how to ignore a poster

Alright, I’ve tried to put it off, but there’s one poster that I’m just plain sick of having to scroll past their posts. I’ve heard rumors that there’s a way to ignore a poster. How do I do that? Is there a SDMB help section I should be referring to?

Go to User CP. Scroll down to Edit Ignore List. Type in the name and they go into the cornfield when you save it.

I suppose you mean me.

You’re so vain.

:wink:

No, TriPolar, never even considered you :slight_smile:

Damnit! I thought this thread was about me.

Thank you.

Of course you will now have to scroll past the distracting message: “This message is hidden because <doper> is on your ignore list.”

I know this because I have put one poster on my ignore list. Ironically, only because I was sick of the visual distraction of his non-sig sig.

So rather than his posts simply going away, they continued to appear, the content replaced with the even longer, equally distracting message.

Moderator Note

Before anyone actually crosses the line, this is just a friendly reminder that naming anyone who is on your ignore list outside of the BBQ Pit is forbidden.

Remember you also still get exposed to someone on your ignore list whenever they are quoted by others. So the list is only a partial solution.

No -------- just the song of course. :wink:

Since people answered with the actual process and ramifications --------- maybe its just me but I find it easier to just ignore certain posters in my brain; basically not read what they have to say. I’m lucky that the couple I do find annoying are not horribly active around me/the subjects I follow most so its pretty easy and YMMV. But that’s just, for me, the easiest way because of the “quote reveal” aspect.

I like the crazy posters. What fun would it be without them?

Of course I don’t comment on a lot of controversial threads though.

And that’s a bug in vBulletin that I wish they would fix.

Watch me gavotte.

I read that.

I had never, ever heard that word before, but it is in fact the correct lyric.

Weird.

But my posts are so short. :confused:

She needed something to rhyme with apricot. :smiley:

You’re welcome!

It’s also not possible to put a mod on your ignore list. You have to ignore us manually.

The flip side of this is that we also can’t put anyone on ignore.

And you can’t get all existential and put yourself on Ignore. :smiley: