God, I love the ignore feature

[WeirdOne]

Just a newbie, and I'm already putting it to good use. Just wanted to write a note of appreciation to the admins for it, and to see your thoughts on this marvel of technology.

[smartvoter]

1. I can't respond. I have you on "ignore."

[WeirdOne]

2. Heh

I expect to be hearing that a lot.

[Wetzelbill]

5. I was going to make that joke but too late.....

so I'll just post about nothing. Welcome to DU, btw.

[JimmyJazz]

40. hey bunny

It's me he's talking about. Just in case you were wondering :o

[Wetzelbill]

46. you!? Why would anybody want to Ignore you?

You're too cool to put on ignore. And fun. Good looking. Pretty much everything.

So, if somebody is going to ignore you I guess it's up to me to pick up the slack, right? :)

[Wapsie B]

3. You'll find it very useful here sometimes.

I don't use it a lot but there are threads that just don't interest me.


Welcome to DU!

[WeirdOne]

6. Hi AWOL

I haven't hidden any threads yet, but that may change.

[JimmyJazz]

35. he's referring to me

FYI

[progmom]

4. wow

you've got 17 posts and an ignore list already?

[Wetzelbill]

8. Hey Newbie, put her on it, she's trouble

:)

[WeirdOne]

10. Must be my charm

:sarcasm:

Edit: I got one of the emoticons to work!

[progmom]

15. well.

welcome to DU?

[WeirdOne]

19. Thank you?

[Floogeldy]

24. Put me on ignore right now, if you haven't already.

It will save you a lot of heartache.

}(

[WeirdOne]

38. I'll consider it.

[JimmyJazz]

28. He called me

a ridiculous person - I have a feeling he is referring to me in this thread. :(

[progmom]

30. what?

oy.

this is idiotic.

[JimmyJazz]

32. newbies posting about putting ridiculous people on ignore?

and then coming to the lounge for sympathy? :shrug:

[progmom]

33. i just found the thread

i hope you alerted.

[JimmyJazz]

34. It's against the rules for me to confirm that. So, let's just say

The Eagle has landed :P

[Name removed]

37. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[JimmyJazz]

39. You should call Vanna, darling, cause you need to buy a clue....

[Susang]

50. How old is Vanna anyway?

Doesn't she get bored turning all those letters, year after year after year? :shrug:

:hi:

[AVulgarianHue]

14. Wondered the same thing

My ignoring has yet to begin!

[enigmatic]

7. "Ignore" and "hide thread" are essential

Makes my DU experience alot smoother.

[Wetzelbill]

9. I only have one person on Ignore and have never hid a thread

[enigmatic]

13. it's me, isn't it?

And you're doing this by proxy, aren't you?:)

[Wetzelbill]

18. well, I never have gotten along with you ever

what took you so long to figure it out? :)

Actually, it was some guy on a Terrorism thread who flipped out about my rationale for terror. He kept posting stuff that proved my point. So then a week later on a Noam Chomsky thread he flipped out on half the people on the thread and did the same thing. He wouldn't let arguments go, you finally just had to leave otherwise he'd keep the argument going. Facts never meant a thing to him. I figured somebody that difficult has to have something wrong with them so I put him on Ignore, lol.

[Swede]

11. Your welcome,my son.

Go in peace.

[giant_robot]

12. I've never used it. I've come close, but never actually used it.

I prefer to use the ignore function in my head. :)

[WeirdOne]

16. Giant Robo!

I would give you a thumbs up, if I could find it.

[Kurovski]

21. You type thumbsup with one of these : on each side.

God help me, but I can't remember what : is called.

Welcome to DU. :thumbsup:

[WeirdOne]

22. Cool

:thumbsup:

Do you have a list of commands somewhere?

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. When you type your post

right above the header - in blue - it says "Smilies lookup table"
:thumbsup:

My favorite:
:woohoo:

[Robeson]

17. I've never used it either....

...though I've been tempted many times.

[AVulgarianHue]

20. Ackkkk this thread produced an earworm

to the tune of "You ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"


B-b-b-baby, you ain't been ignored yet

[jurassicpork]

23. Dan Green?

Is that you, Dan?

JP
http://jurassicpork.blogspot.com

[WeirdOne]

25. Was Dan tombstoned?

Is so, no. If not, yes.

[jurassicpork]

26. I belong to a Cappers Group...

...on Yahoo (we caption screengrabs on several places on the Internet) and his capping handle is Weird_1. Thought you were my old pal Dan.

JP
http://jurassicpork.blogspot.com

[mwdem]

29. Hello?

is anyone there?:shrug:

[WeirdOne]

36. Hi.

[JimmyJazz]

31. the funny thing about "ignore" is that other people can see what you

can't - and when you call someone "ridiculous" without getting to know them and then you post about having them on ignore in the lounge, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that you might not be off to the greatest of starts here at DU. I'm just guessing though.

[Name removed]

41. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

42. Well, the point of having people on ignore is that you don't see

their posts so they technically shouldn't bother you. No?

Odds are if you don't start threads announcing you are putting people on ignore after having a negative exchange in another forum, they won't respond... :shrug:

Anyway, welcome :hi:

[WeirdOne]

43. Your right NSMA (great name by the way)

Guess I'm just paranoid lol.

Edit: Good advice, and thanks for the welcome.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

45. Nah, you're not just paranoid

If I place someone on ignore, I don't tell them..then I won't have to deal with the fact that they might object..you know?

[WeirdOne]

48. Now I know better

And that's half the battle.

[JimmyJazz]

44. there is no hijacking. Every post in on topic -

but, FYI: shameless kicking of your own threads is really no way to win friends and influence people.

[Wetzelbill]

49. did you read that book?

I did a long time ago. :)

[lildreamer316]

47. Welcome!

hope you don't have to use it on me.....

[southlandshari]

51. Locking

While we all agree the "ignore" feature is a useful tool for members, this may be a good time to review DU rules on civility and content:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/forums/rules_detailed.html

Please send me or another moderator a PM (or contact admins here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/contact.html) should you have questions about this lock or DU rules in general.

Thanks,

southlandshari
DU Moderator