# Rules question - Ignoring with a Capital-I **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 10, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773 "2014-04-10T02:42:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/1 "2014-04-10T02:42:45Z")
I seem to remember a rule against announcing one has opted to “Ignore” another poster, or even to discuss Ignoring them, but I can’t find the reference. Is it rude or warnable to mention Ignoring? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/2 "2014-04-10T03:02:17Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697065#post7697065](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697065#post7697065) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/3 "2014-04-10T03:02:40Z")
I recall seeing mentions of that, too. So at worst, it’s a mellow group psychosis. Or what he said. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/4 "2014-04-10T03:06:43Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697065#post7697065](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697065#post7697065) Ah, that was a link to another thread; I thought it was an in-thread link. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/5 "2014-04-10T03:07:49Z")
Doesnt one particular poster make a habit out of this? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/6 "2014-04-10T03:13:28Z")
Am I allowed to put myself on my Ignore list? And if so, how would I know? Am I allowed to announce (outside the Pit) that I’m ignoring myself? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/7 "2014-04-10T03:31:45Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Doesnt one particular poster make a habit out of this? Assuming we’re thinking of the same poster, he had a habit of posting on his own blog that he was ignoring some SDMB posters (and then linking to his blog in his SDMB posts). He was told to cut the crap, and as far as I know he did - at least outside the Pit. > [@Senegoid](#): > > Am I allowed to put myself on my Ignore list? I’m pretty sure you can’t. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/8 "2014-04-10T12:32:59Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Doesnt one particular poster make a habit out of this? Yes but it’s ok to do in the Pit. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/9 "2014-04-10T16:40:05Z")
> [@j666](#): > > I seem to remember a rule against announcing one has opted to “Ignore” another poster, or even to discuss Ignoring them, but I can’t find the reference. > > Is it rude or warnable to mention Ignoring? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/10 "2014-04-10T17:12:02Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Am I allowed to put myself on my Ignore list? And if so, how would I know? Am I allowed to announce (outside the Pit) that I’m ignoring myself? Try it, it’s not going to break your computer. Frankly, everyone should put someone on their ignore list just to see how it works (you can take them off). You should always tinker with your CP settings. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/11 "2014-04-10T17:28:59Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > You should always tinker I tinker three times a day, sometimes 4. Highly recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/12 "2014-04-10T17:31:36Z")
We’ve played with this before. IIRC, you can’t ignore yourself or any moderator/admin. Anybody else is fair game, although their posts still appear inside quote boxes. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/13 "2014-04-10T17:56:56Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > I tinker three times a day, sometimes 4. Highly recommend it. How do you handle the inevitable calluses? ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/14 "2014-04-10T21:56:53Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 😕 Back at you, little one. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/15 "2014-04-10T23:54:53Z")
What, exactly, is the rationale behind the rule that you ARE allowed to name your ignorees in the Pit? After all, any such knowledge divulged in the Pit doesn’t stay in the Pit. If I mention in the Pit that I am ignoring \ , everybody who reads that (including \) will know it even when they later participate in other threads. So, whatever evil may arise out of naming ignorees could still happen? ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/16 "2014-04-10T23:58:15Z")
It’s not that it’s evil, it’s that it’s an insult. “You’re a stupid poopy-face and I don’t have to look at your stupid poopy-face posts any more! So there!” (this is intended as an illustration, and not directed towards anyone in this thread, on the SDMB, or anywhere in the world. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is unintentional.) I figure “ignored” is a pretty mild insult, but whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/17 "2014-04-11T03:24:23Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > What, exactly, is the rationale behind the rule that you ARE allowed to name your ignorees in the Pit? The rationale is that telling someone that they are on your ignore list is an insult. Like other insults, it is prohibited in most forums but allowed in the Pit. When ignore lists were first allowed, it was prohibited to mention who was on your list even in the Pit, because it was just too lame. Later it was decided to treat it like any other insult. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/18 "2014-04-11T13:05:53Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > I tinker three times a day, sometimes 4. Highly recommend it. I tinkim. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/19 "2014-04-11T13:46:06Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Try it, it’s not going to break your computer. > > Frankly, everyone should put someone on their ignore list just to see how it works (you can take them off). You should always tinker with your CP settings. It says “We can’t help you ignore yourself.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773/20 "2014-04-11T17:59:42Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > “You’re a stupid poopy-face and I don’t have to look at your stupid poopy-face posts any more! So there!” (this is intended as an illustration, and not directed towards anyone in this thread, on the SDMB, or anywhere in the world. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is unintentional.) Yeah, right! :mad: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-question-ignoring-with-a-capital-i/685773.md?page=2)