Do you have anyone on ignore?

[Seabiscuit]

Some people use the function, some don't.

Some of us have found it useful, however.

I don't know why, but ever since I started using the ignore function, I've never noticed anyone on my ignore list confronting me at all any more.

So, do you use this function? And if so, how much?

[Heidi]

1. Nope.

I do it the old-fashioned way. :)

[Inchworm]

2. I don't understand the facination

with this recurring question.

What am I missing? :)

:hi:

[JackBeck]

3. No way!

None.

But what's worse is those who take advantage of the times when DU can't enforce those regulations during the "DEFCON" phases. They're the worst.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

30. We can get away with stuff during DEFCON?

Wow! I didn't know that!

What can we get away with? I been missing out on opportunities!

:rofl:

(never mind - just kidding)

My "ignore count" is zero, though there have been a few that came close. I figure I can ignore them the old fashioned way - by ignoring them.

[JackBeck]

82. Yup.

I had at one time a few people on PM ignore and one of them chose the DEFCON opportunity to get in touch with me. Rather childish of them, but not out of character from what I had observed of their previous behavior.

[LeftyFingerPop]

4. Nope. never have, never will. n/t

[cobalt1999]

14. same here.

Although I'd think I'd kind of like to be on someone's. That's just the rabble rouser in me though.

[SPKrazy]

25. i used to say that too

but then there was this situation in another forum here at du that drove me to distraction and i just ignored the people that were posting there (all of them new and challenging the basis of the forum) and low and behold, i could prolly take them off, but i have not had any desire to because i have felt such peace since taking them off when they were making me, or rather i allowed them to push my buttons.

:shrug:

that's the only reason i've really ever kept anyone on ignore. I don't think i have any lounge people on ignore, (or regulars that is) and as for GD, I rarely go there and when i do i expect that whatever i post will be agreed with by some and challenged by others, that is the nature of GD these days and if I want a place that agrees with me, i should start my own web site and only allow my minions access :rofl:

[ThomCat]

67. Never is a long time.

I didn't have anyone on Ignore for 4 years, and then there were suddenly a couple of inflamatory total idiots that I just couldn't stand reading.

There may come a day when Ignore is your friend. :)

[TrogL]

5. Can;t remember who or why, but must be a good reason

Whenever I find an "ignored" poster, everybody downthread is yelling at them.

[Seabiscuit]

8. I've noticed the exact same thing, making me grateful for the "ignore" function.

I don't like reading all that bickering. So when I see it happening I just skip it. Seeing the "ignore" which started the subthread lets me know to skip the entire subthread.

[Richard Steele]

6. Just one. He was working my last nerve. nm

[Omphaloskepsis]

7. I use it.. Five people are on it.

I just ignore threads they start. I hate it when someone starts 10 threads in 5 minutes. It is normally just stupid shit that pushes interesting things off page #1.

I don't ignore their comments or PM's.

[idgiehkt]

46. .

ditto. ditto. ditto.

[bigwillq]

9. Nope

I rarely use that function.

[Bullwinkle925]

10. Nope - however I do have a disclaimer to this . . .

If I COULD I WOULD use it on BushCo!!

[TommyO]

11. Just one, but he/she/it has since been tombstoned

[LaurenG]

12. Just one and I just did it a second ago. I don't think I've ever had anyone on ignore

before, except Skinner accidentally.

[LaurenG]

19. Ok I took my one off ignore - I just needed a while to get over it

I love that feature. :hi: Back to zero.

[flvegan]

13. Currently? No.

[Pierre.Suave]

15. this message blocked

I cant read it because the poster is on ignore...
































jk

[Seabiscuit]

16. LOL!!!

[NoPasaran]

17. Plenty

There are some folks who have only one thing to say and insist on saying it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and after a while I've had enough.

[Seabiscuit]

18. Just so you all know...

No one who regularly posts in the Lounge is on my ignore list.

My list derives from GD posters. For some reason GD tends to attract more obnoxious people than other forums.

One day I managed to add over a dozen people as a result of reading one GD thread. I didn't even have to post there. There was a group of tag-team a-holes with a tiresome and rancid agenda stinking up the place insulting everyone else's intelligence.

If I had posted this poll on GD I imagine a lot of "ignored"s would show up in the thread.

[judaspriestess]

20. I've never had anyone on ignore

and I don't think I ever will.

[MonkeyFunk]

21. Nope

nobody.

[SPKrazy]

22. I do, yes, and...

I don't use it except for people who are really getting on my nerves, and I use it as a vacation from them.

Not many have done that to me. Mainly arguing with me about some deeply held personal belief and I just refuse to argue so ignore works better. I've had some people pm me to say "check this out" and a link to a thread and I go and it says you have this person on ignore so I am relieved actually that I don't have to read what they are saying if it upsetting someone enough to pm me about it then I would rather not get entangled with that.

:shrug:

[TZ]

23. I have two

I tried REALLY hard to have nobody but after seeing a couple of people say the same crap over and over and over again, I had to do it, especially since these self same jerks hijacked a couple of my threads and really ticked me off. So in order to spare my temper, I did it. Eh, they just make the same points no matter what so its not worth my time, but yes I would STILL get mad if I saw it, so what does that say about me?:)

[FloridaJudy]

65. Me too, I have two

The kind who seem obliged to take a crap in whatever thread they post in, even if it's about a DUer whose mother just died. I can only take so many strident attempts to turn whatever the subject happens to be their own favorite agendas before it annoys the snot out of me. I find my blood pressure is much better since I learned to use "ignore".

[FloridaJudy]

92. And I just added two more

Honestly, I don't know what's happening here lately. Some people apparently can't help posting flame-bait, and others are getting into the "Did not!" "Did so!" "I know you are, but what am I?" type of arguments that I started finding tedious in the fourth grade.

I'll probably keep them on "ignore" for just a few days, and hope that an outbreak of civility intervenes. Or that the new moderators get past the steep learning curve.

[Seabiscuit]

24. Three have over 30! Wow!

Confession time: I have 27. Most of them the DLC gang in GD.

[Lyric]

26. Yep. Just added 2 more tonight, actually. n/t

[Starbucks Anarchist]

27. Nope.

[El Fuego]

28. I ignore people manually.

[Zavulon]

29. Yes

Five or six, and I'm pretty sure all of them were from GD. When someone gets hypersensitive or snotty to me, I just put them on ignore. Life's too short to deal with that sort of shit.

[Orsino]

31. I don't think I ever have...

...but if so, I don't remember it.

[chknltl]

32. One....and we have never even spoken to each other.

That person was soooo filled with hate that I am sure he must work for donald rumsfeld...I think he may actually be donald rumsfeld in disguise. In either case his words to our fellow DUers so offended me that I felt a strong need to place him on ignore. Perhaps I should check to see if he has been TSed...they would toss donald rumsfeld out wouldn't they? On edit: Nope he is still with us...I guess that ignore feature works pretty well as I have not been even close to as offended as I was by this moran since the day I placed him on ignore...I'll bet he is a popular person on other ignore lists.

[DainBramaged]

33. You bet, I'm wondering when I'll reach the limit.

[Seabiscuit]

36. You mean there's a "LIMIT"??? OH, NO, MR. BILL....

[DainBramaged]

60. Oh Nooooooooooo

Howdy everyone, I'm Mr. Bill. Dolts getting you down. Feel like Sluggo is pounding on your heads. Than worry no more. The little X by each poster's name is just like the x on my eyes when Sluggo runs me over with a car or a railroad train. So don't be afraid, use it happily.

Bye Bye for now

[MedleyMisty]

34. I got to 40 and stopped counting.

I just don't see the need to get my blood pressure up or deal with the temptation of posting something that's against the rules.

I know a lot of people would say that I'm too quick to put people on ignore and use it too much, but I don't know - once in LOTRO we were grouped with someone who couldn't play very well and then at the last boss he rolled need on a shield he couldn't use and then mapped out. So I tried to put him on my ignore list, but it turned out he was already there. So now whenever the leader of the group invites someone I don't know I check my ignore list for them.

I think you can make a pretty good guess about someone's character by what they post or say in chat.

[Seabiscuit]

35. Someone of my persuasion, although

you have eclipsed my number of people on "ignore" - 27.

I haven't the foggiest idea, however what you're talking about in your reference to something called "LOTRO", which I'm totally unfamiliar with.

I'm 62. At my age, life's too short to waste with people talking crap at you. Thank God (Skinner) for "IGNORE".

[KitchenWitch]

37. I do not currently have anyone ignored

but I have put people on temporary ignore, when I could not take it anymore.

[Seabiscuit]

41. Do you ever stray beyond the Lounge?

All of the people on my "Ignore" list are from GD.

[KitchenWitch]

42. I do!

And amazingly, almost all the people I have put on ignore were also from GD.

:shrug:

[Seabiscuit]

47. I'm just about to put #28 on "Ignore" from GD myself.

Some hostile a-hole who's trying to hijack one of my threads and destroy it.

[BreweryYardRat]

38. 100+ people.

I can't STAND stupidity.

[wildhorses]

39. not at this time --

subject to change. cool down period tends to last about 48 hours.

[The Straight Story]

40. Yep - 1 person, though it was more

The others have since been tomb stoned :)

[LeftyMom]

43. 16

Generally it hovers around five, but of late I have no patience for morons, attention whores and assholes. I'll probably pare it back down eventually, hopefully the mods will get a few for me and make that an easier task.

[ThomCat]

68. Wow. And surprisingly, I'm not one of them.

:shrug:

[LeftyMom]

73. Do you think you should be?

[ThomCat]

74. Given your last message to me

I was pretty sure I would be. You certainly seemed to feel pretty strongly.

[LeftyMom]

75. After what you did, can you blame me?

I trusted you, and I wish I hadn't.

[ThomCat]

78. What I did was trivial.

You're a far more hateful person than I thought you were.

[LeftyMom]

79. It wasn't, and you should know that. People were hurt.

I feel horrible that I can't trust you anymore, because I do still like you even when I feel like I shouldn't. And I trusted you a lot, I mean, you have my name, my address. I vouched for you to other people.

And you still don't see that you did wrong. That's why I can't trust you anymore.

[ThomCat]

80. I mentioned in passing to someone that two people broke up.

I don't see how that was a big deal.

I don't still have any personal information about you. I tossed the address card I had written your address on. You certainly don't need to worry about that.

[LeftyMom]

81. You know what Thom?

You did wrong. You hurt people who called you a friend when they were very emotionally vulnerable. You betrayed a confidence. You still won't own up to it and offer a real apology.

I can't make you think that's a big deal, but it is to me. And I feel really sorry for you that you don't see what a mess you made for yourself.

[ThomCat]

83. I apologized repeatedly when I found out about it.

You may remember, that was one of those weekends I spent heavily medicated because of pain. That whole situation caught me by surprise a few days later, and I immediately apologized for anything personal I might have said.

Obviously, my apology didn't mean anything to anyone. I got dumped on by a lot of people. Most of all by you.

I still think the whole situation was blown up out of almost nothing, and I'm the one who got hurt by it.

[LeftyMom]

85. Sometimes people's bad decisions hurt themselves the most in the long run.

I fail to see how I could have dumped on you about this situation when I haven't typed a syllable your direction in months and only am now because you brought it up for some reason I can't fathom.

I'm not going to argue with you about it. I don't have any ill will toward you, I simply can't trust you any more. I wish that weren't true, but it is.

[bicentennial_baby]

84. Mentioned it 'in passing' to some very

hateful people who have vendettas against other DUers. Play dumb all you want, but that's a goddamn fact. You can cling to your 'friends' all that you want, but don't think that others can't see through the BS. Jeebus.

[ThomCat]

86. I mentioned the breakup to Priyanka

who had nothing against the two people who broke up, and still thought she was on friendly terms with one of them. I think this manufactured hatred a group of you have against her clouded the entire issue, if you want to talk about total BS.
:eyes:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

97. why thom, didnt you know how hateful i am?

:rofl:

this thread is so amusing.

:rofl:

[ThomCat]

100. It would be very amusing if it wasn't so sad.

[sniffa]

94. about 863 by now

[LeftyMom]

119. As long as I'm not one of 'em, life is good.

I'm so excited about BiBaby making an honest man out of you! Can't wait to see pics.

[EFerrari]

44. I put people on ignore to protect them from my bad behavior.

When I'm over myself, I purge the list. Everyone gets out alive. :smoke:

[Heidi]

48. You're an extremely considerate

rabble-rouser, sfexpat! :rofl:

:hug:

[EFerrari]

49. I'm in TroubleMaker rehab, Heidi

lol

[Heidi]

51. Hahahahahahaha!

I'm in Moderator Recovery. :P

:yourock:

[EFerrari]

52. LOL!

I bet and thank you for your service!

:yourock:

[Heidi]

53. Hey, guess what I've learned

since the Mod changeover? The Internets have lotsa stuff besides DU!

Heidi in Ed McMahon voice: "I. Did. Not. Know. That." :rofl:

[EFerrari]

54. Apostate!

:rofl:

[some guy]

45. yes

but no one in this thread (so far)

:)

[BlueIris]

50. I am famous here for having a rather hugh (255 person) Ignore list.

Hey--all those people totally offended me and deserved to be put on Ignore, so THERE!!!

[ThomCat]

69. I trust your judgement. If they are on your list then they

deserve to be. But if they are on your ignore list then that's a good reason why I won't put them on ignore. One of us needs to keep an eye on them and be prepared for sexist/racist/homophobic idiocy. :)

[Skittles]

90. am I one of them?

I WILL KICK YOUR ASS

[BlueIris]

93. No.

[treestar]

113. But do you look at threads and see more "deleted" than postings

And then wonder what was in the deleted ones?

[Seabiscuit]

55. OMG!!! 85 votes and the thread is already on fire - 56 responses!

Isn't it time to put me on "IGNORE"???

[Pushed To The Left]

56. Nope. I don't want to miss anything! n/t

[Seabiscuit]

57. Oh, WTF. Shameless kick into Tomorrowland.

[Matsubara]

58. No, because I have had people talking trash about me, and I wouln't have known with ignore on.

That's the main reason. I suppose I could use it for a full-on troll, but they get banned eventually anyway.

Besides, I don't really get the concept of ignoring certain posters just because I might disagree with them.

I might choose to hide threads with topics I don't care about - Paris Hilton or Orlando Bloom or something...

[Scooter24]

59. No... it takes a lot to piss me off.

And really, I sort of enjoy the fighting sometimes.

[Seabiscuit]

61. Uh, oh...

Are you the "Scooter" who didn't get your sentence commuted?

[ronnykmarshall]

62. I don't use it ...

until now. Not you!!!

There's one person that finally broke my "Ignore Lists Are For Twerps" policy.

[Guava Jelly]

63. Yes

I don't like it.
But it keeps me out of trouble.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

64. I don't use it.

And I think if you're the kind of person with 100+ people on ignore, maybe you should start wondering if the problem is you, and not other people.

[trof]

66. A couple, and not because they piss me off.

They are just terminally boring.
Never read anything even remotely funny, or interesting, or enlightening on their threads.
So I got rid of the clutter.
So sue me.
;-)

[Seabiscuit]

102. "I sell cheap books...

... so sue me."

[stuntcat]

70. I'm just strivin' to make the best Ignore lists :D

But I'm kinda sad to learn that the first one I made it onto is also the biggest Ignore list on DU :cry:

[SarahB]

71. I'm not on here enough to care anymore.

Plus, I've developed a much thicker skin in recent years. A few years back, I had about 5-8 people on ignore at various times. Now, meh. Whatever. Some I even like now. :shrug:

[mvd]

72. Not as a moderator

Sometimes when I'm not mod I have a couple.

[Tektonik]

91. as a mod go get em 'stoned

perma ignore!

:P

[Seabiscuit]

98. I envy the ability

of a mod to 'stone someone. There are more than a few I woulda 'stoned.

OTOH, I wouldn't want a mod's responsibilities, or time commitments for that matter.

[smtpgirl]

76. IMO, they can speak, I just don't read what they post

that's my ignore

[Maestro]

77. I voted No, but I came close

just yesterday over in GD!

[AngryOldDem]

87. I use it as a tool of last resort

I find that I tolerate people here a lot better than I do on other boards, so I give people every chance before I banish them to Ignoreland. It takes a lot to get me to click on that little option in the corner. I have two on my Ignore list right now, because (quite frankly) I got tired of their constant contentiousness and bullshit, and life is just too short to put up with it.

[AngryOldDem]

88. Self-delete n/t

[LibDemAlways]

89. I've done it a few times, but only when someone's

personal attack gets exceptionally hostile and I can't see a reason for it.

One poster, who remains on ignore, completely misunderstood a point I was trying to make about airport security and began hurling nasty personal insults. Uh, no thanks.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

95. several assholes and bullies and a couple of liars.

about 8-10 i would say.

[jonnyblitz]

99. the biggest liar got her mentally disturbed ass tombstoned

so that always helps. :thumbsup:

[datasuspect]

111. the forum "car wreck in progress"

horrendously self-absorbed people

etc.

i agree with you

[La Lioness Priyanka]

115. or pathological liars, those should also be ignored.

[lynne]

96. Nope!

What's the use of being on a forum if you block out other opinions??? I want to hear it ALL!

[Midlodemocrat]

101. Nope. The people I don't care for, I don't interact with, but that doesn't

mean that they wouldn't ever have something interesting to say and therefore for me to read.

[conscious evolution]

103. Ignore is for chickenshit cowards

This country does not need cowards right now.

[Seabiscuit]

105. If that's how you express yourself

you're probably on a lot of people's "ignore" list by now.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

107. one can hope you were being sarcastic and not a judgemental ass!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

114. Ignore is for judgemental asses.

:P

[conscious evolution]

117. Not being sarcastic

I have tried using facts.
I have tried being polite.
I have tried ignoring people who I disagree with.

Guess what.None of that works
The most effective means I have found is to get right in peoples faces screaming and hollering.
That gets their attention.
That lets them know I am serious.
That shuts them up when they start spewing bullshit out of their face.

It also gives those too timid to speak out courage to voice their opinion also.

If you don't like it,be a coward and put me on ignore.I really don't give a fuck.
I am not in this to make friends.I am not doing what I do to get rich or famous.
I am doing this to save my country.

Like someone said:
This ain't no party.
This ain't no disco
And I ain't fooling around.

[Seabiscuit]

123. I've tried your method with the obnoxious ones,

and every time I do it, without fail, the asshole whines to the mods and gets my post deleted.

Rather than whine to the mods myself, and rather than get an even worse rep with the mods, I now simply put the obnoxious assholes on "ignore".

Now you can call people *like* me a "coward" all you want, I don't give a shit. But when you start getting personal about it, I'll just put you on "ignore" rather than feign some macho attitude and scream and holler in your face for attention. I don't buy the analogy of doing that "to save my country" - it's not only ridiculous on its face, it wrongly smears those of us who use the "ignore" button as some kind of quisling traitors to our country. According to this poll, that would include 52% of us DU'ers.

[Wiccan Warrior]

104. Not yet, but give me time though I'm

starting to fins who the trolls are through process of elimination and it's working great .

[Xithras]

106. Nope, but I'm sure I'm on a few

Being liked by everyone isn't a goal of mine, so it doesn't matter all that much to me. I'm opinionated, and I'm always right, and that just bothers some people ;)

The way I see it, the Ignore button is counterproductive. If you're right and the person you want to ignore is wrong, you should try to correct them. Hiding from them simply facilitiates misunderstanding.

[Seabiscuit]

122. According to this poll, you're in good company.

49% of respondents don't use "ignore".

[ceile]

108. 8 so far.

All people from GD, although there is someone on this thread. It's just so hard to have a civil conversation in GD any more. You disagree with someone and you get personally attacked sometimes.

[enigmatic]

109. Nah, but I hide threads all the time

Mostly in The Lounge, though..

[redqueen]

110. Not regularly.

If I get into a heated argument I might do it for a while, just till I calm down. :P

[treestar]

112. Only a couple

It's not what they post so much as the way they post. One who has a particular quirk that I just found annoying, or someone that just posted unreadable postings and was posting a lot, someone else who posted only the same thing about one thing.

It's not that much worth it, but if I find I know the name and skip them, and take the time, I see the Deleted note in the thread. Which, with that, makes it almost not much worth it.

[BleedingHeartRN]

116. No

Not that I've routinely been here enough to warrant an ignore. But I've never put anyone on ignore on other forums either - I came close one time with a fundie nutjob on a nursing board, but I resisted and opted for the "manual ignore" function.

[Shine]

118. Nope, never. Mama don't play that game.

:D

[Fire Walk With Me]

120. No.

I just tend to ignore threads with subjects that are obviously intended to manipulate.

[In_The_Wind]

121. Do you mean to tell me that I can just 'ignore' some of these jerks ...

nah. Nobody's on my list.
I'm having way too much fun watching them make assholes outta themselves.

[Blue_Tires]

124. yes...

for a long time, i was one of the smug ones proud of the fact that i never put anyone on ignore aside from one person who was eventually banned (and even i felt guilty and un-ignored him after a week)...

but a couple of weeks ago, in a fit of rage, i finally put a second person on ignore---god to the motherfuckin' DAMN it felt good...i when i did that, then I had to ignore his tag-team shill, who always pops up to defend him on threads where he is getting ROASTED...

after that, there was no turning back...i then ignored a few trolls, and a few more i have a longstanding grudge against....that equals 10 in total, and i don't miss them at all...

not only that, for the first time i use the 'hide thread' function as well

(maybe i'll have an un-ignore amnesty day for new year's or something)

btw...who was that clown that once bragged his ignore list was 600 and growing??

[Critters2]

125. I do now. nt