Clothahump and his Ignore List

Oh my God, this is crazy.

Yeah, but then why did you ask if it was a problem for a poster to post only monologues? If it’s s a problem, then there should be a rule against it. If you don’t want a rule against it, then why would you think it might be a problem?

Moderator Note

Insults belong in the Pit, not in ATMB. No matter what your opinion of others on this board, treat them respectfully while in this forum. If you feel a need to insult, take it to the Pit.

TO EVERYONE:

Just a reminder, while discussion of ignore lists is certainly acceptable in this forum, please refrain from specifically naming anyone on anyone else’s ignore list.

well, in view of the mod note, I’m erasing it just in case.

Well, for starters, Superdude says that you missed out on an answer to a question you asked in Cafe Society.

Oops. My bad. My apologies.

for want of a “like” button.

What a person chooses to read or respond to is that person’s business.

I wish ignore lists were public. I like to think I’m on his, but suspect I don’t rate. :frowning:

Why then you’ll just have to try harder! :smiley:

I gotta admit that this is one of the funnier threads I’ve read. No one seems to worry about anyone else’s ignore list…just mine. I suppose I should be honored by the attention. :smiley:

To paraphrase Samuel Jackson in the movie Jackie Brown - “You can’t depend on Clothahump, but you can ALWAYS depend on Clothahump to be Clothahump”

That’s because you yourself make such a big deal of it, and from what you’ve said you have a particularly large one.

I don’t get why one is here if all they want is yes men…theres other echo chambers unless one gets off on the Antagonization of others

Can you put yourself on your ignore list? :stuck_out_tongue:

and Clothy? Can you add me to your ignore list? It seems like a pretty elite club of the cool kids.

You have to earn your “Fuck off”.

:smiley:

It might be interesting if the ignore list was automatically reciprocal; put someone on your ignore list and they can’t see your posts, either. The more someone chooses to ignore others, the more they withdraw their own participation and potential audience on the board.

Does anyone know if that’s ever been tried anywhere on the 'net before?

They’ll go onto mine if they have a predominance of the following traits:

[ul]
[li]Deliberately antagonistic[/li]
[li]Willfully obtuse[/li]
[li]Never address valid questions directed their way (often ignoring same ad nauseum)[/li]
[li]Never have any valid or useful points to make[/li]
[li]As in, sound like an endless broken record with nothing new to say[/li]
[li]Engage in any other “markers” of trolling (I don’t ultimately care if they are True Believers or not, this is a purely empirical set of judgements)[/li]
[li]Tend to be found posting in mostly or exclusively in certain “hot button” type threads (political usually, natch)[/li][/ul]

I don’t get why one should have to wade through any of their endless loads of horsehockey just to get to the thoughtful posts by the reasonable members here (and yes, I do believe one can be conservative and not be a total jackass-and yes some Dopers ostensibly on “my” side(s) are on it too).

Sometimes I almost wish we did the Coventry thing here (when “banned” they automatically are set to have everyone not see any of their posts). Almost. Otherwise I like how TPTB here are on the up-and-up about why someone is being disciplined or banned (I’ve belonged to other fora where people get banned with absolutely no explanation, often without any abusive posts or other gross rules violations, and if I ask I am told that it is all strictly on a need-to-know).

I can’t say that I interact with him much, if at all, but I didn’t read his post that way. He isn’t looking for people to agree with him, just to be agreeable when interacting. Deserving or not, you take a lot of abuse if you are a conservative posting on this MB. Some get more than others, but they all get more than their fair share.