# "Ignore" and "Search" Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 2, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083 "2020-08-02T14:38:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/1 "2020-08-02T14:38:39Z")
2 questions: 1. How do I put someone on “Ignore?” Possible with the new board software? 2. How do I search the board using Titles of posts only? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/2 "2020-08-02T14:48:08Z")
1. Profile \> Preferences \> Users \> Ignore 2. Advanced search ( search icon \> options) \> Only return topics/posts… \> Matching in title only ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/3 "2020-08-02T15:25:10Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/4 "2020-08-03T14:40:32Z")
Did “Ignore” work for you? Doesn’t work for me. I wonder if it’s only on certain themes? ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/5 "2020-08-03T14:47:19Z")
I haven’t tried it yet. The poster that I wanted to ignore was banned just as my questions were answered. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/6 "2020-08-03T15:54:18Z")
I just tried “Ignore” on one of our esteemed posters, and it works fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/7 "2020-08-03T16:40:08Z")
Which theme are you using? I’m using Straight Dope Light and it always just keeps saying “Please select a time frame” and never actually allows me to add somebody to the list. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/8 "2020-08-03T16:47:56Z")
I’m using “Sam’s Simple Theme.” ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/9 "2020-08-03T17:10:11Z")
Hmm … switched to Sam’s Simple Theme and got to Ignore somebody. Switched back to SD Light and still get to Ignore them. Maybe I was spelling it wrong? Anyway, thanks to both of you. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/10 "2020-08-03T23:23:46Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > I’m using “Sam’s Simple Theme.” I was already using Sam’s Simple Theme and I can’t ignore anyone, I get the same “please select a time frame” that @Turble mentioned. Anyone have suggestions? eta: I have tried several other themes and they all perform the same way for me. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/11 "2020-08-04T00:03:45Z")
> [@Turble](#): > > Which theme are you using? I’m using Straight Dope Light and it always just keeps saying “Please select a time frame” and never actually allows me to add somebody to the list. Well, you have to do that. In the dropdown, you’ll have to click and choose a timeframe for how long you want to have that person on ignore. Yeah, it’s annoying there’s no “permanent ignore” option. But I figure that either it’ll be obvious when the start showing back up, or they’ll have stopped doing what got them on the list in the first place. But it’s more Discourse thinking they know more than the communities that actually use the software. Edit: Tagging @Roderick_Femm as well. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/12 "2020-08-04T05:30:53Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Yeah, it’s annoying there’s no “permanent ignore” option. There is. You can select ‘Forever’. Perhaps you’re not scrolling down the list of timeframes. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/13 "2020-08-04T06:44:40Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > > [@BigT](#): > > > > Yeah, it’s annoying there’s no “permanent ignore” option. > > There is. You can select ‘Forever’. No, if there is, then they added it new, since not only did it not say it when I put a certain now banned poster on ignore, but I checked the documentation and the boards where it was implemented, and they all said that it wasn’t possible to choose forever (with some people complaining about that). It has to be a rather recent change, in fact. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/14 "2020-08-04T06:54:11Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > No, if there is, then they added it new, It’s not new, since I said the same thing on another thread on July 13. > [@Does the "ignore" function work on Discourse? SOLVED](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-ignore-function-work-on-discourse-solved/913695/9): > > Scroll further down the list. You’ll find ‘six months’, ‘one year’, ‘forever’. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/15 "2020-08-04T06:56:40Z")
It’s possible I put \_\_\_ on ignore before then, but I don’t think so. And I know I scrolled down to the bottom, because I specifically looked to see if they had added a Forever option since I put \_\_\_\_\_ (different person) on ignore. That makes me wonder if different people have different options. Are you maybe Trust Level 3 or something? I’m not. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/16 "2020-08-04T06:59:38Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Are you maybe Trust Level 3 or something? No. You can see a person’s trust level by clicking on their avatar. Trust level 2 = Member. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/17 "2020-08-04T07:13:51Z")
Just worked for me - “forever” was an option. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/18 "2020-08-04T09:23:07Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > > [@Turble](#): > > > > Which theme are you using? I’m using Straight Dope Light and it always just keeps saying “Please select a time frame” and never actually allows me to add somebody to the list. > > Well, you have to do that. In the dropdown, you’ll have to click and choose a timeframe for how long you want to have that person on ignore. > > (snip) > > Edit: Tagging @Roderick_Femm as well. Am I reading this correctly? Did you just suggest that two of your fellow SDMB posters are that stupid? Well, I’m sure it must be my fault, in my case, because I didn’t actually say that it didn’t work _when I did all the requested and required steps_. So let me do that now: I put in a valid poster’s user name, and I selected a time frame (various different time frames in various separate attempts also under various different themes) and every time it failed to work for me. Thank you for your condescension, I mean, help. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/19 "2020-08-04T11:05:31Z")
**Moderator Note** > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Am I reading this correctly? Did you just suggest that two of your fellow SDMB posters are that stupid? Let’s dial back a bit, please. This is ATMB, not the Pit, and from where I sit it doesn’t look like anyone intentionally insulted anyone else. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/20 "2020-08-04T11:16:41Z")
When you enter a name, try waiting for it to find the name, and then click on what it offers. It won’t work unless it finds the name for itself [![](https://i.ibb.co/QKKgg8V/ignore.png) ](https://i.ibb.co/QKKgg8V/ignore.png) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083.md?page=2)