My old account was registered to an old email address that I do not have any more. I can't remember my old password, which got changed last year at about this time, and because of there is no way to update your email address with your account, I couldn't send myself a new temporary password. Bummer!!!!!

The only solution available to me was to set up a new account.

I don't post often, so my post count on my old account was in the 400's range.

If DU is acting strangely for me, maybe it is for some of you as well? Maybe no one really has you on ignore? Check out Mr. Scorpio's thread on this topic.

Wish me luck as I start out on the posting trail counts again.

[ret5hd]

26. so what was your previous nom-de-plume? (nt)

[love_katz]

32. It was...

luv_mykatz.

[femmocrat]

31. Welcome back, love_katz.

[astral]

25. we can be a bit thin skinned sometimes

including me. I had been computerless for months and months, probably a good thing, and I didn't even know what a 'Transparency page' was. I havent figured out how to see how many people are ignoring ME, so no rants about that today ; )

So apparently I'm not enough of a troublemaker to get to see how bad I am:

__________________________________
Transparency page not displayed

This member's Transparency page is not displayed because they have had fewer than five posts hidden by Jury in the last 90 days.
__________________________________

The good news is I noticed I can hide ads if I become a star member, so I am now a star member ; )

[a kennedy]

27. I forget who told me to wear it as a badge or badges of honor.....

I have 5 people ignoring me, and I AM wearing them as badges of honor.

[hobbit709]

28. someone's delicate sensibilities were offended by something you posted or agreed with.

[Honeycombe8]

29. Because you finally said something thought provoking?

If all you do is agree with everyone, you will probably never be ignored (although, even that's no guarantee).

If you dare to disagree with SOME posters, esp regarding SOME topics, and especially is you post facts and links to facts, you will sooner or later be placed on ignore. That is inevitable.

Think of it as your war medal. Or your posting chops. It means you said something noteworthy.

[Still Blue in PDX]

35. Someone is ignoring me, too.

Actually, lots of people (like pretty much everyone on DU) ignore me, i.e., don't respond when I post something, but I take that to mean that I'm innocuous to the point of invisibility.

Someone must have paid attention once enough to get pissed off, I guess, but it's a puzzlement.