# Is it possible to block a mod? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 18, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-block-a-mod/1011836 "2024-12-18T23:34:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-block-a-mod/1011836/14 "2024-12-19T16:07:01Z")
I’ve found I don’t have to block posters, because I can “skim and read selectively” if I’m in a low signal-to-noise thread. I’ll see a problem poster and skim over what they’ve written, only dipping in if they contribute something. If it’s their usual stupid/racist/chicken little/self-aggrandizing schtick, I can come out unscathed. That also works if I don’t recognize someone, but it’s a discussion where someone’s beating one drum over and over; or two posters have taken it off the rails (“Nuh-uhh!” “No, YOU!”). . Actually, in that Kamala’24 thread, it was **songsoflovetrouble** that I stopped reading, after they started tossing around unsubstantiated “facts”, like Harris was hooked on “benzos”: > [@Kamala should run for president again in 2028](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-should-run-for-president-again-in-2028/1011774/83): > > If you can’t recognize the signs of someone who’s constantly popping Xanax from how she moves and talks, fine, it seems pretty obvious to me. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-block-a-mod/1011836)._