# Someone on your "ignore" list is the OP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-on-your-ignore-list-is-the-op/580106>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 29, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-on-your-ignore-list-is-the-op/580106 "2011-04-29T02:23:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-on-your-ignore-list-is-the-op/580106/1 "2011-04-29T02:23:43Z")

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Would this preclude you from seeing the thread?

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**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-on-your-ignore-list-is-the-op/580106/2 "2011-04-29T02:27:19Z")

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(Obligatory “who said that?” joke.)

No, the thread would still appear in the forum listings like any other thread, just the OP itself would be hidden (with the usual message that the poster who made it is on your ignore list and to click there to see the message.)

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-on-your-ignore-list-is-the-op/580106/3 "2011-04-29T02:33:07Z")

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You can’t mouseover and preview threads if the OP is on your ignore list.

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**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 29, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-on-your-ignore-list-is-the-op/580106/4 "2011-04-29T04:23:43Z")

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Try it yourself. Find a thread somewhere - anywhere. Put that poster on ignore, and see what happens. Then go and unignore them.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-on-your-ignore-list-is-the-op/580106/5 "2011-04-30T04:34:03Z")

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The thread is visable, but OP is hidden.