Ignore list now at 14......how big is yours?

[yourout]

[PseudoIntellect]

1. Zero.

I don't think adding people to an ignore list qualifies as staying open-minded.

In a forum where discussion is usually better than that of the average internet site, I think it's good to let everyone talk. I understand how annoyed people can get, though.

[formernaderite]

92. zero..what's the point

of joining a discussion board?

[DemVet]

109. Agreed.

[BayouBengal07]

2. I don't ignore people.

The way I see it hearing only what you want to hear dulls you to the debate. A diversity of opinions is healthy. Otherwise you get Fox News.

[parasim]

35. So, do you watch Fox News then?

A diversity of opinions is great and all, but sometimes somebody comes in that rants and raves with sheer idiocy. Like Fox News does. I ignore Fox News by not tuned in to it. I put certain people here on ignore so I don't have to read some of the stuff I'm pretty sure they're going to spew. Same damn thing.

Because sometimes around here, debating with someone is about effective as shouting at Bill O'Reilly.

[BayouBengal07]

43. sometimes.

Know thine enemy.

[parasim]

66. I agree, know thine enemy.

Then, once I've determined they're just wasting my time saying the same thing over and over to get a rise out of me, I put 'em on ignore.

[thunder rising]

3. Can you read this?

[yourout]

11. So far I can.

[Yael]

4. 3

I think sniffa and jgraz are at about 1,000 though.

They are my heros. :cry:

[grantcart]

5. 27 a week ago it was 2

[ClayZ]

41. 39 Argh!

“It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead” Thomas Jefferson

I cleared my list a couple weeks ago, too!



K and R

[KSinTX]

6. Zero. If I'm not interested, I can always click away. nt

[ej510]

12. zero. If you do not like a post scroll past it.

[BlooInBloo]

7. 0. But going the other direction, I betcha I'm on the most ignore lists!

:woohoo:

:rofl:

[ClayZ]

47. I see you!

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

70. OUTRAGE OUTRAGE SNARK SNARK!

There - takes care of that.

[Kaleva]

8. It's not the size that matters

It's how one uses it that counts.

[Joe the Revelator]

9. 0--- I don't think big ignore lists are anything to be proud of.

[polmaven]

40. Wow!

One of the few places where we agree!

:toast:

[musicblind]

124. I have to admit, I don't agree with many of your posts but

this one is right on! I have zero as well, as I don't believe ignoring people fixes anything.

[Liberal Gramma]

10. 71

But only about 10 of them are extreme partisans. The rest are idiots.

[ClayZ]

42. lol

:rofl:

[Cha]

51. I know..that was pretty

funny.

[Evergreen Emerald]

13. Instead of DU you could always just e-mail yourself back and forth

but of course that might be difficult as most e-mail does not have ignore.

[FlyingSquirrel]

14. Sadly, 70

And still growing. I've really just had it at this point. I'll clear it out some once we get a nominee.

[sybylla]

118. Same here

I never had anyone on my ignore list until early February. Now - 143 - just added two this morning but took a tombstoned one off.

I had a hard time putting some of them on as I have a great deal of respect for many of them. But I figured if I didn't, I'd lose that respect and I'd like to get back to the civil discussions of the old days as soon as possible when this is all over. So, like yours, they'll all come off as soon as we have a nominee.

[FrenchieCat]

15. Mine was zero for like 4.5 years........

now I have 19.

These would be the 19 that I would simply tell to go Fuck off, but since I can't, better I don't see them. I'm probably on ignore with more than that number of posters, so I win! :)

[davidinalameda]

39. you go girl!

I figure I'm on a few ignore lists myself

que sera sera

[burythehatchet]

16. between 275 and 300, one half are tombstoned

[Cha]

53. :)

:hi: That's a high five!

[rox63]

121. I clean out the tombstoned ones each week

Keeps the list to a reasonable size.

[Buzz Clik]

17. Damn near 50.

I decided to blacklist all Kucinich supporters. No particular reason.

[mcctatas]

71. ...

:rofl:

[ampad]

18. I have about 20

But it looks like I will be adding more to that number tonight.

[mmonk]

19. Hello? Did someone say something?

;-)

[Wwagsthedog]

24. It was an echo. nt

[mmonk]

80. Oh.

I thought I did.

[Cali_Democrat]

20. just 1

That person said they would ignore me, so I ignored them :)

[boppers]

21. I emptied mine, once I knew the primaries were over.

Now it's pure entertainment for me to watch the spinning, desperate rationalizations, and astro-turfing. ;)

[Exultant Democracy]

38. I did the same thing, I was up to 50 but they were mostly TS since then my list has grown to 6

there are some idiots who I won't inflict on myself.

[mkultra]

22. 15 but 6 are now TS

[LakeSamish706]

23. I don't put people on ignore either, if I don't like what they say I just ignore the thread. n/t

[MercutioATC]

25. Zero

...but I'm a glutton for punishment...

[Muttocracy]

26. Probably 100 but many of them are TS'ed

I wish they would just disappear from the ignore list when they're TS'ed; don't want to spend the time cleaning that out. There have been new extreme disruptors that I "alert" and "ignore" and I'm sure much of my ignore list is them.

[Warren Stupidity]

27. everybody who was went out for pizza

so it went down to zero. Funny thing about that.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

28. Zero.

[KittyWampus]

29. about 70, many tombstoned. I used to never use Ignore. But teh Stupidity- you can't argue with it

[donheld]

30. about 50

[RememberWellstone]

31. No, I am tolerant and open minded

No prejudice in my life.

[Fox Mulder]

32. Zero.

[featherman]

33. Just 6... only the rudest and crudest... who needs that?

[stillcool]

34. still growing...

[Thepricebreaker]

36. Ignore is for babies.. Unless its spam... Freedom of speech.... live and let live...

[yourout]

37. My blood pressure was being driven up so I decided Ignore was prefferable to a stroke.

[JBoy]

48. Ignore is Freedom of Listen. It's not stopping anyone from speaking.

[parasim]

49. I mean no disrespect to you, but this holier-than-thou attitude by you and others in this...

thread is just plain silly. Not putting people on ignore for some lofty reason of not wanting to be "intolerant", or defending freedom of speech or whatever, is just fricking goofy. Putting somebody on ignore is not limiting anybody's freedom of speech, because by putting them on ignore is not stopping them from being read by others. Geez...

"unless its spam"... well, yeah, the people on my ignore list are spam as far as I am concerned. They're junk posts to me. I'm not going to spend my time reading some nitwit troll spewing on and on about something that will never change my mind just as I toss emails trying to sell me dick enlargement pills into the trash.

[Cha]

62. You pretty much wrote

down what I was thinking after I read that post.

Those on ignore abused their right not to be ignored, in my pov.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

75. Agreed. "Freedom of speech" doesn't mean "I have to listen to you". nt

[TK421]

44. Only four...and they were real assholes

still on there, and only one recently I remember why they are on there

[mkultra]

45. use your ignore list, its stops the trolls

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5658831

[Speck Tater]

46. Zero. All sides are worth hearing. Anything less makes me less a person. NT

[mkultra]

52. I put the obvious trolls on Ignore.

no traction saps their energy.

[Crunchy Frog]

50. None right now, but I do have a bunch on by buddy/deathwatch list.

I like to watch people earn their tombstones. :evilgrin:

[kevinmc]

54. A whole bunch n/t

[mcctatas]

55. Two...

one from a long time ago and one more recent. I doubt if it will get much longer because everyone will play nice from now on...
right? :rofl:

[Spazito]

56. Zero but my hide threads option has been on overdrive n/t

[thewiseguy]

57. 28. I added most of them last week.

[baldguy]

58. 150

[AtomicKitten]

59. Zip - nada - goose-egg: I wouldn't miss the primary here at DU for the world.

[ruby slippers]

60. I just joined so I haven't made any enemies yet.....

[tammywammy]

61. Zero

If I feel someone's a troll I add them to my buddy list. :)

[otohara]

63. Zero -

it's okay!

[BenDavid]

64. Zero. I can tolerate any one and whatever their opinion may or

not be. I say let loose with ones opinion.

[walldude]

65. Zero is my hero.

I wouldn't give anyone the satisfaction of putting them on my ignore list.

[soothsayer]

67. None at all. I can stomach it.

[PurityOfEssence]

68. Zero. As a liberal, I like being part of society.

Those of us in the reality-based world often tend to have a taste for unfiltered life.

[Arkansas Granny]

69. I have 2, but only because their avatar or pic in sig line disturbs me.

When I see "ignored" in a thread, I click on printer friendly version so I can see what they've said.

[IndependentDem]

72. zero-- I like to hear different opinions. n/t

[tkmorris]

73. Zippo. My motto is...

If I can't see what you are saying, I am depriving myself of the right to tell you you are an ignorant fuckwit for saying it. Where would be the fun in that?

Seriously though, poor arguments MUST be countered by better ones. There are far too many people out there who will believe something if they are told it often enough. It is our duty to provide a counterpoint for every stupid thing uttered, even here.

[IndependentDem]

76. helluva motto, couldn't agree more. n/t

[slinkerwink]

74. Mine's at 15

[stratomagi]

77. Mine is at 0.

If I decide to go that rout however jackson_dem and Mags would probably go first. :)

[tyedyeto]

78. 1 - but not because of the primary

He/she is just an idiot who I've ignored for some time on many issues.

[emilyg]

79. Why are you bragging?

[snooper2]

81. 14..probably the same folks, I'll give you the first 3 letters of handles

els
ben
pap
tel
mag
mad
dur
rod
bla
yad
met
lir
ind
cla


:evilgrin:

[Tyler Durden]

82. Hundreds. Not a BRAG, just don't like rudeness.

I don't "IGNORE" people for ideology. I just can't stand nasty name calling of me, candidates, or other posters, that's all.

Life is too short to be tempted to reply to boors.

[sybylla]

129. That's my philosophy

I started by putting the rudest of the rude on the list. Then eventually had to go for thoroughly misguided. Now outright stupid earns a place. Life is too short and I've got too many things to do in my day to wade through other people's garbage.

[Eurobabe]

83. approaching 200, it saves my BP and my hair. n/t

[QC]

84. I don't use ignore.

It causes one to miss all the batshit lunatic zaniness of this forum.

[Araxen]

85. 19

[hfojvt]

86. Does size really matter?

What about the QUALITY of my ignore list?

[tishaLA]

87. 3

I could probably take one off, but I don't think I want to.

[DevonRex]

88. 61. But I haven't cleaned it up in a while so many are probably

already tombstoned.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

89. how big is yours?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-U-Ic4qDo

WARNING -PG13

[LTR]

90. I lost count

I put known spammers and trolls on ignore. No, I don't consider it cowardly. My opinion is that if they have nothing to contribute but flamebait, it gets in the way of me reading what I want. Why should I have to waste mt time filtering through a bunch of junk?

However, there are a few trolls and ranters that I don't ignore, because I find their posts to be unintentionally hilarious.

[SoCalDem]

91. I may have to apply for a Federal Grant soon

I have been here since early '01, and never even USED "ignore" until a few weeks ago.. It's too hard to count them, but it's probably over 75..

Every so often, when we go on DefCon5 Alert, Skinner paroles all of them, and they disrobe, run amok and wander around, scaring children & small pets.

Most of the time they just hang around the dungeon downstairs, watching re-runs of Mayberry RFD, & The Carol Burnett Show.. Some favorite movies of theirs:.. "Hillary Christ, Superstar".."A Hillary Is Born"..Illinois versions 1 &2., .Scranton version 1, Little Rock version, DC version and New York versions 1-5. We also have "The Passion of the Hillary", "A Hillary Grows in Brooklyn" is a favorite of theirs, and I've had to purchase several copies.

I have given them brooms, but there's still Cheeto dust and peanut shells everywhere.

[dionysus]

93. 0, i add them to my buddy list...

:shrug:

[redqueen]

94. One.

A troll, I'm certain.

[helderheid]

95. Goose egg

[Radical Activist]

96. zero. debating others is the point of being here.

[Adelante]

97. I have everybody on Ignore

Except you ;)

[MyNameGoesHere]

98. About 10 inches but my ignore list is 0 n/t

[Beaverhausen]

99. Ignore lists are for wimps

I ignore no one.

[olkaz]

100. Holy crap, 116.

A lot of them are low-post trolls though.

[oasis]

101. Ignore function=Alarm clock snooze button.

:boring::boring::boring: DUers who refuse to wake up now brag about wallowing in their "ignore-ance".

:eyes:

[ClericJohnPreston]

102. ZERO

The cult of Obama leads to the most hilarious unintentional humor. Who would want to miss that?

Also, only cultists have to block out messages and other voices in their heads. Normal people don't have to worry about cognitive dissonance and perpetuating an echo chamber of responses.

[gsaguyCLW54]

103. Why would I place anyone on ignore

[GoldieAZ49]

104. ZERO - Some have real entertainment value

who I will not name

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

105. Plonk!

:grr:

[LisaM]

106. Zero.

It's the equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and saying la la la la la.

[WinkyDink]

107. I'd answer, but you probably can't read it!

[my3boyz]

108. 33 and growing each day. nt

[JFN1]

110. Zero - I want to hear the other side

I think it is rather thin-skinned to ignore people who are disagreeable - they should be heard - this is America - isn't it...?

[racaulk]

111. 7

But I only reserve my Ignore list for those that take pleasure in being jerks just for the sake of it. Those that are very intentionally disruptive, disrespectful, and just rude.

Thankfully, even with the heat of the primary season, those folks are very few. :)

[knixphan]

112. zero-to-45 in the last month

[Upton]

113. Zero

no offense to anybody, but isn't what this forum is all about....an exchange of opinions? I want to hear the other side.

[kwenu]

114. Never had an ignore list. I like the head on approach.

[backscatter712]

115. Not telling you how many in total.

I'll just mention that I removed 14 that have since been tombstoned.

[jgraz]

116. Close to 200.

I only put people on it who have never shown the slightest inkling of ability to post anything but content-free blather. Sadly, there's never a shortage of candidates, even with that high bar.

[Erin Elizabeth]

117. I did an experiment a couple of weeks ago

and put every single pro-Hillary poster I could find on ignore, just to see what GD: P was like. It was ok. Cool.

But then I got tired of that and took everyone off ignore, so now I have zero. I'm just wanting the end of the primaries to get here.

[backscatter712]

120. I'm doing an ignore list cleanout right now.

I removed all the tombstones from my ignore list, and I'm removing DU veterans (users that have been here for at least a couple years, and have lots of posts).

I'm gonna try to limit the plonk for the most part to trolls - anyone that fits the profile - user was just registered in the past couple months, small amount of posts, acts like a total douche.

[Erin Elizabeth]

123. Douchetastic! LOL.

[rox63]

119. 17 so far

Before last fall, it was zero. I hope that soon, it will be zero again. I plan to wipe it out once we we have our nominee.

[rox63]

131. Just went up to 18...

[Texas Hill Country]

122. 1

[Vinca]

125. 4 with 2 on the fence. nt

[musicblind]

126. Zero because ignore is just a sister word for ignorance

and there is nothing worse. It is perfectly okay to hear an opinion and disagree with it. It is never, in my book, okay not to hear the opinion first.

[LSK]

127. ZERO

[slackmaster]

128. Just ONE, and he got Tombstoned over a year ago

:hi:

[Lucky 13]

130. 0.

[high density]

132. 207

And it is very noticeable when the ignore lists get disabled during high traffic.

Some people do nothing but come on here and post taunts or trollish stuff. This isn't information or something to ponder, it's simply total garbage. I see it in virtually every thread in a series of somebody vs. Ignored replies. Yes, I AM intolerant of schoolyard bullies and the like. It's a tool that's available and I'm going to make use of it.

[AlCzervik]

133. 0 but my buddy grows each day with each new faux democrat that signs up to disrupt.