I think I LOVE the "Ignore" button!

[Tyler Durden]

It's been so long since I was this relaxed while on DU. Not only are there not going to pop up any threads by certain victims of latent cretinism, but if they respond to something I post, I can tell immediately that I don't want to hear what they have to say!

SHIT! This is like having my own private "Tombstone" button. Not that I don't wish they'd shut up, but this is the next best thing.

[gollygee]

1. I'm a big fan of it too

:D

[Madspirit]

2. Just fyi

You might want to watch for this. In times of high traffic, the Ignore feature is off.
Lee

[intheflow]

3. I only have one DUer on ignore.

But it's been the best thing I've ever done! Every time "Ignored" shows up in a thread, I think to myself, "OMG, there's that asshole! I'm so glad I don't have to subject myself to her!" It truly is a blessing!

[Tyler Durden]

5. I used to think it was fascist...censorship, y'know and all that.

But I'm tired of listening to some of the assholes in life, and we've got a few of them here. I didn't have ANY on ignore until this morning, but the Cindy Sheehan incident has had the effect of some turds floating to the top of the punch bowl.

Now I have THREE. Good riddance.

[helderheid]

6. I too only have one on ignore and my blood pressure is all the better for it!

[AZBlue]

7. Me too - and it is great - so is hiding the threads!

Makes looking in the forum main page a joy!

[Tyler Durden]

10. I selected all three options. I felt like I was excommunicating them.

Close the book, toll the bell, extinguish the candle.

BOY that feels good.

[BlooInBloo]

38. Here I am! Hye!!!!

[intheflow]

41. Totally not you.

Although you are a contender with spelling that atrocious! :rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

43. Dammit all to hell! (grumblegrumble) :)

[Tyler Durden]

45. Actually, this is one of them.

Just shows up "Ignored." Can't even respond, so I'm not tempted.

Relieved Heavy Sigh.

[Tyler Durden]

46. Not you, the two posts around you.

Just wanted to be clear.

[Cleita]

4. Welcome!

I discovered that during flame war periods, it has made my DU experience far more pleasant and when it's over, I go remove my ignores and discover that most of them have been tombstoned.

[Tyler Durden]

8. These three have been around a while. Two are over 1000...

I think at least 2 of them had donated last quarter. One of those revels in being a "secret freeper."

[Cleita]

13. There are a few who fly under the radar, and I have known

them since I first came to DU, but mostly they are the troublemakers who are trying to get everyone to say nasty things to each other. Usually, those are the ones that go. Giving $5 each quarter is what some of them do and they post a lot in non-political forums to get their post count up, but usually during contentious times, they get outted and tombstoned.

[poverlay]

32. I know who you mean. (At least one) I don't "ignore" them because I like to

aggravate them and watch their heads explode.

[murielm99]

9. LOL! Me too!

I found that two out of my last three ignores were tombstoned. That was during the last primary season, the only time it gets bad enough for me to use the ignore feature.

[melody]

11. Isn't it wonderful? n/t

[Double T]

12. I don't think I would ever love censorship............

regardless of how annoying or irritating it was.

[Cleita]

14. It's not censorship. It's ignoring an ass who irritates you like

you would in a bar or at work.

[intheflow]

21. Better than ignoring an asshole at a bar or work

because ignoring folks on DU takes the possible stalking scenario out of the picture completely! :)

[liberal N proud]

15. I have never used it

I am sure that I have gotten on the wrong side of a few conversations (few and far between). I hope that none of them have gotten me on the ignore side.

I always walk away from the computer if it gets me too hot.

[etherealtruth]

23. Neither have I

I understand those that choose to use it ... but, my experience has been that I can disagree with a poster on one subject, only to find myself in total agreement with them on another. I have found generally mean spirited posters (at least in my opinion) express some very insightful points of view.

If someone ticks me off ... or expresses things in a way I find offensive I stop reading that particular post.

I guess my motivations are selfish ... I don't want to miss anything.

[liberal N proud]

25. Same here - Agree then disagree

[Parche]

16. My Fellow Submariner

I better not be on that list!!! :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[Tyler Durden]

28. Make that POTENTIAL fellow submariner!

Was accepted to New London, but the now ex-wife said don't go.

[Cobalt-60]

49. nice boat

oops the deck gun is still there. sorry!
(For the love of god montesour, not for missing the deck gun!)

[lapfog_1]

17. Every now and again I wonder

how many DUers have ME in their ignore list... I have only one in mine. I know I must have pissed off some...

sigh.

[gatorboy]

18. Where's the fun in that?

I love to see the slow gestation of a troll. After they get the mandatory first few "Bush Sucks" posts out of the way, most feel safe enough to let their true colors seep through. The only real problem lately is that they seem to hang on alot longer than they use to...

[Bluebear]

19. I agree, the trolls are the least of my worries.

The obvious ones you can enjoy and watch them self-destruct.

It's the disruptive passive-aggressive members in good standing that I ignore. :)

[Renew Deal]

20. You're responsible for one of the funniest posts in DU history.

You predicted that freepers would call for a boycott of Taco Bell if the socialists won the Spanish election after the train bombings. The socialists won and the freeptards called for boycott. :rofl:

[Tyler Durden]

30. (Tyler takes a slight bow)

I actually predicted "Freedom Fries" at the Congressional Dining Room as well, but I did it at work, so I can't document it.

Thanks for the "memory!" It's nice to be remembered!

Not to brag, but in 1981 while I was in the Navy, I laughed my ass off at a group of fellow petty officers who were clapping each other on the back about Reagan getting elected. I told them that the USSR had about 10 years, and would die by MTV and refrigerators. I also said that by the year 2010 they would have their own auto industry: the Auto plant is being built outside of St. Petersburg.

Nobody listens to me, and I'm usually right!

[Pale Blue Dot]

22. Honestly, I think it makes my DU experience 1000% better. nt

[flvegan]

24. Agreed.

I went from zero earlier this year, to 11. Wonder what that says?

[JuniperLea]

26. Live and learn from fools and from sages...

has always been my motto here... there is no one so crass, so creepy, so Freeperish, so disgusting, so ridiculous, that you couldn't learn some small thing from them.

I have rethought... I now have a whole passel of idiots on ignore, and my hide thread list is longer than the rest!

[camero]

27. Comes in handy doesn't it?

Somebody has to really get on my nerves to use it but I do from time to time. They usually wind up getting tombstoned anyway.

[Jim Warren]

29. You bet

Never used it until today, tired of hearing the debate shouted down by the same pedants.

[EstimatedProphet]

31. You're not alone

I put up a similar thread a few weeks ago. Which of course pissed people off.

[Coexist]

33. What? I can't hear you...

:evilgrin:

[Jazzgirl]

34. Tyler, I was trying to figure out what people

were responding to in a thread and realized I had someone on ignore. I temporarily removed them and.....put them right back on ignore! That b***h pissed me off so bad I had to put them on ignore or I wouldn't be able to stand it!!! Thanks for the ignore button!

[Zodiak]

35. This is my most active ignore day ever

I went from a few DUers to about 40 today. Today I seem to have no patience for ghouls picking over Cindy's corpse, "blame the lefters", DLC apologists, real politickers, and anyone else who wants to be an anchor preventing the movement going full throttle.

I'll probably put a lot of them back off ignore next week, but this week I am so friggin' mad!!

It must be because Cindy gave face to something new besides the anti-war movement ... disgust with the political process as we know it. Corruption at its worst, and within our own house.

[Tyler Durden]

37. Think I'll stick with 3 for the moment...

But I'm taking applications!!!

[Individualist]

44. My list is growing too; I put DLC supporters on ignore

They have nothing to offer but spin, cliches, talking points and condescension.

"It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered washing on the line; it reminds me of stale bean soup, of college yells, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It drags itself out of the dark abysm of pish, and crawls insanely up to the topmost pinnacle of tosh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash."
- H. L. Mencken

[Jim Warren]

36. Great thing is

after you get a good cluster of the ignored lined up you stop thinking who's who.
Funny how similar archetypes cluster in the same threads.

[Zodiak]

50. they sure do

often, one will type some insulting thing and the rest will come in and sarcastically say "oh there you go talking sense again".

I've seen it so many times that the tactic has become trasparent, but still pisses me off, so I'm ignoring for now.

[Occulus]

39. You know what's a fun game to play

"Ignore Jeopardy".

Ooh! Whose comment pattern does that response fit into?

Try to guess who is making which ignored statements by reading the responses. Then, log out and check to see if you're right.

Sometimes it can be pretty educational.

[Tyler Durden]

42. Nah. I'll just let them stew.

One's showed up here already, and I couldn't be less curious. What strikes me though is the arrogance of someone that I would even care what they said after I'd put them on ignore.

[Tyler Durden]

40. HEY, one of the 3 showed up, and I'm not even CURIOUS.

This is so therapeutic! I should have done this ages ago.

[Tyler Durden]

47. Hey, you know what else is fun?

Checking out the flame fests and getting just slightly less pissed off because you see "Ignored" instead of a post.

You know what? I see "Ignored" in a LOT of flamefest threads. To paraphrase Captain Willard, guess I picked three of the right ones to ignore.

[flaminbats]

48. how curiosity revived this bat..

I spend most of my time on DU reading the opinions posted by others, especially in the Latest Breaking News forum.

the ignore feature certainly helps when I know someone is just trying to piss me off. usually I love a tough fight, but this has limits. when a poster will take any position to dispute any point, then this isn't a debate..it usually devolves into insults and bitterness.

but I usually clear out my ignore list every week. if someone is stalking me at DU, he'll probably be banned. if someone was just having a tough day..he'll probably be making some points I agree with once things cool down.

an ignore list helps me control my temper, and effectively keeps me from getting banned at DU. it is too easy to forget the rules and that we are also wrong. but DU is a great place to teach, and an even better place to learn from fellow Democrats. :grouphug: