I have a serious question to ask, do you block someone or ignore someone? Second question you get 20 pts taken away as

[Mister Ed]

44. My best advice: depersonalize replies by leaving out words like "you" and "your".

If I were to reply to someone by saying, "That's a foolish proposal!", then my post shouldn't be hidden. If instead I posted, "You're a fool!", then I would certainly have earned a hide.

On the subject of putting someone on ignore: well, I've only tried it one time, and that was with a DU member whom I actually like very much. That member brings a great deal of happiness to others on the board with her frequent posts about caring for feral and semi-feral cats. At times, the posts have been so numerous and so widely recommended that they have tended to crowd out other posts on my Latest page and my Greatest page.

Well, I love cats too, and animals in general. Not for the world would I rain on the picnic being enjoyed by the poster and her followers. But my own mother is also heavily involved in the care of feral and semi-feral cats, and so I get to hear plenty about the topic outside of DU. So I did try blocking the poster, but surprisingly , I still continued to see her posts. I'm not sure why. The Ignore function seems to work for other people. I don't know why it didn't work for me, but I gave up and just decided that hearing frequent news about the kitties was really no great cross to bear.