is there anyway that one could place certain words on ignore?

[wildhorses]

so that threads pertaining to those *words* would automatically be hidden.

it is not so much a person i care to ignore as the topics that are chosen to be discussed.

would it be cost prohibitive to introduce such a feature?

:shrug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. I have a solution...

Wildhorses, just do what I do.

When i see a word I don't like, I take some 'white out" and paint it over that word on my monitor. Sure, I buy a new monitor every three days, but it is well worth it. Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

philboy

[Joe Fields]

3. Philboy, I can save you some money...

Do what I do. Just take a putty knife and scrape off the old white out.

[LeftyFingerPop]

4. Joe...

Thank you for the kind advice.

Unfortunately, I cannot afford to buy a putty knife because every spare dime that I have goes towards the bi-weekly purchase of a new monitor.

Thanks again, and have a good day.

Your Friend,

philboy

[rug]

2. Is this another f----n- -a-i- H---o- thread?

[wildhorses]

21. so you would make use of this feature too

if there were such a thing.

[rug]

27. yeah.

[Deja Q]

5. Which words?

:evilgrin:

[wildhorses]

22. you choose your words to ignore

and i choose my words to ignore:shrug:

oh, that it were possible:hi:

of course knowing you and i we would prolly choose the same words:rofl:

[billyskank]

6. ...

$ cat DU | grep -iv donald rumsfeld was giving the president his daily briefing

works for me.

:hide:

[Hugin]

7. *snort*

:thumbsup: :D

[billyskank]

8. I figured there might be about half a dozen people who would know

what the fuck I was on about. ;)

[Hugin]

9. Such a fuss over the word...

'poop'. :shrug:



:rofl:

[wildhorses]

20. hi billy --

good to see you on this fine saturday

:hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

10. Seriously this time wildhorses...

If you are talking about a word filter that would be used to block curse words for instance, I think they really work for about 5 minutes until someone figures out how to circumvent the filter.

For example...let's say that the "F" word really really offends you, and you just can't stand to see it. Well, if DU took it upon themselves to filter that word, people would naturally start typing it in different creative ways to get by the filter. People would start putting spaces in between the letters, spelling it with a "ph" instead of an "F", using the classic f^%$k type of thing, etc. From what I have seen at different sites, it is pretty much impossible to program in all possible variations that would make it so the word would never appear.

Now, if you are talking about words other than curse words...well, I guess the same thing might apply.

In any case, I would have to believe that any type of filtering device would be relatively expensive to install and maintain, and would indeed be essentially cost prohibitive, especially given that it probably wouldn't work very well.

I thought I would at least try to provide a serious response here...just my 2 cents.

[wildhorses]

11. that is what i was afraid of, thanks anyway

:yoiks:

[LeftyFingerPop]

12. May I ask...

is it the curse words that you do not like?

[wildhorses]

13. heavens no!!!

some of the issues and topics in gd...

i would prefer a good honest cussing to my face any day:bounce:

[LeftyFingerPop]

14. OK thanks LOL (WHEW!)....n/t

[bridgit]

15. you need a ________ filter...

:)

[wildhorses]

16. i need a bullshit detector activated before i enter gd

and a clothespin for my nose:rofl:

:hi:

[bridgit]

17. heh-heh, there'ya go...

:rofl: :hi:

[LeftyFingerPop]

18. Bullshit detector?

C'mon now wildhorses. You are being way too cynical. Everyone knows that everything typed on the internet is absolutely true. :evilgrin:

[mzteris]

19. bullshit detector

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

but true...

:thumbsup:

[LeftyFingerPop]

23. If someone pointed a bullshit detector at me...

it would start smoking, then blow up.

[mzteris]

24. no - it's okay when YOU and everyone else

knows you're BS'ing.

The problem comes when:

A) people really think they're getting away with it; and/or
B) they believe themselves.

:eyes:

[LeftyFingerPop]

25. very true. n/t

[hyphenate]

26. Good gracious me!

I spend a reasonable amount of time in GD, and I don't know WHAT you are talking about! I mean, everyone knows that GD really stands for God Damnit and that "General Discussion" is just code words. The discussions there are of the highest caliber and require someone with a degree--B ull S hit, M ore S hit, or P iled h igher D eeper--in order to respond.

Let's face it--we're not ALL geniuses like so many of the GD posters are! We cannot ALL match their greatness! We can try, but we might not all succeed.

[wildhorses]

28. amen

:applause:

[philosophie_en_rose]

29. Some forums have "tags" for threads.

For instance, Nader threads would be tagged "Nader." Then, I suppose you could ignore everything tagged "Nader." :shrug:

I don't think this would work for every thread, but it might be an option.

Or, people can just use the hide thread function. :)

[wildhorses]

30. where is this feature located on the screen?

does gd have this feature? i am already using the hide thread feature and, i have 4 people on ignore. this might solve my problem but, in case it doesn't...this 'tag' might be the very thing i need.

[philosophie_en_rose]

31. I meant other message boards.

To my knowledge, DU doesn't use tags.

[wildhorses]

32. oh. okay. i misunderstood. thanks.

sounds like a nice feature.