# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/101 "2009-12-03T23:05:28Z")
I don’t put anyone on an Ignore list. I just beat them up at recess. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/102 "2009-12-03T23:50:37Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I’ll give you a sandwich if you’re hungry, but I don’t owe you my attention. I’d like a sandwich, but if I’m on your ignore list, how will you know? ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/103 "2009-12-04T00:17:44Z")
I would have posted here sooner, but I keep the OP on ignore, so I didn’t know I was being mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/104 "2009-12-04T00:29:36Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > I never used it before I burned out and bailed in 2004, and I planned not to use it again when I came back - but then I started getting the old frustration and anger back when I got involved in thread discussions, and wondering why in hell I _did_ decide to come back. It was at that point I gave the ignore list a whirl, and surfing the SDMB has become a much more pleasurable experience. Truth be told it’s only five names long, but in my experience the ignore list has been worth it. Exactly. I have people on my ignore list not because they never say anything worthwhile … but because so much of what they say is idiotic, dishonest, or whatever that it mars the overall experience. I consider it pretty much like using a DVR to skip past commercials. I might be missing a really funny ad … but probably not. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748/105 "2009-12-04T01:07:36Z")
The whole point of putting someone on your ignore list is that the board is a more pleasant experience without reading what they say. It discourages you from automatically reading what they have to say. Does it show weakness? Sure. But no more than people having to run to the Pit to complain about what so and so said. It’s a tool to help you do what you want to do anyways, scroll on past what a particular person says. It helps you keep from letting that person have residence space in your head. Now, I’m not sure about the whole telling someone they are on your ignore list. It can be useful to tell the other person not to bother trying to talk to you. It can be useful to demonstrate exactly how much you dislike a person. But it also tends to encourage the person to start a Pit thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignore-list/519748.md?page=5)