# Is there a way to block threads from my front page? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 28, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-block-threads-from-my-front-page/716190 "2015-03-28T07:40:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-block-threads-from-my-front-page/716190/1 "2015-03-28T07:40:16Z")
I really don’t want to read about babies being cut out of wombs and 7 children being burnt to death because the mom forgot to turn off the hot plate. It’s disturbing. I tired putting the people who made the post on ignore but that doesnt remove their thread and the caption from the front page, it just puts them “on ignore” once you click inside the thread. Has this issue come up and been discussed here before? Threads: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=752280](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=752280) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=752373](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=752373) ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-block-threads-from-my-front-page/716190/2 "2015-03-28T10:13:03Z")
You have a front page? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-block-threads-from-my-front-page/716190/3 "2015-03-28T11:56:16Z")
I assume he means after he hits new posts. Unfortunately there no way, with how the software is currently configured, to put a thread on ignore (I actually asked this one, too, about a year or so ago). Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-block-threads-from-my-front-page/716190/4 "2015-03-28T17:34:26Z")
In a [previous](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=744012) ATMB thread, **TroutMan** introduced a nice little GreaseMonkey script to hide threads. Maybe it could help. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-block-threads-from-my-front-page/716190/5 "2015-03-28T19:13:11Z")
Normally I’d recommend a browser plug-in, but for you… I think eyelid tape may be the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-block-threads-from-my-front-page/716190/6 "2015-03-28T20:15:16Z")
Man, now I want my own front page. ETA: maybe custom wallpaper as well. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-block-threads-from-my-front-page/716190/7 "2015-03-28T22:39:02Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I assume he means after he hits new posts. > > Unfortunately there no way, with how the software is currently configured, to put a thread on ignore (I actually asked this one, too, about a year or so ago). > > Sorry. > [@JKilez](#): > > In a [previous](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=744012) ATMB thread, **TroutMan** introduced a nice little GreaseMonkey script to hide threads. Maybe it could help. thanks ---
**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 29, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-block-threads-from-my-front-page/716190/8 "2015-03-29T22:38:27Z")
Once the “damage” has been done of reading the thread title, how’s ignoring the thread gonna help?