CTyankee
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Tue Feb-19-08 03:27 PM
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I don't understand the Ignore or the Hide functions here at DU. |
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It seems to me that if you want to ignore someone, you just ignore them and you don't click on their posts. Same with Hide. Why should I hide anything? I sail right past it with no damage to my psyche if I am not interested.
Can anyone explain why I SHOULD use either function? Maybe there is something that I missed...
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BOSSHOG
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Tue Feb-19-08 03:30 PM
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I ignore folks the old fashioned way if I choose to. However I do believe some folks get into pretty bad pissing matches so the ignore is a good way to stifle any future confrontation.
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Tue Feb-19-08 03:32 PM
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2. The people I have on ignore are just so inane I can't bear it. |
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Just seeing their user names makes me want to hurl. So, it's much more pleasant for me this way.
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:35 PM
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4. I think it's funny that you can't see my response. |
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Tue Feb-19-08 06:19 PM
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:34 PM
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Only time I've ever clicked on them is by accident.
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BarenakedLady
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Tue Feb-19-08 05:35 PM
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5. I'm too lazy to use them. |
RainDog
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Tue Feb-19-08 06:16 PM
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if you're like me, you get into heated "conversations" over things like whether or not smokers are demon spawn. That's when ignore is useful so you don't get your buttons pushed b/c you can't see what someone else says.
I've only used hide threads a few times when the volume is so overwhelming that I can't get through a page. sometimes it makes it faster to read a forum.
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