How many people in your ignore list? Not who, but how many?

[saras]

Asking, or telling, who is most likely against DU rules, and rightly so.

But I'm curious about how people use the ignore feature. How many names do you have in it, and are they really old ones who aren't around anymore, or recent ignores?

[RedCloud]

1. Zero!

[struggle4progress]

2. Zero almost all the time I've been on DU. Once it got up to five, I think, but I cleared it again.

I've generally wanted to know what people are saying

[krispos42]

3. Zero

Never used it.

[RedCloud]

4. Yeah! Who else are zero heroes?

[pokerfan]

5. zero

never used it

[Angleae]

6. Had 6-10 for a while but got tired of seeing "ignored"

[applegrove]

7. I think about 2. Ever 6 months i give people a reprieve.

[Throd]

8. Zero. Crackpots and assholes help keep this place interesting

Little known fact: "Crackpots and Assholes" was the original name of Strawberry Alarmclock's "Incense and Peppermints".

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. Take THAT, everybody!!! Somebody obviously appreciates me. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Zero. If somebody doesn't like me, I want to know what they're saying...

:evilgrin:

[petronius]

10. I use 'ignore threads' for one or two people who will almost certainly never post

an OP that interests me - it keeps the forums uncluttered. But I don't bother with 'ignore replies' - if there's going to be a line in the thread anyway, I might as well see what it contains (on the principle that even a blind squirrel finds an occasional nut)...

[Richardo]

27. That's a good approach!

I may have to rethink my strategy. :think:

[Lucinda]

52. I do this more and more now...Much saner policy for me.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Two...

And it was not my choice.

They asked Skinner to put me on a forced ignore with them.

NO idea why...

I have only used it myself very briefly, when I was upset with someone. I think the longest it lasted was 24 hours.

[siligut]

25. You are a beautiful, uplifting person

I can imagine that those two people don't want your positivity interfering with their view of themselves and the world. Just think of it as an affirmation that you are an effective person.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. You are too kind, my dear siligut...

One of my close friends, who knows me very well, says that sometimes I come on a little strong, and people don't know how to handle me...

So they find that distancing themselves is the easiest thing to do.

Thank you for your very uplifting message today...

:hug:

[WillParkinson]

33. I'm one of them....

It's a good thing, too, because I would be terribly upset if I was seeing this message right now. :)

:hug:

[TuxedoKat]

54. None

wouldn't want to miss out on anything.

[dana_b]

13. 19

and I think that is appropriate. If, in our real lives - our day-to-day lives, we could put certain people on "ignore", it would add up to about 19. :)

[Pool Hall Ace]

36. That is for sure. I wish I could put all of the real-life bullies on ignore

the way I can put the DU bullies on ignore. :thumbsup:

[MrsBrady]

14. none

and the only thread I have hidden is the one that never dies.

[MilesColtrane]

15. 23

As recently as about 2 years ago there were none, and had been none since I had become a member in 2002.

[dimbear]

16. Zero. Free speech applies even if the poster is a (redacted.) n/t

[Iggo]

17. Zero.

[Zorra]

18. None. Never used ignore, never will. nt

[murielm99]

19. I have five people on ignore.

Often, people I have on ignore are tombstoned.

Some of those I have on ignore have been there since the primaries. A couple of them are just nasty, whether or not it is primary season.

I don't mind people who disagree with me. But I can't stand people who use personal attacks instead of arguing their point of view.

[suninvited]

20. One NT

[era veteran]

21. One

A complete bastard.
I do not like censorship and am always hoping to learn and maybe change by listening to everybody.
BUT
This person a troublemaker that for some reason never got tombstoned.
Several years I have ignored this one.

[hobbit709]

22. Zero

I consider the Ignore feature a cop-out.

[bigwillq]

23. 13

But I only actually put one user on ignore. The other 12 I am on "forced ignore" with back from the days of the Lounge Wars! :) :rofl:

[Bucky]

24. I'm offended! Welcome to my ignore list, Saras.

[Richardo]

26. 34

Many are no longer with us. The active ones are usually on there for being annoying in one way or another. :shrug:

I find that the judicious use of Ignore increases my enjoyment of DU immensely, and lowers my BP as well.

[bif]

28. 36

[Pool Hall Ace]

29. Eight user names, including one who replied to this thread!

But I believe that some on my ignore list are sock puppets.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

30. 23, in various stages. 19 on nuclear ignore forced by admin.

three are on hide thread, one for no PM.

[kayakjohnny]

31. Just one. Ever.

And I don't see him around much at all anymore.

I think I'll take him off and see what happens.

Glad you reminded me with this post.

Thanks.

[Fire Walk With Me]

34. Many, many. Quite an improvement in my DU usage.

:hi:

In fact, I'm looking for someone right now who has long since been overdue for the shiny, candy-like button.

Don't like me? Put me on ignore. Spend your time doing something better than disliking others.

[Fire Walk With Me]

48. "In fact, I'm looking for someone right now who has long since been overdue..."

And gotcha!

I am a fan of virtual reality.

[Luciferous]

35. Zero.

[Xithras]

37. Only three, and all for the same reason: personal attacks.

I don't care whether people agree with me, and I enjoy the occasional heated debate, but I draw the line at personal attacks and slander. All three of the people on my ignore list, while in arguments in various threads, stopped arguing the topic and started attacking me personally for disagreeing with them. Not cool.

Of course, I'm pretty sure that I'm on a few myself. I can be a bit hardheaded and brusque when I'm sure I'm right, and I know that I've rubbed some people the wrong way over the years. It isn't intentional, but that's the way it is. Nobody should censor themselves simply to make others happy.

[mvd]

38. None right now

Only use it when an issue really has me riled up.

[peacefreak]

39. There were 13,

but this thread has encouraged me to let the inmates out of the asylum. Thank you?:rofl:

[GoCubsGo]

40. One at the moment.

I will probably take him off soon. There are a number of them that I'm often tempted to put on "ignore", but I have resisted. Most of them are people who consistently post negative stuff, often starting it out with "OMG!!!" or "HOLY SHIT!!!" or other such alarmist crap. I usually just unrec and hit that little box with the "X" in it.

[sinkingfeeling]

41. 26, including one moderator!

[lillypaddle]

42. one

fairly recent ignore.

[baldguy]

43. I've got about a dozen select assholes that I ignore.

[liberaltrucker]

44. Just one

I'm sure he/she is a good person, but most
of his/her threads either make no sense or
resemble nails on a chalk board.

x(

[Arkansas Granny]

45. Zero.

There are a few people on DU that I regularly ignore, but I just don't read their posts.

[pitohui]

46. no one

i don't feel like using the energy to remember who i'm supposed to be angry w. on the internet

[JohnnyLib2]

47. Zero, too curious.

[rurallib]

49. I had two, took them off today and one went right back on.

so, one

[City Lights]

50. Zero. eom

[Lucinda]

51. I have had tons from time to time...I had one when I read your post

Zero now.
I put people in "time out" from time to time....but everyone gets released after a while.

[trackfan]

53. None. I've never used it. n/t

[LaurenG]

55. Zero

I have been angry and put people on but I always get over it and take them off.

[oneshooter]

56. Only one.

[Incitatus]

57. 176,152

[LeftishBrit]

58. One. I had two, but one got TS'd, for reasons unrelated to my issues with them

To get on my ignore list, a person has to not just disagree with me, not just have views that I find abhorrent, not just be rude or insulting. They have to actively bait: to look for people of a different viewpoint (e.g. on a DU group which holds different views to theirs) and to start taunting and attacking.

Hence only two in seven years.

[libodem]

59. Zero

I had one for a while who rubbed me the wrong way.

[Bennyboy]

60. One person.

same person on all the websites I go to.

[Curmudgeoness]

61. None, I don't use ignore. I can screen them out myself, but

I never know when someone who bothers me might have something important to say.

I almost did use it once, but them that person was gone so I didn't have to do it.

[TorchTheWitch]

62. probably enough to crash DU n/t

[rucky]

63. ignored

[NoGOPZone]

64. A surprisingly large amount. I should go through it to see who is no longer with us. nt

[geardaddy]

65. Nowt.