# Does the "ignore" function work on Discourse? SOLVED

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-ignore-function-work-on-discourse-solved/913695>\
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**Created:** [June 29, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-ignore-function-work-on-discourse-solved/913695 "2020-06-29T20:20:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-ignore-function-work-on-discourse-solved/913695/21 "2020-08-17T19:35:03Z")

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> [@Karen\_Lingel](#):
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> ETA: Perhaps my problem was that the username is case sensitive, in which case I should get an error that says “No such user” or something, rather than “You must select a timeframe.”

I have seen the same misleading error when trying to ignore a user. If the system can’t auto-complete the username it will give you this error even though it would make more sense to say “cannot find user.”

You can tell it has found the user if the name has an “x” next to it like the users who are already on your ignore list.

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