# How to ignore someone long-term **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 20, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352 "2021-04-20T03:57:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/21 "2021-04-21T03:50:32Z")
I wonder who posted in between **Roderick\_Femm** and **Acierocolotl**? Oh well, guess I’ll never know. . . . . . . . . . Just kidding, **needscoffee**. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/22 "2021-04-21T03:55:27Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I wonder who posted in between **Roderick\_Femm** and **Acierocolotl**? Oh well, guess I’ll never know. > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > Just kidding, **needscoffee**. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/23 "2021-04-21T04:00:26Z")
Might I ask what was so “repulsive” about the avatar? Because, as someone else mentioned in this thread, you could probably just message them directly to tell them it offends you and you want it changed. They’d probably accept your request and change it. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/24 "2021-04-21T04:09:28Z")
> [@CorpusNeptune](#): > > tell them it offends you and you want it changed. They’d probably accept your request and change it. That may be a major assumption. You’ll notice that I still have my mosquito-humming-bird-bagpipes up. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/25 "2021-04-21T04:24:19Z")
In the case of the one that bugs me, there’s nothing objectively wrong with it, and it’s clear that it has some meaning to them. It’s definitely my problem, not theirs (and not really much of a problem, anyway). I’d never ask them to change it. Now, **Northern\_Mosquito** , on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/26 "2021-04-21T04:25:05Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > > > I wonder who posted in between **Roderick\_Femm** and **Acierocolotl**? Oh well, guess I’ll never know. > > . > > . > > . > > . > > . > > . > > . > > . > > . > > Just kidding, **needscoffee**. > > 🤔 Lol!! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/27 "2021-04-21T04:26:18Z")
Okay – I was wondering. In general, if you think an avatar is offensive, please report it. The mods, or the admins, or someone, can do something about that. But if it’s just something that bugs you for reasons you think wouldn’t be widespread, then sure, hide it however you best can. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/28 "2021-04-21T18:04:46Z")
OK, can we at least narrow it down? Is it a body part? Did it have some adverse political meaning? Is it somebody’s stupid face? Is it religious in nature? Did the color scheme induce epilepsy? ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/29 "2021-04-21T18:56:14Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I wonder who posted in between **Roderick\_Femm** and **Acierocolotl**? You too? I wonder just how many of us there are. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/30 "2021-04-21T19:01:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Is it a body part? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Is it somebody’s stupid face? (I’m not the original poster) those above fit the few avatars that are disquieting for me but I wouldn’t presume to ask their owners to change them. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/31 "2021-04-21T20:00:40Z")
In retrospect, I can see how my issue would stir curiosity, but that definitely wasn’t my intention. I can see only harm coming from publicly revealing which avatar it is. Also, the fact is that if it _were_ a universal reaction, nobody would need to ask only cements the theory that it’s my issue, not the poster’s. Thanks much for all the advice. For now, she’s on Ignore, but as soon as I get an ad blocker installed, I’ll un-Ignore her and just block the image. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/32 "2021-04-22T02:07:31Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Strange - my experience with posters on ignore is the same as **BigT** ’s, not the way you’re describing. Ditto. And not only do I see the blocked person’s avatar when he/she/it posts, I see it again when somebody quotes the post. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/33 "2021-04-24T20:36:26Z")
This entire thread is blank to me. mmm ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/34 "2021-04-24T22:03:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Ditto. And not only do I see the blocked person’s avatar when he/she/it posts, I see it again when somebody quotes the post. Just so we are all using the same terminology, when I’m on a _forum_ page like the Great Debates main page, I can see the ignored avatar off to the right if they start a thread, are the last poster or post a lot to that thread. When I am in an actual thread like “declaw your cat or not” I never see the avatar at all. I see grey lettering that says “ignored content”. To see the avatar I have to click on the “ignored content”. If the ignored avatar is in a quoted reply from someone, I have to click the down arrow to see it. In short, Forum pages, small icon on right. Threads, not at all unless I agree to it. I use Discourse Classic. This is usually the kind of thread @Mean_Mr.Mustard weighs in on. Haven’t seen him in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Gretzky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gretzky/32/6682_2.png) [@Gretzky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretzky)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/35 "2021-04-25T12:06:27Z")
Discobot is stalking me. Solution(s)? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/36 "2021-04-25T13:31:31Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > You’ll notice that I still have my mosquito-humming-bird-bagpipes up. MacSquito\_from\_Hummingburgh ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/37 "2021-04-25T13:59:55Z")
> [@Gretzky](#): > > Discobot is stalking me. Solution(s)? Discobot is like the Terminator. The only way to defeat it is to change the timeline. Changing the timeline may also be a good way to change other people’s avatars. If you still don’t like them, keep moving to alternate universes until you find one with a good set of avatars. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/38 "2021-04-25T14:21:19Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > You’ll notice that I still have my mosquito-humming-bird-bagpipes up. It’s a great avatar, one of the best on the board! I’ve never seen a green mosquito, but I must admit that I googled to see if there was a bird called a Northern Piper. (There isn’t, only a Sandpiper, and a [Pixar short called Piper](https://vimeo.com/341077341).) ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/39 "2021-04-25T19:40:28Z")
Can everybody still see me…? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ignore-someone-long-term/940352/40 "2021-04-25T20:11:32Z")
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