# Why is it against the rules to tell another poster they're on your ignore list?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-against-the-rules-to-tell-another-poster-theyre-on-your-ignore-list/323114>\
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**Created:** [September 23, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-against-the-rules-to-tell-another-poster-theyre-on-your-ignore-list/323114 "2005-09-23T20:06:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-against-the-rules-to-tell-another-poster-theyre-on-your-ignore-list/323114/1 "2005-09-23T20:06:31Z")

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I have neither an ignore list nor a buddy list created. I’m just wondering.

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-against-the-rules-to-tell-another-poster-theyre-on-your-ignore-list/323114/2 "2005-09-23T20:18:43Z")

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TubaDiva had this to say in a [previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=277432):

> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> We found it was just something else some chose to use as a weapon against others.
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> By banning all mention of it, we took that weapon away. The only other option was to remove the function. Think we made the better choice?
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> Use it or not, that’s your privilege. But keep it to yourself.

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**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:** [September 23, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-against-the-rules-to-tell-another-poster-theyre-on-your-ignore-list/323114/3 "2005-09-23T20:49:29Z")

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What she said I said. 🙂

TubaDiva

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**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-against-the-rules-to-tell-another-poster-theyre-on-your-ignore-list/323114/4 "2005-09-24T04:46:20Z")

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> [@TubaDiva](#):
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Huh? I didn’t hear anything. 😛