# Ignoring Members - Does Anyone Use This? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 27, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909 "2008-03-27T14:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/1 "2008-03-27T14:12:40Z")
I’ve heard it thrown about, how some people might have other members on their ignore list. I’ve been either lurking on the Dope or actively posting here for over seven years now, and while I’ve seen my fair share of assholes and nutjobs, I’ve never even come close to the point where I thought I needed to Ignore someone’s posts. The only reason I can see to use this feature is if someone is stalking me, and it’s getting a tad creepy. But this place doesn’t _seem_ like it’s got that kind of problem. Does it? What have you used the Ignore feature for? \*disclaimer: It’s against the rules to disclose who is on your ignore list… so don’t. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/2 "2008-03-27T14:16:48Z")
I don’t. No matter how annoying someone gets, they still might have a good insight on a subject that is not their problem area and it is far too easy to just glance over a post. Lets say poster A regularly makes offensive statements about something I believe strongly in. This same poster might also be an expert on making widgets. It would be silly for me ignore them. Jim (I think I left everything vague enough where no one could take offense) ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/3 "2008-03-27T14:17:33Z")
I would never dream of using it. Seems to me like it would make it impossible for to follow a thread. Besides, if you can’t enjoy the follies of your fellow members, what’s the use of living? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/4 "2008-03-27T14:18:30Z")
Did someone just say something? Huh. So anyone? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/5 "2008-03-27T14:21:33Z")
Yes, my sentiments exactly. Let’s say a certain poster consistently offends you (and not necessarily on a personal basis). I find that choosing to ignore them would be immature and actually counter the motto of this place. We’re supposed to be fighting ignorance, not actively participating in it! ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/6 "2008-03-27T14:24:26Z")
I do for _one_ doper. A messed-up, basement-dwelling headcase with absolutely nothing worthwhile to contribute either on the boards or in real life, IMHO. He’s the only one, though. I agree that pretty much every other poster has something valuable to contribute, even the ones I don’t get along with. Just . . . not _that_ guy. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/7 "2008-03-27T14:24:37Z")
Also, if you put someone on ignore then instead of seeing their posts, you see a box that says: “Poster X is on your ignore list. Click here to see their post.” My curiosity compels me to click and I might as well not even use the ignore feature. So I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![BrknButterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BrknButterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrknButterfly)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/8 "2008-03-27T14:26:09Z")
I have heard about it, but I don’t use it here. I think I have used the feature on another board I am a member of, but that was a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/9 "2008-03-27T14:27:39Z")
I don’t see the point of it. If someone truly annoys me enough (and no one here does), I can just not read their post. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/10 "2008-03-27T14:28:37Z")
So, **Linty** , I’m nothing more than curious. Was it anything they did specifically that put you over, or was it just a long laundry list of idiocy from that member that made you decide to blacklist 'em? Also, do you know when they post something, but nothing appears within their post, or are they just **:: poof ::** gone? ETA: Nevermind about that last part… thanks Inner Stickler. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/11 "2008-03-27T14:32:29Z")
There’s no point…anyone I’d ignore just gets quoted by someone I don’t ignore, so I end up seeing their BS anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/12 "2008-03-27T14:36:16Z")
I don’t have anyone on my ignore list. I don’t even get how it works. Would that mean that person’s posts wouldn’t appear? What about posts replying to those invisible posts? I would feel totally out of the loop in the conversation, if that were the case, and would not desire that. Besides, I really don’t hate anyone on this board enough to use it. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/13 "2008-03-27T14:36:27Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] There’s no point…anyone I’d ignore just gets quoted by someone I don’t ignore, so I end up seeing their BS anyway. [/QUOTE] Well, that’s a problem right there. Makes the whole ignore thing kind of moot. I tend to think only the most incendiary of posters would be the ones quoted more, just out of pure vitriol. (my apologies to anyone who’s chosen to ignore **TroubleAgain** ) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/14 "2008-03-27T14:37:50Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] So, **Linty** , I’m nothing more than curious. Was it anything they did specifically that put you over, or was it just a long laundry list of idiocy from that member that made you decide to blacklist 'em? Also, do you know when they post something, but nothing appears within their post, or are they just **::poof::** gone? [/QUOTE] It was a laundry list. I read about eight or nine of his posts and realized that whoever was going to solve the world’s problems by the end of next week, it wasn’t going to be him. Why waste my time getting aggravated over something that comes out of his head? And I know when he posts something. It’s just that I see the whole “He’s on ignore” thing where his post would be. I’m not even really curious about what he has to say. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/15 "2008-03-27T14:50:15Z")
I also have one poster on ignore though when someone responds to something he’s written, I do, sometimes, go back and read his posts. They are just unpleasant, probably not quite trolling posts that I don’t care to read. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/16 "2008-03-27T14:56:19Z")
I have an internal ignore list. There is a short list of people that I will mostly skip over if I see their posts in a thread I am interested in. Sometimes I read it, sometimes I don’t. I will never reply to someone on my ignore list. I will never use the actual ignore function available on the board. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/17 "2008-03-27T15:31:35Z")
I have used it once I believe - for a poster who ended up getting banned a long time ago. Now, I just don’t have the energy anymore to get that upset with other posters, and like **Inner Stickler** said, I would probably just end up reading it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/18 "2008-03-27T15:34:39Z")
Several. It helps a lot. I make the decision to add them after several weeks of consistently pointless or idiotic contributions. It’s not a snap thing. Also, half of the people I ignore wind up getting banned within months or weeks, so I think I have a good eye. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/19 "2008-03-27T15:39:04Z")
Yes, I use the ignore list, and yes, I’ve found that it enhances my SDMB experience. (Some people are prolific, repetitive, and annoying.) Admins, don’t ever take it away! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909/20 "2008-03-27T15:43:28Z")
[QUOTE=Freddy the Pig] Yes, I use the ignore list, and yes, I’ve found that it enhances my SDMB experience. (Some people are prolific, repetitive, and annoying.) Admins, don’t ever take it away! [/QUOTE] Repetitive repetitive repetitive repetitive repetitive repetitive repetitive? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-members-does-anyone-use-this/442909.md?page=2)