# Is there an option to ignore a thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 25, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-option-to-ignore-a-thread/203840 "2003-09-25T21:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-option-to-ignore-a-thread/203840/1 "2003-09-25T21:39:51Z")
It seems that I remember seeing somewhere (in the CP?) an option to ignore a thread. That would be a useful thing to have, as many threads (especially in MPSIMS) are just getting too silly to even bother with. Was I mistaken? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-option-to-ignore-a-thread/203840/2 "2003-09-25T22:38:28Z")
It’s a bio-enacted option. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-option-to-ignore-a-thread/203840/3 "2003-09-26T00:19:12Z")
When I want to ignore a thread, I just stick a Post-it[sup]TM[/sup] on my screen over the link to the thread. You may have to trim the Post-it[sup]TM[/sup] to fit. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_s_Fool)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-option-to-ignore-a-thread/203840/4 "2003-09-26T03:03:13Z")
I heard whiteout is good for that, too. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-option-to-ignore-a-thread/203840/5 "2003-09-26T04:18:03Z")
One thing I’ve wondered about the ignore function: When a poster puts another poster on ignore, how does a thread that’s started by the ignoree look to the ignorer? Is it just a blank OP? ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-option-to-ignore-a-thread/203840/6 "2003-09-26T10:12:19Z")
It appears the same way a non-OP appears, with the poster’s name and a link to view the single post. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-option-to-ignore-a-thread/203840/7 "2003-09-26T16:06:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*\*Happy Lendervedder \*\* > > When a poster puts another poster on ignore, how does a thread that’s started by the ignoree look to the ignorer? You can try it yourself. Click on “User CP”; then click on “Edit Ignore List”. Add a poster (Not me, of course) to your Ignore List. Then look at a thread started by that poster. You can return to the Ignore List and remove the poster, or not. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-option-to-ignore-a-thread/203840/8 "2003-09-26T17:39:28Z")
But what happens if you ignore yourself? Is that anything like crossing the streams? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-option-to-ignore-a-thread/203840/9 "2003-09-26T19:46:00Z")
> [@](#): > > But what happens if you ignore yourself? Is that anything like crossing the streams? You can’t ignore yourself . . . nor can you ignore an Administrator or a Moderator.