# What good is an ignore function if it doesn't extend to quoted posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 23, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964 "2013-08-23T14:07:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/21 "2013-08-23T21:27:02Z")
What happens if you ignore 2 posters, and one quotes the other? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/22 "2013-08-23T21:41:46Z")
Thanks, Roland. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/23 "2013-08-23T21:42:01Z")
> [@Roland\_Orzabal](#): > > I’ve made you a cookie. Or a Greasemonkey script, anyway. Well don’t you just rock! Thanks! I’ll have to install this greasemonkey thing and try it out when I get home after the game tonight. 😃 (Also, to the folks pointing out that changing how this particular function works is not within the powers of the Management, I’ll humbly apologize and note that I’m just a poor country lawyer who doesn’t much understand how the hamsters work once you lift the hood. In my brain at the time of the post, this was roughly analogous to, e.g., adding avatars, though I recognize the difference between just turning on a function that’s baked into the software already vs. adding one that isn’t there at all now that I think of it.) ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/24 "2013-08-23T21:57:00Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > What happens if you ignore 2 posters, and one quotes the other? It removes the board entirely and replaces it with a calming picture of a [fluffy baby bunny](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HPNr_IeGKRA/US11tfBE6oI/AAAAAAAAANI/gMRWTo_oe1g/s320/Fluffy_bunny.jpg). (Actually it doesn’t, but I should definitely add that in.) As it happens, you were one of the posters I used to test this. Nothing personal, you just happened to have multiple threads on the front page of ATMB. You’re off the list now, though…for the time being. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 23, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/25 "2013-08-23T22:11:15Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Well don’t you just rock! Thanks! I’ll have to install this greasemonkey thing and try it out when I get home after the game tonight. 😃 And as a bonus for installing the software, Roland gets to access your credit card info. 😃 The real reason for putting people on ignore is the satisfaction many apparently get from letting the ignoree know they’re being ignored. Therefore, the most urgent software improvement needed here is text that appears whenever an ignored person posts and the ignorer shows up later in the thread, to tell the ignored person that someone is ignoring them. Of course, management will just ignore the pressing need for this change. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/26 "2013-08-23T22:42:06Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > And as a bonus for installing the software, Roland gets to access your credit card info. 😃 > > The real reason for putting people on ignore is the satisfaction many apparently get from letting the ignoree know they’re being ignored. > > Therefore, the most urgent software improvement needed here is text that appears whenever an ignored person posts and the ignorer shows up later in the thread, to tell the ignored person that someone is ignoring them. > > Of course, management will just ignore the pressing need for this change. :mad: We don’t write the software. If we can’t offer a function there’s not a whole lot we can do about it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/27 "2013-08-23T22:44:38Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > What happens if you ignore 2 posters, and one quotes the other? It starts a chain reaction which results in the heat death of the Universe. Lesson: be very careful what you say on a message board. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/28 "2013-08-24T00:40:51Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > What exactly does **Tuba** have to be apologetic for? I guess she’s just a “sorry” person. 😃 > [@EmilyG](#): > > What happens if you ignore 2 posters, and one quotes the other? The universe implodes. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/29 "2013-08-24T03:27:00Z")
Works like a charm. I can now read Bradley Manning-related threads again. Thank you again, **Roland Orzabal**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/30 "2013-08-24T04:18:09Z")
The standard function works for me as a stupidity warning. I might want to read the post, but it’s an extra alert that I’m probably about to read some really potent BS. I still see the stupid person in quotes, but there is no quote button begging me to start bitching out a reply. I have to go through the stupid warning to get to that. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/31 "2013-08-24T04:24:53Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Works like a charm. I can now read Bradley Manning-related threads again. Thank you again, **Roland Orzabal**. 😃 Hey, you’re very welcome…and thank YOU. To implement this, you’ve at the very least… - Switched to Firefox if you weren’t using it already - Installed Greasemonkey - Installed the user script - Enabled and edited the script to block your chosen users This shows an approximate 14,367% flexibility-to-solve-my-problems improvement over the clients I’ve dealt with lately. Seriously, the fact that my code has actually helped you has without a doubt made my week. If you like, it’d be quite simple to adjust the script to block any post that even makes mention of the blocked user (though you’d have to be careful if the username is a common word or phrase). Let me know if you’d like that added in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/32 "2013-08-24T16:55:59Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > What exactly does **Tuba** have to be apologetic for? Software doesn’t do what the OP wants. Not her fault. She \*didn’t \*have to apologize. She shouldn’t have. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/33 "2013-08-24T17:41:01Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > We don’t write the software. If we can’t offer a function there’s not a whole lot we can do about it. I was joking, **Tuba**. The software is better than we deserve. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/34 "2013-08-24T17:46:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It would be impossible to implement this. How is the software to know that the quote was from the offending person? It might be doable with auto-quotes, but not with manual ones. Not impossible, probably pretty easy, but not worth the computing cycles. Just search for the the quoted material in all “ignored” member’s posts, if found then suppress, otherwise display. Might have to watch for dups from other posters, but that condition could be handled. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964/35 "2013-08-24T17:50:40Z")
> [@Roland\_Orzabal](#): > > It removes the board entirely and replaces it with a calming picture of a [fluffy baby bunny](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HPNr_IeGKRA/US11tfBE6oI/AAAAAAAAANI/gMRWTo_oe1g/s320/Fluffy_bunny.jpg). (Actually it doesn’t, but I should definitely add that in.) And it should have a narration from Stephen Fry: [QUOTE=Stephen Fry in QI] Daaawwww! The little fluffy bunny! [/QUOTE] https://www.youtube.com/embed/msMTt06B92Q?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-ignore-function-if-it-doesnt-extend-to-quoted-posts/666964.md?page=1)