# The Properties of the "Ignore" Function

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-properties-of-the-ignore-function/363074>\
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**Created:** [July 3, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-properties-of-the-ignore-function/363074 "2006-07-03T18:13:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-properties-of-the-ignore-function/363074/1 "2006-07-03T18:13:27Z")

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Let’s say I put someone on my Ignore list. Do his/her posts just not show up when _I_ read threads? What happens when the **Ignored Poster** is quoted in someone else’s post? Does the quote show up?

What happens when the **Ignored Poster** begins a new thread? Will it be invisible to me until someone else posts to it?

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-properties-of-the-ignore-function/363074/2 "2006-07-03T19:03:33Z")

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> [@cruel butterfly](#):
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> Let’s say I put someone on my Ignore list. Do his/her posts just not show up when _I_ read threads?

There’s a space that says “x is on your ignore list.” There’s also a link if you want to view the post anyway.

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> What happens when the **Ignored Poster** is quoted in someone else’s post? Does the quote show up?

Yes.

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> What happens when the **Ignored Poster** begins a new thread? Will it be invisible to me until someone else posts to it?

No. You’ll see the thread, but you won’t get the tooltip popup preview.

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**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-properties-of-the-ignore-function/363074/3 "2006-07-03T19:06:22Z")

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Another of life’s great mysteries put to rest…thank you, **Rowrrbazzle**!