# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/81 "2009-12-03T15:52:06Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I can only speak from personal experience but I use my ignore list heavily and the reason is that I don’t want to inadvertently end up being nice to people who have been rude to me in the past. First of all, that is cracking me up. Secondly, this happens to me all the time. All. The. Time. In real life too. I will be yapping happily away at someone at work, and then a co-worker will whisper to me, “you know that girl can’t stand you, right?” Haa! And I know it happens on this board too, cause I can’t keep up with everyone that has called me an idiot, so I know there are plenty of times that I’m just trying to laugh it up with them in a thread, and they are giving me the side eye, like, “Bitch, please”. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/82 "2009-12-03T15:59:29Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That would be a slick bit of programming. Imagine an individually-set up ratings system, where you could assign a symbol to a specific poster, reminding you that they are a loon, or a militant Freeper (redundant, I know), or whatever else you need to remember about them. Then you could scroll through threads, ignoring all posts that are marked with “Insane” tags, or whathaveyou. You might have something there. I’m against boards that allow group ratings of a poster, but individual ratings is an interesting idea. And speaking of idiotic, when I typed my post I was careful to specify an **Idiots List** , rather than an **Idiot’s List**. But I blew it in the 4th paragraph. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/83 "2009-12-03T16:08:20Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > And speaking of idiotic, when I typed my post I was careful to specify an > **Idiots List** , > rather than an > **Idiot’s List**. > But I blew it in the 4th paragraph. Grammatically, you could also defend “Idiot list”, even if more than one idiot appeared on the list. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/84 "2009-12-03T16:17:27Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > And speaking of idiotic, when I typed my post I was careful to specify an > **Idiots List** , > rather than an > **Idiot’s List**. > But I blew it in the 4th paragraph. A less-forgiving person might point out that it was correct either way. 😃 ---
**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, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/85 "2009-12-03T17:19:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > A less-forgiving person might point out that it was correct either way. > > 😃 But then they would never be heard from again. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/86 "2009-12-03T18:28:08Z")
There is no right way or wrong way to read a message board. If you skip a thread because it looks stupid or uninteresting, that’s not a sin. If you skip a post because it looks stupid or unintersting, that’s not a sin. And if you skip a poster because they look stupid or uninteresting, that’s also not a sin. I don’t watch every TV show. I don’t listen to every song. I don’t read every book. Some of you are interesting to me, and some of you aren’t. I’ll give you a sandwich if you’re hungry, but I don’t owe you my attention. ---
**Author:** ![\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/eada6e/32.png) [@\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Undecided_Adrian)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/87 "2009-12-03T18:30:29Z")
Purely technical comment: It should be easy to implement this individual ratings system if you’ve got the source code for the firefox addon mentioned previously (or even better, a greasemonkey script). You could insert a message, or change the background color, etc. ETA: Actually, you already can 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/88 "2009-12-03T18:49:46Z")
> [@TokyoPlayer](#): > > 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. I suspect we share the same ignore list. ---
**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, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/89 "2009-12-03T18:58:23Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Hey, being ignored is better than not being noticed! HaHA! I noticed you! I see others have already made the points I would have made; I’ve used the ignore feature very sparingly, but there has been the occasional poster who, based on everything they were posting, I just didn’t need to read any longer. I like the Idiot List - I’m seeing it as a title coming up just under the “Location” field - “How I Feel About This Poster - Jerk/Idiot/Cool/Funny/etc.” ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/90 "2009-12-03T19:00:36Z")
Gonzomax has told me several times that I’m on his (or back on his), but based on the fact that he keeps responding to me in thread I don’t think it’s working out really well for him. My advice to him is to do what everyone else does…just ignore my posts directly, instead of going to the trouble of putting me in an ignore list. 😛 -XT ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/91 "2009-12-03T19:01:45Z")
So if a poster falls in the forest, but is on everybody’s ignore list… ---
**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, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/92 "2009-12-03T19:03:20Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > ETA: **kaylasdad99** , I think I may have read your post wrong. My apologies. No worries. ---
**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, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/93 "2009-12-03T19:04:33Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Gonzomax has told me several times that I’m on his (or back on his), \ > > -XT That sounds like it’s kind of defeating the purpose of an “ignore” function. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/94 "2009-12-03T19:06:51Z")
[QUOTE=Cat Whisperer] That sounds like it’s kind of defeating the purpose of an “ignore” function. [/QUOTE] Well…personally, I don’t think he actually knows where it is. I think the purpose of his posts telling me I was going on his ignore list (or back on his ignore list) was…well, just so I’d be slammed that I’m back on his ignore list. Or…something. It’s gonzo…it doesn’t necessarily have to make sense. -XT ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/95 "2009-12-03T19:16:29Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > That sounds like it’s kind of defeating the purpose of an “ignore” function. Why? The hope is that you will learn manners and begin to debate. Insults and name calling is childish and do not enhance a debate. You waste a lot of time with insults. I just got tired of it. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/96 "2009-12-03T19:18:57Z")
Gonzo, telling someone you are putting them on your ignore list is childish…actually ignoring them is adult. _sigh_ Of course, you can’t see this because, at least in theory, I’m on your ignore list… -XT ---
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/97 "2009-12-03T19:30:28Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Gonzo, telling someone you are putting them on your ignore list is childish…actually ignoring them is adult. _sigh_ > > Of course, you can’t see this because, at least in theory, I’m on your ignore list… > > -XT Now he can. Unless I’m on the list too, of course. 😛 Seriously, I can’t see any point in informing anyone about who’s on my ignore list. Or in responding to something that I have learned that one of the occupants of said list has posted. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/98 "2009-12-03T19:35:08Z")
It’s a mystery. For my part, I’ll freely give out the entire list of 'dopers on my ignore list. Here is the entire set of 'dopers on my list: \<\> 😛 (I use the tried and true method…if I don’t want to read what a 'doper has to say I scroll past their post and move on. Honestly, usually I do this more for the long winded 'dopers than for the 'dopers who post inane drivel, which I often find amusing. When you are reading the SDMB on your Blackberry, it’s the long posts that are hard to deal with) -XT ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/99 "2009-12-03T19:45:44Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Cunt Cunt … Cunt Cunt > > This post took one hour and ten minutes to type. You should use the Cunt & Paste feature in your Brassiere or Osculating System to interact with your Clitboard. It really saves time. [sub]_runs away_[/sub] To hell with the “Ignore List”. I want to put some people on a “Notice List” to tell me when they post … anything. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/100 "2009-12-03T20:02:10Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > To hell with the “Ignore List”. I want to put some people on a “Notice List” to tell me when they post … anything. That would actually be… quite useful. But usually, you’d notice them anyway, depending on what forum you were in. And yes, the Ignore List is a useful function, if used with discretion. My list only has two names, and it almost had a third, but I realized the only time this poster was really annoying was in political discussions. Elsewhere their posts were just fine, enlightening, even. That’s an instance where I can use the handy scroll feature on my mouse: if it’s a Pit thread or Great Debates, I’ll scroll past their posts, but elsewhere I’ll gladly read their posts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748.md?page=6)