# Why Can't I Put Someone On "Ignore" outside of the Pit? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 20, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684 "2021-11-20T19:20:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/41 "2021-12-04T18:47:47Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Only 1 top user doesn’t correlate to lots of flags also. Am I parsing this right? There is someone that a lot of people have on their ignore list, but that person doesn’t get a bunch of their posts flagged? > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Two, actually. I just don’t like the images. Not going to say anything; too much drama likely to ensue. Tell the truth. Was it people that thought your icon was a mosquito or a hummingbird? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/42 "2021-12-04T18:48:35Z")
You parsed that correctly. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/43 "2021-12-04T19:06:02Z")
Can you tell us how many people have them on ignore? Maybe there’s nobody left to read the posts and flag them. You’d tell me if it was me, right? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/44 "2021-12-04T19:08:22Z")
No, I can’t relay that, but no one has even 100 ignores if that helps. Only one is especially high. It isn’t you. That is probably all I should say. Maybe too much, not sure. ---
**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 4, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/45 "2021-12-04T19:12:49Z")
Given the (lack of) responses to things I post, I’m pretty sure it’s not you, **mordecai**! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/46 "2021-12-04T19:20:21Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > No, I can’t relay that, but no one has even 100 ignores if that helps. I didn’t think you could be specific, thanks for the answer. > [@silenus](#): > > Given the (lack of) responses to things I post, I’m pretty sure it’s not you, **mordecai**! 😛 (wipes sweat from brow) Thank Crom for @silenus! That put’s my mind at ease. 🍻 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/47 "2021-12-04T20:20:22Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > Tell the truth. Was it people that thought your icon was a mosquito or a hummingbird? 😃 One who was convinced it was a mosquito, and one hummingbird fanatic. Both of them to Coventry! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/48 "2021-12-04T20:30:22Z")
So how’s the experiment going? 😆I would say don’t tell me but you really couldn’t, could you? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/49 "2021-12-04T22:53:53Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I have found the avatars to be helpful in skimming past those But that’s no help when it’s the avatars themselves I don’t want to see! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/50 "2021-12-05T19:43:52Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > One who was convinced it was a mosquito, and one hummingbird fanatic. > > Both of them to Coventry! Now that’s proper use of the ignore function! ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/51 "2021-12-06T20:16:37Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > > [@mordecaiB](#): > > > > Tell the truth. Was it people that thought your icon was a mosquito or a hummingbird? 😃 > > One who was convinced it was a mosquito, and one hummingbird fanatic. > > Both of them to Coventry! To me it looks like a cross between a mosquito and a set of bagpipes which just gave me an idea for a horror movie. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/52 "2021-12-06T20:40:24Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > To me it looks like a cross between a mosquito and a set of bagpipes The Mosquotchman ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684/53 "2021-12-06T21:35:05Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > To me it looks like a cross between a mosquito and a set of bagpipes which just gave me an idea for a horror movie. I can see a trip to Coventry in **74westy** ’s future. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-put-someone-on-ignore-outside-of-the-pit/954684.md?page=2)