# How many people are on your ignore list? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144 "2005-07-19T15:18:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/1 "2005-07-19T15:18:23Z")
I just put somebody on my ignore list! I’d never done it before, not on this board, but finally I felt somebody deserved it. So, I was wondering - how many names are on other people’s ignore lists? (I don’t want the actual names! Nor do I want this to be a pitting in any other way…it’s a plain old survey for the sake of curiosity, and plain numbers will do!) ---
**Author:** ![Ruckinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@Ruckinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruckinge)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/2 "2005-07-19T15:20:02Z")
On this forum none. I like everyone here. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/3 "2005-07-19T15:32:11Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > I don’t want the actual names! That’s good, since announcing that someone’s on your ignore list is a violation of board rules. Currently I have two people on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/4 "2005-07-19T15:35:43Z")
I don’t have any on mine. Never really thought about it. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/5 "2005-07-19T15:37:36Z")
None. I might do it sometime just as an experiment, but there’s no one here that I can’t just ignore if the circumstance dictates without the need to technological assistance. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/6 "2005-07-19T15:40:25Z")
I don’t have anybody on my list. I tend to believe in the power of people to improve themselves, so no matter how annoying someone may be, they may change some day and be more worthwhile posters. If they’re on my ignore list, I’ll never find out if this happens. That, and I’m lazy. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/7 "2005-07-19T15:45:10Z")
None. There are, however, several people whose OP’s I don’t bother to read. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/8 "2005-07-19T15:45:56Z")
I put one person on my ignore list for a while. At the time, this person kept showing up in all the threads I was in, and I was getting really annoyed by their mouth (er…fingers). But when you put someone on ignore, it doesn’t disapear their entire post. It’ll say something like, and **Ethilrist** , please don’t mind if I use you as you know I’d never ignore you: > [@Ethilrist](#): > > This person is on your ignore list And it drove me crazy not knowing what they said. Plus conversations got derailed. So now…no one. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/9 "2005-07-19T15:46:09Z")
I do things a little differently. I add everyone to my ignore list, then take a peek at what people post once in a while. If I like what I see, off the list they go! Makes it pretty easy to catch up on the day’s topics, that’s for sure. So anyone else going to respond to this thread or is it just going to be me and **GorillaMan** hangin’ out? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/10 "2005-07-19T15:58:36Z")
I had one person on my list, but they were banned for extreme assholery, so now, no one. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/11 "2005-07-19T16:00:56Z")
Never had anyone on my ignore list. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/12 "2005-07-19T16:03:16Z")
No one. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/13 "2005-07-19T16:07:30Z")
Two. I took one of them off briefly, but had to put him/her back on to keep my sanity. I’ve never known either of the two to contribute anything of value to a thread, and usually their posts disrupt a thread, like a belch in a library. Every once in a while, I’ll view one of their posts, but I’m always sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/14 "2005-07-19T16:11:45Z")
I’ve never bothered to put anyone on my ignore list. ---
**Author:** ![AsecretK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@AsecretK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AsecretK)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/15 "2005-07-19T16:18:01Z")
No one. I have no reason to. Yet 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/16 "2005-07-19T16:19:55Z")
I had one person on my ignore list for a while. I had a big ol fight with them in the pit and then everytime I posted a reply to them in another thread they would jump all over me. I hadn’t really paid too much attention to usernames in a discussion and so I sometimes forgot that I was addressing someone who was on the opposite side of an emotional issue in another thread. I post a lot in the pit and my personal rule is that it’s the place where you can be mean and nasty about things but then start over when you leave the thread. Kinda like lawyers do in trials - Go for blood in the court, then go for a beer with the opponent when its over. Others don’t share my philosophy. I ignored the poster for about a month so I wouldn’t reply to any of their posts and then removed my ignore later. That poster an I have since had civil discussions. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/17 "2005-07-19T16:36:09Z")
Damn… I wish I could see any of the other responses… 😉 No, I have no one on ignore. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/18 "2005-07-19T16:38:06Z")
**GorillaMan** , I can’t see your OP. Maybe it’s because I’m ignoring you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/19 "2005-07-19T16:38:09Z")
We got ignore lists? Humm, that may explain the few replies to my “What Did I See in the Hospital” thread. How embarrassing! ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-on-your-ignore-list/313144/20 "2005-07-19T16:38:24Z")
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