Is it possible to hide a thread?

Occasionally there will be a post about some animal getting killed, accidentally or on purpose or something like that. I never read them but sometimes I wish I didn’t have to keep seeing the thread title every time. Can you hide/ignore a thread without having to ignore the thread starter?

Yes it is possible.

Any chance you could be a little more helpful? How do I hide a thread?

He put a link in his post. That looks pretty helpful to me.

Sorry, I just read about blocking a person, not a thread.

I see no link.

It looks like his signature, because there’s a line above it. But as mentioned upthread, it’s about blocking users, not hiding threads.

I know exactly where the OP is coming from, there’s a thread about a kitten being killed and I’m not very good at handling that sort of thing.

It*** IS ***his frigging signature, that’s why people can’t see it. One would think a moderator would check that posters have “view signatures” on before snarking at someone for finding a post unclear.

Also, it does help if you want to share links to put them IN your post rather than just assuming everyone has signatures turned on.

(Makes mental note: Do NOT piss off **Sierra Indigo **this morning!)

Anyone else with signatures off read GWR’s post then go on a click-hunt? I went so far as to hit the quote button to see if there was VB code. I ended up smirking a bit, thinking it was a joke on both parts–CiB! posted an invisible link, then GWR came in and pulled an Emperor’s New Link joke. I thought it was particularly apropos given given that it used to be Invisible Wombat. (Or did it use to be Invincible Wombat? Note to self: drink more coffee before posting.)

Such helpful shit-assery.

Apparently the answer is;

No, it’s not possible to hide a post.

It is possible to block members and their posts.

Helpful shit-assery?

CiB! signature:

Sounds like it can do both, if your using FF to browse.

People, we’re in ATMB, not the Pit – dial back the insults and the snark, please.

As I hope is clear to people now, there is a Firefox add-on, available through a link in Bees’s sig, which enables you to “hide” people and threads, unlike the site’s “ignore” feature.

This isn’t available through the current board software, and, AFAIK, isn’t in the works.

twickster, moderator

So nobody is going to post the link in the body of a post, where people with sigs turned off can find it?

And you couldn’t do it yourself because…? :smiley:

Here you go.

Oh crap, I’m an idiot. :smack:

Sorry, meant to paste the link in, not just a shit-assery helpful quote. And I have signatures turned off too–I made the effort to look it up on his user page! Oops.