# Can I find out if I'm on anyone's ignore list? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 31, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119 "2002-03-31T22:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/1 "2002-03-31T22:53:54Z")
I’m not asking to find out _who_ might have put me on an ignore list. I’m asking: Is there a way to find out if someone finds my posts that irritating? If so, can you tell me how many? –Nott ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/2 "2002-04-01T00:16:26Z")
There’s no way, and discussion of the content of one’s ignore list on this board is _verboten_. No harm in your question, but my sense is that the administration is planning on taking this seriously. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/3 "2002-04-01T00:29:44Z")
As **White Lightning** has correctly pointed out, we have left the “ignore” and “buddy” list features turned on, but we are asking members not to publically discuss who they’re ignoring or buddying with. See Arnold’s [post on the subject](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=106617#post1949385) in the “Guidelines for posting at the SDMB” FAQ at the top of the ATMB forum. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/4 "2002-04-01T15:06:23Z")
Okay, okay. I won’t discuss, um, that concept I asked about…whatever it was. –Nott ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/5 "2002-04-01T17:45:38Z")
Also, to appease the curious: There is no way for PosterX to tell if s/he is on PosterY’s ignore **or** buddy list. ---
**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/6 "2002-04-01T18:37:30Z")
I don’t see an “ignore” option. I don’t particularly want to put anyone on it, but now I’m curious. Where is it? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/7 "2002-04-01T18:44:34Z")
Click on the f.a.q.[sup]1[/sup] button at the top of the screen, read what it says about buddy and ignore lists, and come back here if you have any more questions. [sup]1[/sup]The f.a.q. button brings you to the f.a.q. for vBulletin features. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/8 "2002-04-01T18:46:28Z")
The first rule of the Ignore List is…_you do not talk about the Ignore List!_ OK, sorry. Click on the “user cp” button at the top of the page (it’s right next to the big blue and yellow “The Straight Dop®e” logo). You’ll see a number of control panel options, including buttons for both the buddy list and the ignore list. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/9 "2002-04-01T19:10:36Z")
What I’d really like to see is a “Please Ignore my Buddy” list, for those taking the same side as me in a debate and making a bad job of it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/10 "2002-04-01T19:11:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Ignore lists are used for those people who’s messages you wish not to read. By adding someone to your ignore list, those messages posted by these individuals will be hidden when you read a thread. If other people are responding to someone who’s on your ignore list, doesn’t that tend to render the thread confusing-to-meaningless? At least to the person who uses the feature. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/11 "2002-04-01T19:15:47Z")
kaylasdad99 - there was a long discussion on pros/cons of the ignore list in ATMB. I don’t think we need to revisit it in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/12 "2002-04-01T19:38:21Z")
I’m ignoring your first post count **kaylasdad99**.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-out-if-im-on-anyones-ignore-list/101119/13 "2002-04-01T21:08:06Z")
Yeah, that’s probably a good idea, **donkeyoatey**. 😉 Thank you **Arnold** , I’ll go look for that now.