How many members Ignore me?

[Lumpy]

Is there any way for a user to know whether (s)he's on someone's ignore list, and how many? I'm getting paranoid that I'm a pariah.

[Darth Sensitive]

Why is there a blank post on the first page? Mods - looks like a database glitch.

[John DiFool]

No Lumpy, you're pretty cool in my book (or, at least you haven't written something completely egotistical and so full of pure unadulterated crap that I simply had to push the button).

[Wesley Clark]

you're not on my ignore list. However I think PMs are blocked if you are on someone's ignore list. So send a PM to someone requesting a response and if you don't get one that should be a red flag.

[bucketybuck]

Originally Posted by Darth Sensitive

Why is there a blank post on the first page? Mods - looks like a database glitch.

Woah....

Not to hijack the thread or anything, but a question occurs to me. If I have someone on an ignore list, are threads they started visible? Would I see a list of responses with just the OP missing, or is the whole thing gone?

I guess their posts are hidden from view, but what about thread titles?

[Lord Mondegreen]

I've never used the ignore function, but I just tried it to answer bucketybuck's question.

The thread title is still there. The first entry appears with the OP's name. Then the text of the OP is replaced by "This message is hidden because Lumpy is on your ignore list." While composing the response however, the text of the OP (seen by scrolling down from the reply box) is replaced by "This user is on your Ignore List."

Now, off to unignore Lumpy.

[Skald the Rhymer]

Originally Posted by John DiFool

No Lumpy, you're pretty cool in my book (or, at least you haven't written something completely egotistical and so full of pure unadulterated crap that I simply had to push the button).

That doesn't explain why you don't have ME on ignore, John. I'm am morally certain that I have written more purely unadulterated crap replete with conceit than anyone else on the board.

[Zoe]

Well at least you are memorable that way, Skald. (Actually, your posts are the opposite of how you describe them. They are a pizza with everything, but different every time.)

Lumpy, I can't imagine why anyone would put you on an ignore list. If people don't acknowledge your posts it probably means that either you aren't posting enough or we just agree with you. Hey, fella!

[Lumpy]

Originally Posted by Zoe

Lumpy, I can't imagine why anyone would put you on an ignore list. If people don't acknowledge your posts it probably means that either you aren't posting enough or we just agree with you. Hey, fella!

Well in several threads recently I've posted some remark, the remark goes completely unmentioned, and then someone else posts the same remark as original and then they get comments. It's either my paranoia or my narcissism acting up.

[PlainJain]

Originally Posted by Lumpy

Well in several threads recently I've posted some remark, the remark goes completely unmentioned, and then someone else posts the same remark as original and then they get comments. It's either my paranoia or my narcissism acting up.

Don't take it personally, happens to me all the time. It used to bother me but I've learned to let it go.

[Wesley Clark]

Originally Posted by Lumpy

Well in several threads recently I've posted some remark, the remark goes completely unmentioned, and then someone else posts the same remark as original and then they get comments. It's either my paranoia or my narcissism acting up.

Have you thought about becoming an attractive woman in your 20s? If you do that people will endlessly reply to anything you post, no matter how asinine.

[Silver Tyger]

Originally Posted by Wesley Clark

Have you thought about becoming an attractive woman in your 20s? If you do that people will endlessly reply to anything you post, no matter how asinine.

Doesn't always work (if I don't qualify, please don't tell me)

[BigT]

Originally Posted by Silver Tyger Girl

Doesn't always work (if I don't qualify, please don't tell me)

That's because we don't have avatars. People have to go the photo gallery to see what you look like. Most of the people who would be affected don't--they don't want to be seduced by your feminine wiles.

[Trepa Mayfield]

Originally Posted by Silver Tyger Girl

Doesn't always work (if I don't qualify, please don't tell me)

Hey! You're still around, cool. I thought you had left.

[John DiFool]

Originally Posted by Skald the Rhymer

That doesn't explain why you don't have ME on ignore, John. I'm am morally certain that I have written more purely unadulterated crap replete with conceit than anyone else on the board.

Nah. Skald, compared to some posters here, you are an veritable icon of restrait and humility (and occasionally amusing, a highly redeeming quality). Like I've said before, during my Usenet days it was de rigeur (and trivial) to killfile obnoxious posters, trolls, spammers, and other assoc. lowlifes, so I have absolutely no problem doing it here. Sometimes I'll click on their posts, just to see if they have been behaving themselves, and that may get them off the list.

[Rhythmdvl]

I once put Spartacus on my ignore list. Almost the entire Internet disappeared. Weird.

[Anaamika]

I don't have you on my ignore list. But that's because I don't have anyone on my list, I don't use the darn thing.

[Giraffe]

Originally Posted by Lumpy

Is there any way for a user to know whether (s)he's on someone's ignore list, and how many? I'm getting paranoid that I'm a pariah.

It's easy to figure out, actually. You've already done step one: start a thread asking if people are ignoring you. Step two is to count the number of people who reply. Including my reply, right now that's 15. Step three is to look at the bottom of the main page to get the total number of members. Currently, it's 87,079.

Simple math then tells us that 87,079 - 15 = 87,064 people have you on their ignore list.

Hope that helps.

[MeanOldLady]

Originally Posted by PlainJain

Don't take it personally, happens to me all the time. It used to bother me but I've learned to let it go.

Yeah, I think it happens to all of us. Sometimes I'm thinking, "What the...? I said this in, like, post 4. You can't even tell me you stopped reading the thread as it got longer, because I said this as the third response. Gah!" Or I'll be reading, and have that same exact thought, with the word "I" replaced by "[Insert Doper Name Here]." It's just a thing that happens. No biggie. That or everybody hates you, whatever.

[PlainJain]

Well, sure there's always that. However, I've always assumed that my opinions weren't important enough to make people hate me. It is a strange phenomenon though.

Originally Posted by Anaamika

I don't have you on my ignore list. But that's because I don't have anyone on my list, I don't use the darn thing.

Nor do I. I can't imagine a post on the internet bothering me that much.

[Silver Tyger]

Originally Posted by pedescribe

Hey! You're still around, cool. I thought you had left.

No, just been quiet. School has a way of sucking the energy out of you.

[LouisB]

I promise that I will never ignore you unless I dislike the OP of a thread and don't open it all. If you post in that thread, I won't know it but it is the OP I'm ignoring and not you.

[KneadToKnow]

Ignore List-related question for the mods: is it still verboten to say or suggest that someone is on your ignore list, as it once was?

[Marley23]

Originally Posted by KneadToKnow

Ignore List-related question for the mods: is it still verboten to say or suggest that someone is on your ignore list, as it once was?

It's allowed in the Pit and verboten in the other forums.

[Ruby]

You're a 99'er and you're just now feeling ignored? Good for you! You have finally arrived at the Dope.

[KneadToKnow]

Thanks, Marley23.

[AskNott]

I don't have an ignore list, and I've been here a long time. Trolls get punted into the weeds here.

About a year ago, on a local forum, I put a couple of unbearable jerks on ignore. That board had no moderation whatever. It was taken down after a lawsuit, and doesn't exist any more.

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

Originally Posted by Wesley Clark

you're not on my ignore list. However I think PMs are blocked if you are on someone's ignore list. So send a PM to someone requesting a response and if you don't get one that should be a red flag.

Not necessarily. Not everyone checks their PMs on a regular basis, so somebody not answering you doesn't always mean they despise you. I once PMed someone who noticed it months later and responded. Meanwhile, I'd forgotten about it myself and I was the one who initiated the exchange.

[Zoe]

Rhythm DVL: I once put Spartacus on my ignore list. Almost the entire Internet disappeared. Weird.

Whose's Spartacus?

[Cesario]

Originally Posted by Lumpy

Well in several threads recently I've posted some remark, the remark goes completely unmentioned, and then someone else posts the same remark as original and then they get comments. It's either my paranoia or my narcissism acting up.

It's the narcissism. :P

Happens all the time. A lot of people don't read threads front to back, so they'll generally only note the most recent couple posts when they show up to a thread (and maybe read the OP too), so if you aren't there when the people interested in responding to a comment like yours are there, you'll be passed over. The next guy was just lucky.

[BigT]

Happens all the time. A lot of people don't read threads front to back, so they'll generally only note the most recent couple posts when they show up to a thread (and maybe read the OP too), so if you aren't there when the people interested in responding to a comment like yours are there, you'll be passed over. The next guy was just lucky.

You forgot to mention other aspect: a lot of people wind up responding after only skimming the thread (if even that much). It's easy to miss a single comment.

Also, whether they've read your comment or not, sometimes someone else in the thread has said it better. Or, in places where there are ongoing arguments, maybe everyone agrees with you, and they'd rather argue with everyone else.

[ToeJam]

Originally Posted by Zoe

Whose's Spartacus?

I'm Spartacus!

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