Anyone here make a point of never putting anyone on "ignore"?

[Sheepshank]

I have never put anyone on ignore...but think I'm getting close.

trying-to-hold-out-but-it's-getting-harder-every-day

[mahina]

1. Not me.

It's a handy feature if you don't like wasting time.

[wtmusic]

2. That cute little red "X" is beckoning...don't resist.

Life's too short. :D

[Motown_Johnny]

3. I don't use Ignore, I just know who to avoid

[malaise]

107. Ditto n/t

[geardaddy]

169. Me too. n/t

[blondeatlast]

191. Yup. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Sheepshank...

I have done it for brief periods, till I got over being angry.

Then my curiosity kicks in, and I take whoever it is off!

There's no harm at all in putting someone on ignore...

If the person bothers you that much, then just do it. You can always taken them off later on...

:hi:

[azul]

50. You suprise me.

I imagine that you laugh when you get mad.

Me, the challenge is to treat every person the same. The same way I would wish to be treated.

Thus a modicum at least of respect and mirth, my dear Peggy.

(Sometimes I suspect that persons are not human beings, however, but then I try not to let on:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

52. My dear azul!

I love to laugh, and I do it a lot. However, when I'm angry, I'm awful. It takes a lot to provoke me, but once I'm there, look out.

I don't get angry online very much. Nor do I in 'real life' either...

:hi:

[Still a Democrat]

131. Your outlook is marvelous

If everyone here had your spirit (myself included) what a place this would be.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

206. I agree on all points. She is always so nice.

[madinmaryland]

218. I had you on ignore when you went through that "F-bomb" phase.

Thankfully you have moved on!!

:rofl:

[DefenseLawyer]

5. It's never even crossed my mind to put anyone on ignore

I deal with the smart, the stupid and the insane every day, might as well do it here.

[hlthe2b]

16. Oh, you Defense Lawyers...

Always seeing the best in people.....:rofl: Isn't working with the public just grand--especially the public "in trouble?"

[DefenseLawyer]

34. Well really, I've never met anyone that didn't have at least a couple of redeeming qualities

Of course I don't judge one way or the other, just do what I can to make sure they get a fair shake.

[hlthe2b]

41. Good on you...

:toast:

[niceypoo]

6. I dont even know how to use it

I notice a lot of people talk about it though. Not sure I would brag about being thin skinned.

[Sheepshank]

11. is that why you think people would use it?

because they got their feely wheely feelings hurt?

[hlthe2b]

23. Just wait... inevitably, you will find out...

and it sometimes has little to do with "thin skin" or "hurt feelings"...

DU has had its share of growing pains. Along with this is that we have had a very few people who were, well, "real" problems and shall we say, "highly unpredictable?"

[niceypoo]

181. In many cases, yes

Or to shield themselves from opinions that don't match their own.

[Kalun D]

99. ditto here

if you don't know what someone is saying, they could be saying anything about you and you can't respond.

[treestar]

151. So you have to insult people

Who do anything differently than you would.

Fail.

[stevenleser]

176. Ironically, that person is on my ignore list. n/t

[niceypoo]

183. Opinions are like assholes

Even I have one

[nadinbrzezinski]

164. I also do not consider cyber bullies fun

and the feature allows me to avoid two, who are for real.

Yes, I tried other ways... like even bringing it up to management and sending proof. Nope... so on to ignore they go. And you know what? EVERY SITE of this size has at least one. I'd say we have about ten. Having been a victim of both physical when growing up, and later on Usenet... I am thankful for the feature.

But, but, that is what the alert feature is for? If it worked as advertised. It don't. So I don't bother with it either any longer.

[tritsofme]

7. I have never ignored anyone.

I think it is pretty childish.

[H2O Man]

8. I've never used it.

I am able to ignore people without it.

[Skittles]

9. aw fuck no

if I would ignore their silly ass in real life I'll ignore them here

[NMDemDist2]

19. ignore?

what happened to just kicking their asses :evilgrin:

[Skittles]

20. some people are not even worthy of an ass-kicking

no INDEED

[NMDemDist2]

85. your logic is impeccable

as always ;)

[Iggo]

10. I just put 'em on my buddy list.

Then every now and then I tiptoe through the gravestones.

[CakeGrrl]

12. Nope. Why bother?

It only creates one's personal echo chamber, IMO: "I only want to see things I agree with!"

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. There are times when it is necessary, believe me.

I've had a poster stalk me, attack me personally and generally make my DU experience unpleasant.

Ignore worked wonders.

And then that poster was banned, which solved the problem permanently.

[wtmusic]

38. Someone stalked sweet CaliforniaPeggy?

I didn't know there was any scum of the Earth low enough. :D

Sounds like the problem solved itself.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

44. Indeed, it was solved.

And what a relief it was!

Thanks...

:hi:

[CakeGrrl]

60. Hopefully alerts took care of that pretty quickly. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

165. We have at any time about ten cyber stalkers

I tired to deal with it by going to management. Didn't work... Ignore does.

[blondeatlast]

193. I remember that nastiness. while I don't use ignore myself, I discovered that it could be quite a

valuable tool for reasons such as yours.

)))shudder(((

[treestar]

152. True. But then there are people who simply say the same thing

over and over and it gets to where there is no point.

Or people who stay on only one subject.

I leave them off ignore but don't read them much.

[pipi_k]

156. Sometimes I just have to...

Not because I disagree with people. I generally find that I'll disagree with just about everyone at one point or another. I can't even agree with my own self sometimes....


I use it to block out the individuals who can't disagree without being disagreeable assholes.



There are times when I'll get into snarky little pissing matches with people, and it's all over and forgotten.


But then there have been times when I've been jumped on by someone who is just plain nasty, for no good reason. They're the ones who go on my ignore list.


Who needs that shit...

[stevenleser]

175. That's pretty much the point for me. It allows me to create for myself the DU that I want.

I come here because I want to come to a site to work with fellow Democrats to support President Obama and other elected Democrats.

Those who are against that agenda invariably make it onto my ignore list. There are 117 worthy souls on that list already and I add more frequently.

I have other places to go if I want to argue with people about whether it is good to support Obama and Democrats, etc. That is not why I come here.

So, ignore is the best tool for what I want. I'm simply not interested in arguments at DU from people regarding why Obama is unworthy of support.

[hlthe2b]

13. I have a 48 hour rule...

I rarely put anyone on ignore, but if I do, I reevaluate in 48 hours. If there is no issue remaining, I take them off. It is useful as a cool-down "switch," especially if you encounter someone who has a "stalking: tendency.

[demodonkey]

14. I never have, but am on the verge of it...

...there are a few in Election Reform that have turned the whole forum into an echo chamber and attack anyone who doesn't agree with them, put words in people's mouths, ascribe less than good intentions to activists who don't do what these people believe in. Most of the productive people have left or just lurk. It's a sad shame. Of course if I put the echo chamber people on ignore there pretty much won't be any Election Reform forum left.

:-(

[Iggo]

26. You mean 'Election Reform: New York'?

:hide:

[demodonkey]

35. Uh-huh.......... bingo. nt

;-)

[Ellipsis]

63. hhehehhe.

:hide:

[Lucinda]

15. I just use it for people who stalk other people or

post disturbing photos without disclaimers.

Too stressful for me.

[RandomThoughts]

17. I have nobody on ignore.

Except most horror films, have not actively watched those movies, but figure someone else is working on them.

Ignore, I do ignore parts of things, but that is not to ignore but to better see other parts, at some other time I might see something I ignored on a previous reading of some text, or watching of some movie.

So it is an interesting concept, if something hinders thought on a topic, I can ignore it to think on a topic, but usually try to look at it also at some point to see if my concepts are correct or not. So ignore is more of a tool then something done completely on anything.

Since to ignore is to claim something has no possibility of value, but to focus in on a part is not to ignore but to focus.

You can't think on your position if you ignore the other, however you can ignore a comment if it has not substantiated a position. So if you make a valid argument, a comment that is not a valid response is out of sequence, since the rebuttal of the other point has to occur before some other point can be discussed.

Also why last years of my life are not an issue till correction of beer and travel money, and many experiences, issues.

Really interesting concept, to focus on any though is to ignore some other thought.

[Sheepshank]

32. oh

"Since to ignore is to claim something has no possibility of value," nope not a true statement..may only be partially true for some not in my case....kinda like the pond scum

[RandomThoughts]

55. You may have a different view on it.

Not saying my view is better or worse, but sometimes someone that irritates me, and that is there intent, can give much information to think on. They also can latter completely change. I think that if I would have ignored them I would have missed all that.

Or to put it better, my ignore function is internal, so can think on different things at different times without having to not see them.

[mwooldri]

200. I have "Name Removed" ignored....

Until last month I had exactly two people on my ignore list, who got tombstoned shortly afterwards.

Early in December there were a few people who posted some absolutely callous remarks - and got me angry, so I have exactly four people on ignore.

[Pholus]

18. Why would you? The ones who make me mad are the ones who have the most to teach me!

Not counting outright trolls though...

[hlthe2b]

27. that's a very Buddhist attitude...

or at least rather "enlightened." ;)

[Pholus]

39. Look, to be honest I'm probably on a few ignore lists by now...

So not very Buddhist. Though I'd like to be. :)

[pampango]

114. It would be interesting to know how many ignore lists each of us is on.

:)

[Kali]

22. I have never put ANYONE on ignore

I do have an administrative-imposed mutual ignore with a person I perhaps should have put on myself, an understandable decision I completely agree with, and then I have two mutual forced ignores requested by the two people themselves. Those kind of freaked me out because as far as I know, I have NEVER had any argument with either of them for any reason and used to enjoy and participate in some of their posts, though even those were pretty few and far between, so other than being on different "sides" in some lounge bullshit (I think - they never seemed to actually be involved in any of it directly), those two are a huge WTF? to me.

[pampango]

113. Didn't know there was an "administrative-imposed mutual ignore". n/t

[Kali]

188. I had heard of that before

but not the user requested forced mutual ignore - I mean it seems like they could just ignore me at will, why do I have to ignore somebody I never had any issue with? I think it might have been some kind of attempt to influence admins.

At any rate it seems the tolerance for troublemaking is lower now and admin-imposed ignores may be getting replaced by faster bannings of the individuals.

[Luminous Animal]

24. Me . I did once with one person but quickly took him off,.

I'm not the type of person to back off from a fight.

[Violet_Crumble]

25. I've never put anyone in the big forums on ignore....

There's been a small number in the I/P forum I've had to put on ignore over time, but as it's such a quiet and nearly dead forum with an average of about five people posting there a day, the gaps in the threads made it too hard to participate or to make sense of what was being said, so I took the solitary remaining ignoree off ignore. Being a parent with experience of a demanding toddler, I'm very skilled at ignoring something that's screaming in my face for attention and don't need to actually make it vanish...

[noamnety]

28. Nope.

I don't have any issues with using ignore. We all opt out of reading some people's posts one way or another. I'm guessing you filter out whose posts you read anyway by doing things like not reading the posts on free republic or hate sites - it's not like we read everything that's posted on the internet. We spend time on forums with the sorts of posts we appreciate.

Some folks just suck the energy out of people. Whether they do it online or in real life, sometimes it's better to simply avoid them instead of getting sucked into their drama. If you want to stop reading someone's posts, there's no shame in making that decision.

[freshwest]

70. Agreed.

[Blue-Jay]

29. I have a few people on thread-ignore.

It's nothing personal, but some people start threads that suck. I don't have anyone on Super-Duper Ignore; even the sucky-thread-starters sometimes post replies (to other people's threads) that don't suck.

[denbot]

30. Never.

If I think a poster is an ass, I just don't read their posts.

[MrSlayer]

31. Yes, I think it's stupid.

And childish. The equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and going "blah blah blah, I can't hear you." There isn't anything anyone here can say that will offend me and if someone wants to be an asshole, I say go right ahead and be one. What with all the things you are not allowed to say on here I fail to see how anyone could be offended, even by accident. I follow the rules here because I like the site but there are times when I'd like to slap the shit out of some people. It's the frigging internet for Christ's sake, if you are going to run away crying at a stranger's insult, feel like you're being bullied or let certain words bother you so much that you can't deal, I have to wonder how these people get by in real life. They're food for the predators.

[SidDithers]

33. How can I laugh at them if I'm ignoring them?...nt

Sid

[GoneOffShore]

37. Good point Sid.

But I've got blood pressure issues and sometimes.... sometimes..... it's just not possible to laugh at teh stoopid.

[SidDithers]

83. Your health is way more important than idiots on the tubes...

:hi:

Sid

[msanthrope]

221. Precisely. n/t

[CBHagman]

36. I'll do it with one or two people and then have an amnesty.

I don't think anyone ever stays on ignore, and it's not as though they are going to notice it anyway!

[tularetom]

40. I did once but I forgot who it was and why I did it

Guess it wasn't you.

[grahamhgreen]

42. I have never put anyone on ignore.

[TorchTheWitch]

43. it's a shame anyone feels that way - ignore has a useful purpose

Far better to ignore someone that ruin the general civility here, get otherwise useful threads locked and cause the mods to do more work than they should.

Not puting anyone on ignore as some sort of badge of honor is stupid.

[wndycty]

127. Very useful, if it were not for ignore I would have been tombstoned

:kick:

[stevenleser]

178. I agree with both of you. n/t

[OhioBlue]

45. I don't think I have ever put anyone on "ignore"

but, to be honest, the primaries were rough and I may have for a brief time - but I don't think that I did. Anyway, I've never made a point of NOT putting anyone on "ignore"... I've just never felt compelled to do so (as far as I can remember). But then again, I don't post as often as some - I can go days, weeks and even months without posting.. so I don't get into the back and forth as much as some. I guess you have to do whatever is best for you...

[nevergiveup]

46. Not one in 6 years

I know the posters who are super negative and I avoid or skip over their comments/posts.

[Skip Intro]

47. Yes, I do make it a point. The ignore feature has always impressed me as the online version of

sticking one's fingers in one's ears and screaming, "la la la, I can't hear you."

Childish, imho. No disrespect to anyone who uses the feature... :)

[The Doctor.]

49. "LALALALALA...!"

;)

[treestar]

153. I don't use it, but then if you think you are going to lose your cool

because someone makes you that mad, it would be mature rather than childish to put them on ignore, at least for a while.

[AngryAmish]

160. Can people really get mad about what they see on the internet?

Do they have that little insight and that thin of skin?

People are weird.

[TorchTheWitch]

229. do you normally converse with people you can't stand?

I don't. And I seriously doubt you do unless you're into confrontation. Everyone choses who they'll associate with and weed out those people that are too annoying to allow in their presence, and it's a much healthier way to live. Why should it be any different on the internet?

This place would be a hell of a lot more civil and less annoying to everyone who doesn't want to be subjected to the personal petty arguments of others cluttering up and hijacking threads if they DID use such a useful feature as the ignore function. What's childish is forcing the mods to be the adults and having to intercede in the whining squabbles between those members who should be ignoring each other including forcing them to ignore each other. Being the adult is knowing when to NOT engage and walking away and who not to subject yourself to engaging with. Being childish is not being able to recognize when you're beating your head against a wall and continuing to argue with someone you won't ever agree with while annoying everyone else by subjecting them to your inability to not act so childishly instead of putting such people on ignore.

[Skip Intro]

232. I entertain all points of view, and I do value exchanges of ideas with those with whom I disagree.

[Skip Intro]

233. You seem to argue for an echo chamber. nt

[The Doctor.]

48. I did.

Put one 'stalker' on ignore, but no one else for any great period.

The stalker was a special case. A couple others I just didn't want to deal with for a short time, but took them back off.

In general, I think ignoring people for a particular exchange is a little petty. Constant abuse, derision, or silly accusations are fair cause.

I believe I am on many people's lists for the crime of reason. That I relish.

[Foo Fighter]

51. Just for that, welcome to my ingore list, Sheepshank.

:evilgrin:

Just kidding. I don't have anyone on ignore as it's easy enough to just skip threads or posts that I don't want to read.

However, actually reading those same threads or posts is sometimes a LOT more entertaining as I'm always looking for a good laugh.

[cherokeeprogressive]

53. I have a ZERO IGNORE POLICY.

I wanna know what EVERY DU'er thinks.

[Warpy]

54. Why the hell won't you?

Some people go out of their way to be nasty. Such people are generally that way because they're defensive because they know full well they're wrong.

I have a fairly long fuse. I'll allow anyone one lousy day or one mistake. If they start repeating it, off my screen they go.

Most of them are among the dearly departed, dead by overindulgence in pizza.

[Aleric]

56. I'm pretty sure I'm on a few lists

Many years ago, I tried to debate a Democratic canvasser in the street. She refused. Since then I have made a point to engage where I can. Putting someone on ignore is equivalent to saying "I can't debate." Generally, I have more productive policy debates with right-wingers than with die-hard democrats. We can get right past the political posturing and go to the ideas. Democrats apparently can't handle debates with progressives and liberals. We liberals are simply naughty children who need to be quiet while the grown ups talk.

So, no, I won't be hitting the ignore button any time soon, but I'm sure I'm on a few lists.

[hootinholler]

75. WOW

With 97 posts you're sure you are on people's ignore lists?

Usually, accomplishing that earns one a tombstone.

-Hoot

[Aleric]

80. My experience runs deep

I was playing on the internet before it was public. I honed my troll-skills at 300 baud. I know how to piss people off when I want to.

Seriously though, I've had two posts censored by the mods early on - which is why I haven't spent a lot of effort on here. My anger at the Democrats runs far deeper than any anger I have at the right-wing simply because I expect more from them. They bring out the worst in me and DU's previous tow-the-line philosophy just made me stay away. Now, they seem to have realized that was not the best approach and we might have a chance for some more honest discussion.

[Marr]

177. Wow-- well, your experience has been completely opposite from mine.

I've generally found Republicans to have a headful of slogans and nothing to back them up. As a group, they tend to refuse to even consider arguments that go against their chosen narratives. It's like talking to a wall.

The same mentality can be found on the left, of course-- but in my experience, it's not the norm, and people on the left tend to much more likely to consider arguments that don't necessarily mesh with their world view.

[Aleric]

187. Yes and no

I work with people who are more intellectual and logical by nature. They are 'honor bound' to defend their views so we can have conversations that allow us work through a series of disagreements to find out where the root of the disagreement lies.

I tend to hang with the leftists, however, and have a much broader circle of people I interact with and I can find you plenty of leftists who have a hard time considering differing world views. The difference is in how each type expresses it. A right-winger will be a wall of stone or a punch in the mouth as it suits them. The left-winger will dance around for hours arguing in a circle without letting your points sink in. The latter *looks* like they are considering your view but really they are trying to wear you down. The right-winger attacks and leaves.

[A HERETIC I AM]

57. I've got exactly one person on ignore...

for the sole reason that the poster has the COMPLETELY obnoxious habit of refering to herself in the third person.

Makes everything else she writes unworthy of reading.

[FormerDittoHead]

58. Not me. I have about 6 on ignore.

I haven't added to it for quite a while, but there are people here who push my buttons every time.

I have to confess a favorite thing to see is to see a long sub-thread going back and forth between two of my ignored users.

They deserve each other.

[gkhouston]

227. Okay, I'll bite. If you've got them on ignore, how do you know it's two people

talking back and forth? 'Cause believe me, a couple of the jewels I've got on ignore would be quite content to spin out subthreads talking to themselves and all I see is "Ignored". :shrug:

[Behind the Aegis]

59. Only once, for about 2 hours.

I found it very annoying trying to read threads with "Ignored" throughout. Now, for the most part, I slip sometimes, I just ignore them without placing them on ignore. There are a few I would love to place on ignore because they rarely, if ever, produce anything other than drivel, but a few who really just piss me off, sometimes do actually say something quite relevant, even I don't agree with that person.

[some guy]

61. Oh hell no.

I have maybe a dozen on ignore now. Some eventually get banned, so I figure I was right in ignoring them.
Some, I just dislike the things they post, so it's easier to ignore them than to continually hide their threads.

I also use hide thread fairly often.

[immoderate]

62. I don't have to put people ON ignore to ignore them.

I have never put anyone on ignore. However that's not an ideological position. I think I might have made it on to some people's lists, though. Without even trying. :shrug:

--imm

[alittlelark]

64. I was put on administrative 'Ignore' w/ a DUer

He has since been tombstoned.


I have never personally put anyone on 'ignore'.

[Journeyman]

65. I use "Ignore" liberally . . .

life's too short to willfully subject yourself to "kiddie scorn". . .

I've never blocked anyone who intelligently debated me, but I'll not suffer fools gladly or madly.


Many times, it's not abuse or bullying but just simple stupidity I wish to avoid -- drunken fools, whacked-out conspiracy nuts ("BushCo caused the tsunami"), one-note wonders who post the same drivel over and over.

Other people may choose what they perceive as the "high road" of tolerance and community, but I've no time for blithering foolishness and no interest in useless poppycock. Some will disagree but I figure they must have a surplus of life.

[sofa king]

66. I wonder if anyone ignores me?

[hootinholler]

69. You'd be sofa king ignored then. n/t

[Aleric]

74. You'll never know

DU can send you an email if you are someone's buddy list but not if you are on an ignore list. That's messed up. I think we should at least be able to see how many people ignore us. I can understand not seeing *who* ignores us because then we might feel compelled to hunt them down and demand to know why...and that would be bad. Still, inquiring minds want to know...

[blondeatlast]

195. I try to, but you're just too cute. nt

[sofa king]

236. Awww, thanks!

Now I don't have the heart drag you into my complicated joke, which probably wouldn't have worked anyway. The idea was I would say, "I wonder if anyone is ignoring me?" and wait a day or two, and then no matter how many people replied, I would reply to myself saying, "I guess everyone is ignoring me."

Which would suggest that everyone who replied to me is on my ignore list, see? I know, it's not ha-ha funny. It's that other kind of funny that doesn't make people smile or laugh.

Your fine compliment saved me from having to explain myself after the fact.

[hootinholler]

67. I try hard not to.

Everyone I have put on ignore has been tombstoned except one and yes they are still on ignore. I hope it's lonely on my ignore list :rofl:

-Hoot

[madamesilverspurs]

68. Used to.

A good conversation can get contentious, that's okay. But there are those who just seem to enjoy pissing in everyone else's punchbowl just for the sake of doing so, and I finally decided that I could do without them. Funny thing is, I don't miss them at all.

-

[GReedDiamond]

71. In the past, I did put one or two DUers on "ignore"...

...but shortly thereafter, I took them both off, and haven't used the feature, since.

Both the "ignores" I had, I haven't seen posts from either since, if ever.

However, I have, lately, been thinking about using that option again. Just to, maybe, ease my aging blood pressure factors somewhat.

There are some -- even more than before -- it seems, very unsavory types here, unfortunately.

[JVS]

72. If it's that guy named Creative who is defending the CSA, nevermind. He's been banned.

[hootinholler]

79. I wish I had an Irish jig gif. n/t

[JVS]

97. Maybe this will do.

[hootinholler]

147. It will serve

:rofl:

-Hoot

[Starry Messenger]

96. For realios? Yay!

Only guy on DU I've ever seen criticize communism by quoting Goebbels. I was so gobsmacked I couldn't think of a category to alert on it with.

[JVS]

98. They really need an "Obviously a conservative or reactionary troll" option.

[HughBeaumont]

122. He was also a "not every corporation is evil" guy.

[JVS]

129. It sounds like he was 2 months and 832 posts of real shit!

[HughBeaumont]

136. With moldy chocolate icing.

See, people like that, I don't HAVE to put on ignore. They're so blatantly un-progressive, it's usually a done deal within a couple of weeks/months. Thomas Friedman/globalization/offshore defender HeresyLives is a perfect example.

[JVS]

137. Oh God. HeresyLives is the kind of person I put on ignore so that I don't end up reading...

300 posts of bullshit in a single thread. Even after I put her on ignore though, I could recognize her at work because she replied to everyone and never stopped.

[LeftishBrit]

163. Good. I didn't know about the CSA thread but his ultra-RW economic views shocked me

(basically 'poverty is all the fault of poor people because of their laziness, substance abuse, and having children out of wedlock'!)

I know it's naughty to grave-dance, and usually I don't; but one must make *some* exceptions!

[blondeatlast]

197. I'm not dancing, Admins. Just a muscle spasm, really, I swear. nt

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

209. Me, I'm exercising. -nt

[InvisibleTouch]

73. I've "ignored" one or two truly obnoxious ones...

...and I'm just about ready to "ignore" one who wastes my time every time I start to read his nonsensical posts in good faith only to realize they say nothing - but otherwise I don't have a great big long ignore list. I'm not involved enough to feel that much of a personal enmity toward anonymous names on the web ... and let's face it, some of the posters who routinely write things I disagree with or find stupid, are at least entertaining to read.

[roody]

76. Tried it. No more

I need information quickly.

[nadinbrzezinski]

77. I held for six years

it's made DU far more usable since though.

[FreakinDJ]

78. Remember "The Ignore List" passed around during the Clinton primary

I'm sure I was TOP of the List

[NoPasaran]

124. Meh. You weren't even in the Top Ten

[NYC Liberal]

81. I have a good number of people on ignore because

the people I added are not worth the aggravation. It goes beyond just disagreement. I don't watch Fox News for the same reason.

[aikoaiko]

82. Haven't used it. Although some people are infuriating.

I've been around long enough to see most of the bullies get tombstoned or smacked with time outs in time.

[truedelphi]

84. I really tried hard for a number of years to

keep my ignore list down to around three people.

But in the last twelve months, I have put a great many people on "Ignore." I do not mind people whose views are 90 degrees to the right of mine, as I consider all Obama Cheerleaders to be. (I mean, if Obama declared himself to be a Republican tomorrow, but a Republican Lite, I could actually be more tolerant of the man. It is knowing that he still thinks he is representing the brand label that FDR used in his quest to help the average person that troubles me so deeply about Obama.)

But I digress. In terms of folks on my ignore list, they are people who are extremely snippy with me and had to go, if only for the sake of my blood pressure.

And any time I look at some discussion, and there is one person making a sensible statement, followed by someone with "Ignore" as their name, and the sensible person makes a sensible answer, and the "Ignore person" continues on with their irrational discourse, (or so I imagine) for another half screen or so, with the sensible person wasting minutes of their time trying to make them understand, I <sigh> to myself, wishing that the poor sensible person would just give in and start helping their high blood pressure and use the "Ignore" function.

[defendandprotect]

86. I did for about 6 months ... now I have about 70 people on ignore ... BUT ...

here's the interesting thing --

the people I put on ignore seem to have disappeared --

Certainly the "ignore" posts I see don't equate to 70 posters here --

Looks to me more like 10, with 5 of them posting occasionally --

Save for 9/11 -- where it looks like about 5 there who are dedicated, if not

obsessed with 9/11 and trying to find ways to debunk MIHOP/LIHOP!!



PS: And I have only one rule for getting on my IGNORE list ... be disingenuous!

[sabrina 1]

87. No, never put anyone on ignore.

I don't know why, I just never thought about it much.

[TroubleMan]

88. I've never done it, never will.

I'm too curious.

[K8-EEE]

89. I only have a handful on ignore but every time certain subjects come up

Half the comments are IGNORE IGNORE IGNORE....and they're always he first ones! I really came to the conclusion that there are lobbyist posters on DU who are "working' here.

[jannyk]

90. Nope, never have, never will. Though there's a few I can't stand.

I just don't bother reading their rot.

[juajen]

91. I rarely do that; I think only once. Nt

[Starry Messenger]

92. The Admins encourage the use of ignore.

I have over 200 peeps on ig. Probably a lot more but I'm too lazy to look right now. People are not TS'd for using ignore too much, but they are for fighting with people they don't like. :shrug:

[stevenleser]

179. Bingo and well said. n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

93. I've never put anyone on ignore but I'm also geetting close

[Vickers]

94. This is the first "ignore" thread where I don't have anyone on ignore. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

95. Been here since 2001 and still have 0 on ignore.

"Disagreements are what make horse races." Mark Twain

[tomm2thumbs]

100. never... but I'm not into confrontations - you wanna make something of it?!!!

oops, I was only thinking that, how on earth did it get typed out like that?

:hi:

[LooseWilly]

101. I have fewer than I can count on a single hand's fingers on ignore.

I imagine I'm on several lists though...

I mostly just use it when I stumble across stupidity that is so profound that it calls for a tsunami of profanity... the likes of which would almost certainly lead to banning... and I've indulged in some pretty high-tide-like waves of profanity, insults, and general denigration of poster's worth as human beings in my time.

Maybe people are right to have me on ignore... :+

Maybe the board should ban me now, to protect the stupid...

[gkhouston]

172. Hell, I'm not going to ignore YOU... the mail bag doesn't get answered that often.

What else would I do for entertainment? :9

[Very_Boring_Name]

102. I've tried. There are a few characters I'd rather not hear from, but then I see "ignored" and

get too curious to keep them on.

[TheKentuckian]

103. Nah, I don't play it or alert or hide thread (though when using touch screen it happens on accident)

I'm against ignore on principle but I do wish I could ignore avatar generally because I don't wish to associate the person with the picture.

[Raine]

104. Not me, I put them into the penalty box early and often

especially if they get personally insulting to me. x( I usually take them back out in a day or so though after I cool off. :-)

edit: added word

[GoCubsGo]

125. "Penalty Box"...I like it!

What you described is how I deal with "Ignore" these days. Every once in a while, you get someone who is so fanatical about the OP that they insult everyone in the thread who disagrees with them. If someone is crapping on a thread and being downright obnoxious, they tend to make the Ignore list. But, they eventually come off of it. I have nobody on mine now. Like many others here, I have often found that some of them got tombstoned before I emptied my list.

I used to have a fairly long list, but I couldn't follow some of the threads. Sometimes you can read around a single "Ignored", but when they come one right after another, it's no so easy.

[lamp_shade]

105. I use it, but my rule is simple and keeps the list short but effective:

Only put annoying/disruptive OP's (thread-starters) on ignore. This will generally keep the groupies out of view, many of who never or rarely start a thread anyway.

[eridani]

106. Never done it

However the function is necessary because cyberstalking is real. Never happened to me anywhere, though, let alone here. That could always change.

[old mark]

108. K&R- Have not "ignored" anyone for several years now, after the first few months since

I started here in '08.

Very seldom use the Unrec, either - maybe 3 times in all of 2010.


mark

[timtom]

109. I had a boatload of 'em at one time

But now I...(hold on a sec! Uh! Oh! One legacy person was on ignore. That person is no longer a member of DU and I removed that person)...but now I force myself to not put people on ignore. Even the most truculent have something of value to me at some point.

[Little Star]

110. Never felt the need to put anyone on ignore "yet".

[JCMach1]

111. I don't think I have ever used it...

[Fumesucker]

112. I don't "make a point of it" but I never use ignore..

DU is far tamer than where I started out in online politics, usenet newsgroups.

[alphafemale]

115. Why wouldn't I? It's words on a screen.

I can ignore that without help if I want to.

[Loki]

116. Never used it.

[dembotoz]

117. yes, i ignore,ignore

[blindpig]

118. Only once

There was absolutely no redeeming value in OMG's posts, not even a laugh at him.

[Festivito]

119. I sure wish we could have a poster-name coloring system, rather than ignorance.

I just like to be reminded of a warning about the poster before I read it, but the DU owners haven't bitten on the idea.

[Stardust]

120. Someone has a very offensive (to me) sig-pic that requires ignoring.

[lonestarnot]

121. Nope, no ignore.

[quaker bill]

123. No, but I have never used the function

my brain is perfectly capable of this without assistance.

[HughBeaumont]

126. I use it quite often. It's called "Clean-Up".

I refuse to waste even an OUNCE of my time getting in pissing contests with:

* bulletproof serial flamethrower trolls
* Defenders of globalization who play the "xenophobia" card on a Democratic board
* Defenders of Milton Friedman's lousy brand of economics on a Democratic board
* Defenders of job offshoring on a Democratic board
* Curmudgeon skeptics who practically jump out of their seat to close the debate and are supreme dicks about it

I don't have time to WASTE with that shit. There are enough Republican idiots on Facebook and Yahoo to deal with; DU should be a sanctuary from all that.

[xchrom]

128. i think every one has me on ignore.

or i am so much more boring that i ever thought i was.

[TBF]

135. I thought that too until I made a post about the folly of the president calling Michael Vick.

I learned that (a) folks love them some football stars (b) folks will defend Mr. Obama to the death no matter what he says and (c) not everyone has me on ignore but I wish some of them did after the responses I got.

[xchrom]

142. ...

:spray:

[DainBramaged]

155. Your not on my naughty list, so there

[xchrom]

167. Not on your ignore list - but I should be on you Naughty List! Nt

[stevenleser]

182. LGBT folks who are upset at the slow pace of reforms are an exception to my ignore rule

I tend to put Obama critics on ignore, but I make an exception for LGBT folks because until the passage of DADT repeal, I could not in good conscience find fault with their criticisms.

[Phentex]

130. Only a couple of spammers for a short period of time...

Sometimes I'm not in the mood to "see" fourteen billion posts from the same person, as cute as they may be. But when they go away, I clean up the list again. It's never been for disliking anyone.

[Reader Rabbit]

132. Until a few years ago, when the teacher bashing started.

Now I've got several of the most egregious bashers on "Ignore" for the sake of my blood pressure.

[TBF]

133. Well I have certainly found out that I disagree with many here on animal rights -

but I only have 5 folks on ignore. I do check the ignores from time to time, because often they get tombstoned when they are recognized as the trolls that they are.

[stuntcat]

134. ain't never done it

:hi: I ain't gone ever do it either, I think.

[DainBramaged]

138. Most of the people I've put on ignore ate the granite cookie

so I chose wisely........

[muffin1]

139. I put one person on ignore years ago,

and took them off the same night. So yeah, I do try to never ignore. But all the Vick fans are causing me to rethink this policy.

[WinkyDink]

140. Here.

[etherealtruth]

141. It took me 5 years to do it

I have put one person on "Ignore" .... it actually helped.

I love diversity in ideas, I don't dislike arguments .... I do dislike @ss-holes .... I am actually thinking about clearing my "ignore list" (OK, one poster).

[seabeyond]

143. i think i have thought about it once, for a second. no, i have never put anyone on ignore. nt

[theophilus]

144. I never have, but nobody pays any attention to me anyway. n/t

[LibDemAlways]

145. I've done it, but only when the poster resorted to

name calling. I have no patience with those who can't keep it civil.

[CTyankee]

146. I cannot for the life of me understand the Ignore function.

I already HAVE and ignore function. I ignore the poster all by myself. It works!

Besides, if they are that bad, they usually wind up tombstoned, so I know that if I wait long enough, karma has gotten rid of them...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

148. Thanks for reminding me ... I had one person on "ignore"

I cleaned out my ignore list.

Happy New Year!

:hi:

[lunatica]

149. I haven't and I don't unrec either

But I've come very close a few times. I just don't like those features because in my opinion they're infantile. But I can change my mind any time. I like free choice.

[treestar]

150. Never or rarely

I only ignore if I don't like something about their sig pic!

When I did it before, I just couldn't stand the ignored posts and had to peek, especially if they responded to me directly!

[GeorgeGist]

154. It doesn't work ...

on the Greatest.

[closeupready]

157. DU is not that serious. If someone is bothering you, put them on ignore. What's the big deal?

I have about 40 people on ignore and run into an "Ignored" person only a few times per week. And my experience here is much more pleasant for it.

[cleanhippie]

158. I don't put anyone on ignore, I would miss some of the best stuff if I did.

Some amazingly stupid things get posted here, and I would miss it.

I too, can add to that stupidity from time to time...so don't put ME on ignore either.

[kgnu_fan]

159. I ignore whomever I want to ignore without relying on "ignore" function, It is easy to do.

[lumberjack_jeff]

161. Yes.

Clicking the red X is admitting that you are unable to perform even the most basic of intellectual functions unaided by technology.

Worse is to tell the person that you're ignoring them, as if it harms *them* somehow.

[LeftishBrit]

162. I did for four years...

Then I put two people on ignore, and it Improved my DU Experience, as the marketing world might put it. One of them has since been TS'd (not in any connection with me), so now I have one person on iggy.

I don't put people on ignore because I disagree with them or dislike their views, or simply because they've been rude. In the case of the two in question, it was the same issue: they went out of their way to 'bait' and taunt people in a particular forum representing a different viewpoint from their own. Not just in the sense of ridiculing people's beliefs, but attacking people on a very personal level - even in one case taunting a forum member about their appearance. I felt I didn't need this sort of attitude around me, and used the iggy function,

[JuniperLea]

166. I went for YEARS without using ignore...

I have a sizeable list now. I review it periodically because the vast majority on my list have been served concrete pizza.

I used to think it was cowardly to use ignore. Pft. I've changed my mind. It's become necessary. I use "hide thread" liberally as well.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

168. After a zillion years here -

I have exactly one person on ignore, and that was because they have spewed utter nonsense for years.

I am a firm believer in at least hearing all sides of an issue, even when I disagree with the other point of view. There is always a possibility I may learn something new or have my view expanded.

"Ignore" can be the same as putting your fingers in your ears and going "la-la-la-la-la" -- not a very bright thing to do. It can create a dangerous echo chamber, much like FAUX, that just reinforces your own (possibly incorrect) views.

[gkhouston]

170. It's not a big deal. Use it if you want to; otherwise not. Two or three times a

year I re-evaluate my list and often find tombstones. Almost everyone on my ignore list has no clue they're there and a fair few of them are DUers I've haven't had direct interaction with; I zotted them based on their behavior toward others.

Do whatever works for you, within the limits set down by the admins.

[Deep13]

171. Not anymore.

I'm at a point that I no longer believe in an unrestricted exchange of ideas.

[ClassWarrior]

173. Putting people on ignore just cripples yourself. Sort of like ignoring our own faults...

...or any failures of our representatives. Sort of like ignoring framing. We do it at our own peril.

NGU.

[LynneSin]

185. That's true but sometimes using the ignore feature is good for a 'time out'

there merits some value

[Marr]

174. Yeah-- I never put anyone on "ignore". n/t

[LWolf]

180. I have very rarely put anyone on ignore, and never permanently. nt

[LynneSin]

184. I was just like you until yesterday

When I realized that the person was then harassing me in 4 different threads but I had only replied once to that person.

I'll probably remove the ignore in a few months but it was the only way to keep me from breaking a few DU rules.

[gkhouston]

228. I've done that before. Took 'em off after a few months, then discovered the

same behavior being visited on other DUers. Back to ignore they went.

[Robyn66]

186. I don't put anyone on ignore

I just think that if you are taking the time to put them on ignore you are acknowledging that they have had the power to really bother you. There was one douchebag who really was badgering me and I just decided this person obviously had a personality disorder and desperately wanted to get some attention so I stopped responding to the person and just laughed to my self as he/she sputtered away.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

189. Use it occassionally but almost always to hide time wasters, not people who disagree with me.

Unfortunately I don't always remember the names of posters who have nothing to say and too often I wind up halfway into a nonsensical, going nowhere -type post only to realize it's 'that guy' again. If I had a better memory for names I wouldn't need the function.

[eppur_se_muova]

190. I used to. :^)

A couple of people turned out to be too fact- and logic-free.

[Arkana]

192. I use the ignore list, but I don't make a point of announcing that I'm

putting someone on ignore.

ANY OF YOU COULD BE ON MY IGNORE LIST.

I HAVE HERE IN MY HAND A LIST OF FIFTY-SEVEN IGNORED POSTERS AT DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND DOT COM GOOD SIR

[Hosnon]

194. I've never had the need to, and question whether such need exists at all. nt.

[apocalypsehow]

196. I use it very sparingly - but when I use it, it's for a very good reason. There are simply some

posters on this site who should not be interacting with one another, or, as God told Job, "there's just something about you that pisses me off."

Funny thing, when I was going over my ignore list the other day, I counted ten posters on it. Six of them have been tombstoned since I put them on ignore. Which is the most important thing to keep in mind about judicially applying the *ignore* function: by doing so in certain extreme cases, the very account you might save is your own.

I have no doubts that had I continued interacting with the posters I have on ignore, I probably would have flamed myself into a banning by now. I would definitely recommend you use it if you encounter a poster with whom it is simply impossible to have a civil discussion with. :thumbsup:

[ceile]

198. I use it, but I only have 3 people on my list.

I only put people on ignore that personally attack me, name calling, etc...

[prolesunited]

199. I have no one on ignore

and I've never hidden a thread.

It's a freakin' message board. I just don't take it that seriously any more.

[ZombieHorde]

201. Putting people on ignore does not make any sense to me.

If someone is making inappropriate comments, you should alert the mods, and the mods will take care of it for you.

Alerting is better than ignoring. If someone is constantly having their posts deleted my moderators, their account will probably be terminated.

[MrScorpio]

202. I have no one on ignore and I don't hide threads either

Everyone is free to disagree with me and I have no problem with reading their disagreements.

[Shandris]

203. Never. If I'm tired of seeing someone's post...

...I can skip over it for a few days until I am no longer interested. My thought is that you NEVER know when something, somewhere, will be posted by even the most hated posters that will be insightful for some reason or another. I'd rather read 1000 annoying comments than miss one important one.

[Cleita]

204. I don't very often but when I do, it

seems to be a matter of time before they get magically tomb stoned.

[niyad]

205. I can't be bothered honouring them that way, I just know which ones to avoid

and, not surprisingly, that list got a lot longer this week.

[xiamiam]

207. the first ignore was this year after 6 years here and i went thru changes

and posted a thread similar to this....same responses..i did it. i put someone on ignore after fretting over it..that person is now td'd..recently i put about 4 people on ignore..and im much happier..i notice that often a thread is derailed by ignored..i dont have time for it..i like it here..and learn a lot..not interested in the snarky one liners and there are a few issues which are fundamental to my moral and ethical understanding..so if someone wants to defend the war in afghanistan..at this point..im not interested in hearing their opinion..just not..so i cover my ears and could not be happier here..i couldnt take it anymore..the most amazing thing is that, at this point, there are fewer than 5 on my ignore list..the difference is amazing..just a few very vocal who were disrupting my experience..use it, you will be glad you did

ps..ignored did not respond to this thread

[Sheepshank]

208. So I'm still tempted.....

From this thread, I may deduce that I am a childish person with no self control who cries anytime someone disagrees with me and simply do not possess the brain power to skip over the annoying, nonsensical, baiting, lying, rw words of a particular poster. I may even consider myself stalked...nah just kidding, no stalkers (and that's no invitation btw!)

Besides I keep wasting time looking for the insanely rw posts of this one particular poster. Putting them on ignore would free up the time to read some of the good stuff. OTOH, if they are on ignore, then where would be the fun of being able to point out the "Rep in Dems clothing" theory I have about this poster on their threads!?

OMG, I AM the stalker. So, is that against the rules?

[blondeatlast]

215. On the contrary, I (a non-ignore user) think you are very wise.

I don't use it, but understand that many have very valid reasons for doing so.

I remember all too well California Peggy's troubles. It's wise to use it if you think its helpful; it's foolish to do so if it isn't helpful.

No need to apologize and those who keep repeating the "fingers/ears/lah, lah, lah" thing are being just as childish and intolerant as well.

[Nye Bevan]

210. It's the electronic equivalent of covering your ears with your hands and yelling "wah wah wah"

"I can't hear you!"

I have never used Ignore and I never will.

[Stuart G]

211. I never used it, don't use it now, never will.. nt

[underpants]

212. I put someone on ignore

he is an ass

[DireStrike]

213. I tried. Now I have one person.

I always felt that I must have SOME line I would consider it inexcusable to cross. I don't even remember what it was, but this person crossed it. Only one, ever.

[woo me with science]

214. Perfectly capable of ignoring without the help of technology.

Plus, what Sid Dithers said. :evilgrin:

[WiffenPoof]

216. I have never used Ignore...

I'm not even sure how to do it.

I don't agree with using the ignore button.

[WCGreen]

217. Me neither...

And I hardly ever unrec anyone...

[NaturalHigh]

219. Never have...

though I do choose to ignore some people the old fashioned way.

[WestSeattle2]

220. Personally, I've always felt the "ignore" feature found on most

boards is silly and immature. It might be appropriate for pre-schoolers who lack the skill and ability to handle adversity or different points of view, but supposed adults using it? I think that speaks volumes about the ones who use it.

[flying rabbit]

222. What cracks me up about ignore- is the finger of doom:

"welcome to my ignore list, buh-bye" Like the offender is expunged from the universe.
:rofl:

[NaturalHigh]

225. YOU'RE ON IGNORE!

Yeah, I've gotten that one a few times. I always wonder if these people go back to check and see if I actually replied to their damning declaration.

[Generic Brad]

223. I've considered it, but found I don't have to

Everyone who has gotten completely under my skin has eventually been tombstoned. These days I find I don't even need to report anyone to the mods. I merely have to wish them into the cornfield and they eventually disappear.

[Zax2me]

224. I haven't, but have been tempted....

Still, really haven't come close. But I'm kind of new, so...

If I ever do, maybe a break away, of a week or two, could change my mind.
Just don't want to do it.

[TwilightGardener]

226. I have some on ignore. Some people just aggravate me beyond

simply holding and expressing a different viewpoint.

[Spirochete]

230. I've never done it

in almost 10 years. But I can tune out the ones who consistently post nothing worth reading. I don't post anything worth reading, come to think of it, but I mean argumentative or insulting stuff.

[Lucian]

231. I don't ignore anyone.

But I'm sure I'm ignored plenty. :)

[mmonk]

234. I don't put anyone on ignore nor do I unrecommend.

I have only unrecommended once for something I thought was racist. This contrasts interestingly with the fact most of my posts are unrecommended by at least someone.

[Le Taz Hot]

235. Good goddess no.

I find the "ignore" function a HUGE positive. Some people really do have nothing to say. Fortunately, those make up only a small handfull of DUers.