# So, what happens if you're on someone's Ignore List?

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**Created:** [May 15, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-if-youre-on-someones-ignore-list/109162 "2002-05-15T06:39:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-if-youre-on-someones-ignore-list/109162/1 "2002-05-15T06:39:27Z")

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Can they not see new threads and posts that you make, or what?

Just curious, as opposed to paranoid. 🙂

BTW - I tried a board search and couldn’t find anything on this - honest.

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-if-youre-on-someones-ignore-list/109162/2 "2002-05-15T07:05:19Z")

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All your questions should be answered [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103880).

Additional information may be found [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=106897), [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=109000), maybe [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=107536).

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-if-youre-on-someones-ignore-list/109162/3 "2002-05-15T14:25:10Z")

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I shamelessly took Anthracite’s information, slightly edited it, and added it to the FAQ on technical issues.

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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-if-youre-on-someones-ignore-list/109162/4 "2002-05-16T05:49:33Z")

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Well, thanks. Those links pretty clearly answer all my questions. 🙂

I really did do a search before I posted this. Honest…WHAT? Why is everyone looking at me like that? Jeez, you ask one dumb question that was easily answered by a board search…

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-if-youre-on-someones-ignore-list/109162/5 "2002-05-16T05:53:11Z")

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You mean people **don’t** vapourise in a puff of steam when you put them on iggy? Damn!