# The Ignore List **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748 "2009-12-02T20:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/41 "2009-12-02T23:10:37Z")
> [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](#): > > This message is hidden because The Man With The Golden Gun is on your ignore list. Question: if the Man with the Golden Gun fights A Monkey With a Gun, who would win? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/42 "2009-12-02T23:14:00Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I call “whoosh” on you! Me dumb? I cry now. ☹ > [@Enderw24](#): > > Question: if the Man with the Golden Gun fights A Monkey With a Gun, who would win? The monkey. Definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/43 "2009-12-02T23:18:23Z")
For those interested in such a thing, xash linked to a Firefox extension in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540024) that almost totally eliminates a poster’s existence from the board. None of that ‘this person is being ignored, click here to see their post’, seeing your internet enemy’s nonsense being quoted or even threads they’ve started. Apart from having people mention their name, they would just be gone. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/44 "2009-12-02T23:23:24Z")
Goddamn it **Monkey Gun** , I fell for it. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/45 "2009-12-02T23:51:20Z")
The ignore list is for those posters so weak that they cannot bear reading criticism or views that conflict with their own. You don’t have to respond, you can just scroll past, it isn’t a performance review you know. Just a message board. My personal opinion is that if you really need to put people on an ignore list, so you never even see what they post, is a sign of weakness. I don’t even know why such a thing should be available. If someone is harrassing you, report it. If you don’t care for the opinions of a particular poster, just smile and move on. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/46 "2009-12-02T23:56:05Z")
I assume she put me on her ignore list because she was so disgusted by the posts I had made about _Hogg_, and she figured that’s the only thing I’m good for, so she might as well just ignore everything I post. Well, she’s missing out on a lot of interesting discussions about 17th-century cuirassier’s armor, Zager & Evans, and _The Postman._ Her loss. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/47 "2009-12-02T23:59:40Z")
As previously noted, some people go on “ignore” because they just don’t ever have anything to say worth reading. If life were fair, we’d have a function here where if enough people put you on “ignore” you’d get kicked right out of the site for failure to contribute anything worth reading. I don’t consider it a sign of weakness to “ignore” a poster who has proven, over and over again, that my time spent reading their posts is time completely wasted. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/48 "2009-12-03T00:13:28Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I assume she put me on her ignore list because she was so disgusted by the posts I had made about _Hogg_, and she figured that’s the only thing I’m good for, so she might as well just ignore everything I post. Well, she’s missing out on a lot of interesting discussions about 17th-century cuirassier’s armor, Zager & Evans, and _The Postman._ Her loss. I quote you, so you friends who can’t see you will know what you are up to. Unless they can’t see me- which is likely. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/49 "2009-12-03T00:14:30Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > As previously noted, some people go on “ignore” because they just don’t ever have anything to say worth reading. That’s bullshit and you should know it. Consider my example in the OP. More importantly, I need to repost something I said upthread. > [@A Monkey With A Gun](#): > > miss elizabeth posted in a thread pitting Argent Towers. She knew damn well that Argent was going to post. How could she expect to participate at all if she can’t read the guy’s defense? The ignore function is a use of willfull ignorance. If you do no not know what the guy says, then _you shouldn’t post about the poster_. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/50 "2009-12-03T00:16:49Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Ahem… In my defense, I type one word per minute. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/51 "2009-12-03T00:27:56Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > You know what would be fucking AWESOME? The ability to put myself on other people’s ignore list. That explains _sooo_ much. Good luck with your experiments. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/52 "2009-12-03T00:34:29Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > I quote you, so you friends who can’t see you will know what you are up to. Unless they can’t see me- which is likely. This post has been unignored by the Repeatist! ---
**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:** [December 3, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/53 "2009-12-03T00:37:44Z")
If anyone would like to be placed on my ignore list, feel free to ask. God knows I’m not using it for anything else. At least, I think I’m not. If there’s anyone whose posts I can’t see, I wouldn’t know. 'Cause, you know, I can’t see them. _checks settings_ > [@](#): > > In my defense, I type one word per minute. What word is it? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/54 "2009-12-03T00:46:33Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What word is it? “Cunt.” ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/55 "2009-12-03T01:18:44Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > You know what would be fucking AWESOME? The ability to put myself on other people’s ignore list. You know what’s even more fucking awesome than this? Tachy goes to coventry. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/56 "2009-12-03T01:28:06Z")
> [@](#): > > “Lordy, my truth love is pissed > I’m on my baby’s ignore list…” - _Ignore List Blues_ Deaf Lemon Pledge ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/57 "2009-12-03T02:05:31Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > That’s bullshit and you should know it. Consider my example in the OP. More importantly, I need to repost something I said upthread. > \ Huh? How do you know why I put people on “ignore?” I feel like I’m missing part of this conversation. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/58 "2009-12-03T02:29:56Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Huh? How do you know why I put people on “ignore?” I feel like I’m missing part of this conversation. 😕 I’m sorry if I inferred too much, but… > [@Cat Whisperer](#): > > As previously noted, some people go on “ignore” because they just don’t ever have anything to say worth reading. That seems to imply that you put people on ignore because you have made a judgment that you already know what they are going to say. You don’t, though. Nobody knows what someone is going to say until they actually say it. The ignore function is willful ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/59 "2009-12-03T03:01:06Z")
The only time I’ve used it was when an evangelical poster was turning any discussion, regardless of the content, into the goodness of god. It became annoying after a while. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/60 "2009-12-03T03:20:21Z")
I’ve used it on one poster that never did anything but fight with people and be an ass in every thread on the board. The poster was here for a long time after almost everybody hated them. I just couldn’t stand to read one more normal thread ruined by this person. Ignore made the irritation go away quite nicely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748.md?page=4)