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Tue Jan-09-07 05:00 PM
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My vow: no matter how much anyone insults me, I will never use "Ignore"... |
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and will only use "block" if being blocked.
Who else is with me?
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:01 PM
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so you're not alone. :hi:
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The whole thing seems bizarre to me. Peace, Kim
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:02 PM
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3. Just out of curiosity... |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:02 PM
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4. Your stomach is stronger than mine. nt |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:04 PM
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5. I've been here since 2001 and haven't used it yet |
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I've been tempted a few times. Other times I fell to asking myself "Why am I arguing with this idiot?"
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:21 PM
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Even blind, insane chipmunks turn up acorns once in awhile. I wouldn't want to miss it. :evilgrin:
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:05 PM
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7. Yup. I actually enjoy disagreeing with people and the occasional knock down brawl. |
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Sadly, I tend to agree with most people here. :P
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:05 PM
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8. aRE YOU SERIES!!!!!!!!1111...I've used the features already on a troll. |
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Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 05:07 PM by xultar
It was kewl.
Here it is...
Original Jack (53 posts) Tue Jan-09-07 04:39 PM
4. you let them have your personal bank acct #? I hope you don't blame republicans for that.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:09 PM
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11. Now now, no calling out! |
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Though I saw him earlier. He was quite funny! ;)
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:12 PM
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14. I know. Someone alerted on him but I'd rather keep him. |
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:00 PM
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:09 PM
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12. No, I'd rather use alert. |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:13 PM
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16. But then we can't keep'em. |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:21 PM
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slugs in my life as it is. Hard scraping slime off.
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:59 PM
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52. If you block a troll, you're just mising out on the fun! |
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I love playing with them. :evilgrin:
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:06 PM
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Hell, we all love a good flame fight anyway, right? :-)
I do hide threads from time to time, simply because sometimes a single topic spills over into say, 25 threads (one example comes to mind ...). But I don't "ignore" anybody.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:07 PM
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10. Do Freepers argue like this? |
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No?
That's why I'm a registered Dem.
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:01 PM
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:48 PM
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66. I don't know. I have quickly glossed through the post history, but nothing jumps out at me. |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:12 PM
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13. The thing is that a good argument can keep a topic kicked long after its natural lifespan. |
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I do it all the time. I expect to be ignored a bunch, though.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:13 PM
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15. I will not use 'Ignore' feature, ever,............ |
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Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 05:14 PM by Double T
if I don't like what someone has to say, I will ignore THEM, BUT never censor THEM.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:36 PM
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26. The new feature is censoring, I suppose |
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I don't use that. However, the old features are just ignoring. They don't censor the ignored in any way.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:59 PM
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39. It's only censoring by you, though--like hanging the phone up on someone |
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If you start the thread, you can stop the person from replying to it (and they could start their own to respond to it), but if you are just contributing to a thread, you can only stop the person from replying to YOU. They can't crap on your subthread, but they can respond via a subthread of their own....at least that is how I understand it to work.
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Wed Jan-10-07 11:11 AM
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In any case, the old ignore feature is nothing more than ignoring someone, which is a lot better than getting angry and getting into a flame war.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:14 PM
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17. Not me - I was personally attacked |
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so they got added to my ignore list. If you're going to spew trash and attack me and refuse to listen to reason and SPAM the thread good riddance. You dug your own hole.
Thank god for ignore.
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Tue Jan-09-07 08:59 PM
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I can take anyone disagreeing with me but when they get personally insulting they are going on ignore. I have done it in the past and will continue to put them there in future.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:14 PM
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18. No, I don't think I'll use it. |
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Everyone's candidate of choice will now have no flaws. ROFLMAO.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:19 PM
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19. Never use ignore and never will. |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:21 PM
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20. I have used block 5 times in as many years |
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Four of them are no longer with us, may they rest in peace.
I have used it only when someone is going out of his way to be offensive and it's happened more than once.
It's much better than getting into a pissing match. If he's demonstrated an inability to keep it civil, he's gone and I manage to stay within the rules.
I should probably use it more often, though.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:26 PM
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22. Why do people act like this is some kind of virtue? |
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I find that bizarre. Use the feature if it works for you; don't use it if it doesn't. I don't think either mode is superior to the other.
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I don't think I'm childish or a bad person for using the feature. I'm just happy we now have the option to ignore only replies and still be able to see threads and get PMs from those people. I often put people on ignore after they post the same screeching rant a dozen times in a row, but it's not that I don't want to hear anything they have to say ever, or promote personal animosity between us. It's kinda like how I don't watch MSM, listen to * speak, or read FR, but I'm still interested when others talk about what they say on occasion. I've heard it enough times myself to know that it just gets me in a lather for no reason, and for my own sanity, I have to filter it out.
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:17 PM
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48. My sentiments exactly |
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Sometimes you can go down the same path a zillion times (or see others do it for you) and realize its pretty pointless. It has nothing to do with disliking differing opinions-I just don't like flame fests and pointless endless arguments with the same person over and over again :shrug:.
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Tue Jan-09-07 09:02 PM
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70. That's what I wonder too |
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I don't like being personally insulted and don't know why reading those insults would be a virture. :shrug:
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:30 PM
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23. Sorry, not with you. It's my own personal choice (Democrats are about choice). |
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Life is too short. I have no time for people who accuse me of being a freeper just because you disagree with them. The "ignore" function is one of the best features of any message group. Also, there have been good people who have been dragged into arguments by people whom they should just have ignored and have been banned as a result. Out of nearly 100,000 members here at DU I have a very, very tiny percent on my ignore list.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:31 PM
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24. I had a couple of people on "Ignore" |
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for a couple of years, but then thought, "What the hell am I doing? Isn't that counter to everything I stand for as a Democrat?"
The answer was "Yes!" so I un-ignored everyone and never looked back.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:34 PM
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25. That's a laudable sentiment |
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However, if someone gets insulting (not just disagreeing), it's mighty hard not to insult right back. That makes the conversation difficult for reasonable people.
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:02 PM
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54. people who indulge in personal insults should be alerted and removed |
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apparently the moderators don't wish to moderate any more, the veiled threats about how if you don't use the feature they're not going to work with you is pretty blatant if you ask me
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:36 PM
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27. i have never put someone on ignore. i wont in the future. people dont |
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bother me that much. whether i agree or not ... none of it matters, i dont take it personally
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:37 PM
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Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 05:39 PM by Journeyman
Decided to ignore myself. . .
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:31 PM
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:46 PM
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29. Never used the "ignore" .. |
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I just didn't read those who are predictably worthy of it. But, this new feature lets one eliminate harassers who are of the mosquito variety.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:47 PM
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I can handle difference of opinion and even unfair criticism. I don't get why people are so sensitive about online posts. I have read a lot of things that offend and disgust me, but never to the level of "AHHH MAKE IT GO AWAY!"
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:48 PM
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31. Even assholes have something interesting to say at times. |
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Bring it on!!
NO on Ignore!
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:57 PM
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37. We can't put Chimpy on Ignore |
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Or Cheney or Rumsfield. Might as well not ignore fellow DUers.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:48 PM
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32. Is that a challenge? nt |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:49 PM
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33. let's see what we can do about this |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:55 PM
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:23 PM
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62. (ooooooooh) Watch out! |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:49 PM
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34. I'm not using block either |
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I've been here since practically the beginning of the site. I've been called names. Really vile ones. I've never alerted on a personal attack. (I do alert on egregiously sexist language, just not personal attacks against me.) I've never put anyone on ignore. I've never hidden a thread. Don't plan on starting to do any of that stuff now.
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:03 PM
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55. you should always alert on a personal attack |
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if they personally attack me, they will personally attack others
when i get a personal attack, i report it
period end of sentence
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:16 PM
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59. generally I don't want the personal attacks against me deleted... |
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I want them to stand to show what kind of person the other person is...how low they'll stoop. The things they call me say more about them than me.
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:20 PM
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60. Yep. I hate it when that kind of post gets deleted. nt |
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:53 PM
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35. I never use ignore and don't think I'll use block |
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even if they blocked me, though it I really want to have my say in response then I'll just have to start a new thread.
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:59 PM
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38. I must have about two dozen people put me on ignore. |
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:01 PM
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41. i think i have a few too, who have put me on ignore, lol. and so what. wink n/t |
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:11 PM
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57. Bornagin, that was awesome. Sums up the abuse of the ignore function perfectly! nt |
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:59 PM
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My favorite:
You stinky ugly Dumb poopyhead hack I'm putting you on Ignore
:rofl:
Putting people on ignore in the future will be hard because I will have this going through my head and it will be hard not to laugh at myself! Darn it!
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:01 PM
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42. You have Ignore on Ignore! |
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56. Ha! Yeah, that guy can go to hell! |
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:07 PM
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44. Been here for over 5 years, haven't used ignore yet, and won't use block either... |
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Besides, those I would choose to block/ignore are usually long term trolls, I love baiting them, its just a matter of time before they end up in troll heaven.
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50. Yeah, there's that reason. Trolls are FUN!!! nt |
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:15 PM
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46. I have the self-discipline to steer clear of the few real idiots on these forums |
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And generally a thick enough skin to take whatever they dish out.
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:16 PM
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47. I'm not even blocking people who have sent me profanity-laced hate mail... |
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I've never intentionally blocked anyone. Might have put one guy on ignore once by mistake by clicking the wrong icon, but I fixed that.
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:56 PM
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49. By the way, I mean no disrespect to those that do use it.... |
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I know some people find it helpful, and that's ok with me, but I mean it in the spirit of never giving up on discourse and the ideal of putting one's closest-held beliefs and ideas to the test of fire. I mean that I will never try to shield my beliefs and ideas from those who will disagree with them even to the point of issuing ad-hominems. I may not always get the last word, and I may get pwn3d from time to time, but my personal beliefs will be better thought-out and more rational because of it. Flame on!
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:57 PM
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51. the "high school popularity contest"-ization of du is complete |
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i'm w. you for now but i'm v. tempted to move to another site where people aren't punished for having an unpopular insight
got to be the worse idea ever!
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:24 PM
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I have noticed that I can (and do) disagree strongly (and that is putting it mildly) with a poster's views on one subject ... only to find myself agreeing with them or admiring their insight on an other topic.
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Tue Jan-09-07 07:30 PM
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64. Yeah, that's a weird moment isn't it? |
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You think there's no way you'd ever agree with someone and then... they post something rational!
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I will not take abuse and personal insults off of anyone and I don't know why I should when there is a way to at least not have to see them. I have used the ignore feature in the past and will continue to do whenever the need arises with no regrets whatsoever.
I'm not talking about simple disagreeing, that's fine with me. I'm talking about nasty personal insults which I have gotten with people actually saying I'm stupid cause my opinion is different from theirs. I'm very easy to get along with so when someone resorts to that I know there is no point in having anything to do with them.
EDIT: Clarification
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Wed Jan-10-07 11:51 AM
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75. I guess we're in the minority . |
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The Ignore feature certainly has saved me from getting involved in flamed fests. :)
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Wed Jan-10-07 11:20 AM
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72. The ignore feature is for sucka fools |
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ooooo...I was sooooo insulted....ooooo...I was soooooo personally troubled....oooo...I'm being "stalked" on the Internet message board by some MEAN person who keeps disagreeing with me....oooo...I'm not getting the self-validation I expected when I went into the world to encounter others!!! Where's my self-validation? What about my NEEDS? Where's my self-validation!?! I ignore anyone who doesn't validate my true and beautiful inner being! I am a BEAUTIFUL SOUL and I deserve the maximum of self-validation from all others! What about my BEAUTIFUL SOUL? What about ME?!?
Bah! Bunch of fucking new age wussy shite. Nobody with a shred of dignity could put up with that nonsense.
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Wed Jan-10-07 11:25 AM
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73. The whole thing is SILLY. I've been here from almost day one and have never used the "ignore" |
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feature and don't plan to. I'm with you. I will block if I'm blocked just to return the favor, but that's it. I really hate censorship like this. I think it will change DU and not for the good.:(
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74. I don't use Ignore or Block |
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Nothing like tempting the Gods, eh? I don't have the stomach nor the persistance to try you on this one. I could take my stalker off ignore and try to get him/her to go after you instead. I think you might rue your vow at that point. Think before you vow.
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