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Sun Sep-12-10 10:21 AM
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Do you ever forget why you had somebody on 'ignore'? |
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The title of a topic intrigued me. I couldn't read it because I noticed the author was on 'ignore'. So I logged out and read the topic. I wondered what the person had posted which had caused me to put him or her on my tiny ignore list.
I looked at my ignore list and saw there were about 6 or 7 names on it. Over the years, I've placed a few members on ignore. It's never because I don't appreciate where they're coming from politically. People who wind up on my ignore list have to have directed very nasty and rude posts to me. Many years ago my feelings would get hurt more easily than now. ;)
These days a few of the people I most appreciate are those who feel completely differently than me on certain issues but argur politely. And I try to pay attention to their nuances so I don't become offensive to them.
Has anybody put me on your ignore list? :D
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:28 AM
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1. I have never used the tool... |
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I feel that if you, the collective you, are on a message board to exchange ideas and opinion, you should expect that people will react and sometimes over react.
Over the years, I have posted some controversial post about controversial topics.
I have learned, after about 9 years of active posting here and at BartCop, that people are not always going to agree with me.
The mods do a pretty good job of ferreting out the crap.
In the case of having a stalker, well then I can see the efficacy of the ignore option.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:42 AM
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If I see something objectionable and I'm not inclined to reply, I'm perfectly capable of ignoring it--without some magic button--and going on to other things.
I may encounter a situation in the future in which I may want to resort to the tool, but it hasn't happened yet--and I doubt it ever will.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:43 AM
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Although I know I am on several ignore lists.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:20 AM
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Mon Sep-13-10 10:38 AM
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69. I've never used IGNORE either. |
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Putting someone on "Ignore" is classic Head in the Sand.. YOU can no longer see what the Ignored person says in a response to you, but everyone else reading DU can.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:28 AM
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2. I only have a few people on ignore and they all earned a spot there |
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by resorting to personal attacks. If I see a post by someone I've previously put on ignore, I ignore it.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:30 AM
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I've only ever put maybe three people on ignore since the feature became available. I currently have none on ignore. If I see something posted by someone I don't care for I just think "Oh, that asshole" and just keep scrolling.
Julie
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:34 AM
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4. I've put one poster "on ignore" in the five+ years I've been here |
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I general I'm easy going, not easily offended and understand I can disagree passionately with someone on one subject and learn from them on an other .... there's only been one exception to this the entire time i've been here ... clearly it's not you ;)
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:47 AM
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15. 'Ignore' says :hi: Hey, ya see me here? Can ya see me? YOO-HOO! |
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Sun Sep-12-10 04:34 PM
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Edited on Sun Sep-12-10 04:35 PM by etherealtruth
My one and only ignore is reserved for a TRUE a$$-hole
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:35 AM
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5. I've only put one person on ignore and I forgot who that was |
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Guess it wasn't you.
If it would make you feel better I'll put you on my ignore list. You seem very nice and I have no bitch with you but I try to be accommodating.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:35 AM
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6. I once made a really stupid post |
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and actually considered putting myself on ignore but other than that one time I never have considered using the tool.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:36 AM
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7. 2 thirds of those I put on ignore ate pizza. |
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:00 AM
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:37 AM
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8. Anybody who has you on their ignore list can't answer you, lol. |
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I don't have anyone on ignore. I used it in earlier years, and found that, if I went back to review the list once a year, most I'd put on ignore had been tombstoned.
I don't put people on ignore anymore. I mostly (but not always) ignore their threads and posts, but I don't "disappear" them to do so. Time is precious. I can skip by without clicking, choosing not to waste time on assholes without putting them out of sight and mind.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:38 AM
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There seem to be more people getting tombstoned during the past few months.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:52 AM
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I've put exactly one person on ignore because he/she was abusive and nasty, and noticed that person was tombstoned not long after. I don't worry about it now. If someone is nasty to me I ignore that person without the use of the magic ignore button.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:38 AM
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9. I've had to put a few people on ignore so I would not offend |
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them... on the other hand I am just about sure I've made it to many more ignore lists than these few people. I probably had it coming to me.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:40 AM
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11. Yes, since you asked, you are on my ignore list. |
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:41 AM
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12. I no longer use the ignore list, but instead, call in |
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an airstrike on that person's home.
It's a little expensive, but the efficiency of the thing is entirely worth it.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:51 AM
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:53 AM
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19. LOL!..... What coordinates, Sir? |
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Edited on Sun Sep-12-10 10:54 AM by Swamp Rat
:D
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:58 AM
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20. Whoa. That is a handsome cannon indeed. |
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With some serious balls, too.
Awesome.
:hi:
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:08 AM
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28. We've got you covered |
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From land to the sea and air too. :D
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:12 AM
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:25 AM
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37. Where IS that cannon????? |
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It almost makes war seem.....friendly.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:29 AM
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39. The Tsar "Pushka" Cannon is located inside the walls of the Kremlin in Moscow |
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Sun Sep-12-10 04:51 PM
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I wish my camera took photos that crisp.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:22 AM
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35. I tried that myself some time ago...you're right..it gets expensive... |
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so then I tried using little voodoo dolls.
But it was real hard to get pieces of hair and fingernails from the offenders so I had to give up that idea, too.
I'm going to try shock collars next.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:39 AM
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41. Seriously. Shock collars could be very effective, and |
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god knows, a lot cheaper.
And in a manner of speaking, a lot of fun!
By any chance, do you know what size would fit Lindsey Graham?
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Sun Sep-12-10 01:25 PM
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49. I don't know the size, but I'm thinking... |
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just get a Large and tighten it as needed.
Or even more than needed.
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Sun Sep-12-10 10:49 AM
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16. I, sadly, have 2 people on my ignore list. Not people that I have disagreed with, |
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but people that I find 'irritating' and that excite my 'prey drive'. It's a personality conflict, not a political difference and I ignore them to avoid posting responses that would get me tombstoned.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:00 AM
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21. I've never used Ignore, but I guarantee I'm on a few lists. ;-) nt |
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:01 AM
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23. I know exactly why the one person on my list is there... |
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it's because they're a fucking asshole.
Sid
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:02 AM
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24. Never put anyone on ignore. |
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For me, it's like running away. I did however block correspondence from someone who likes to keep things going via pm, and I don't play that game either.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:26 AM
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38. Yeah, I'm encountering that at the moment. Not going to bite, though. nt |
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:59 AM
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Told him once not to pm me. He kept doing it. Asked him one more time, he kept up with it, then finally I had to alert and block him.
I'm really not the type for running to the teacher.
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Sun Sep-12-10 01:12 PM
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48. Same thing here. I told her once that I would address it in the thread--and |
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she's already come back with a pout.
Unless it gets egregious, though, I'm not going to the mods.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:03 AM
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What I do find amusing is a poster telling me I'm going on their ignore list and then they reply to me a few days later. Amusing.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:03 AM
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26. Only use the ignore list for a few stalker freaks |
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the ones who cannot separate one thread from another and want to follow you around and call you a child molester, hater, homophobe, etc
You know, those folks who cannot argue a point base don facts but will attack you based solely on emotions.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:08 AM
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27. I have three people on ignore. |
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They decided to triple team me and were overly profane and made it extremely personal.
I think about going back and removing them from ignore sometimes, but then I decide that I don't need the aggravation.
I don't know if I've been put on ignore by anyone or not.
Oh well, life is too short to let a few out of many add to my stress.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:09 AM
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29. I can't remember reasons for the hundreds. |
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Usually they say something so stupid that they need to go. Sometimes it's a cumulative process though, where I plonk them after realizing that this person is only saying the same shit all the time or the same shit that other posters say.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:16 AM
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31. I've never ignored anyone |
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so the answer would be no.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:18 AM
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32. No. I only put people on "ignore" who post right wing swill |
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on the only DU forum where it's allowed.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:19 AM
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33. Some I have forgotten why, others I haven't... |
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A couple of them I removed from my ignore list in an effort to sort of give the person another chance.
I soon regretted the decision, although it was good to be reminded of why the person was there in the first place, and I quickly put the person back on my ignore list.
I don't generally place anyone on that list just for having a different opinion, as long as, like you said, we can disagree without being disagreeable. Or nasty. There are lots of people here with the ability to do that, thank goodness. Disagree without being nasty, I mean.
People can get a little hot under the collar at times, I realize that....but one thing I won't tolerate is name-calling. Or vulgarity directed against me. I don't mind someone saying "Fuck it", but "Fuck you" or "Go fuck yourself" earns the person the standard retort I would give a five year old child and an automatic trip to the ignore box where all nasty little kids go on "vacations".
Oh, and I realize that I'm probably on more than a couple of Ignore lists myself. Not because I've ever used vulgar language toward anyone, but because some people just don't care for my opinion, or their own opinion on who, or what, they think I am.
Oh well. That's life.
:shrug:
PS...you are not now, nor have you ever been, on my ignore list.
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Sun Sep-12-10 11:23 AM
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36. Nope. I know exactly why they're on ignore. |
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Edited on Sun Sep-12-10 11:23 AM by HughBeaumont
a) serial flamethrower/bulletproof troll. That's called "clean-up" b) supportive of and even ADVOCATING Republican economic policy of ANY kind (Reaganomics, Milton Friedman, Laissez-Faire, Fair/Flat tax, offshore outsourcing, zero-sum globalization, "competitiveness", etc) on a progressive board. If after 30 years someone still doesn't have a clue that this crap doesn't work, then it's simply not worth wasting my time talking to them.
Some of the b) group can also be in group a), I'm disappointed to say.
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Sun Sep-12-10 12:02 PM
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43. The only person I had on ignore got TS'd about a week later. |
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Sun Sep-12-10 12:21 PM
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44. Shorty after signing up for DU I put hypnotoad on ignore.. |
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i forget why and started seeing his ignored posts on the board. I took him off ignore and never ignored him again. Weird.
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Sun Sep-12-10 12:28 PM
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45. I don't use that feature. |
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I want to see what everyone has to say.
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Sun Sep-12-10 12:29 PM
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46. I think my ignore list is empty. My reasons for being mad fade and I remove 'em |
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Sun Sep-12-10 12:42 PM
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47. Most members of my ignore list have moved on to other websites |
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Edited on Sun Sep-12-10 12:42 PM by azmouse
or been tombstoned. Only 9 on my list now and they will not be removed. Ever.
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Sun Sep-12-10 01:25 PM
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50. I am capable of ignoring others when I want to, without the help of technology. |
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Hence, I don't have a "list."
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Sun Sep-12-10 01:33 PM
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51. I don't have anyone on ignore |
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Everyone I've considered ignoring gets tombstoned so there isn't much use.
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Sun Sep-12-10 01:55 PM
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52. I have LOTS of people on Ignore. I don't usually Ignore for one specific act |
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but more for a pattern of posts that are insulting/asinine/abusive/idiotic. I know that I have a volatile temper, and I'd rather just Ignore the people who are guaranteed to get under my skin and piss me off than to interact with them and deal with anger and resentment every day. After all, I don't subject myself to the posts on Freeperville because they upset me too much--so why not apply that same remedy to the people HERE who consistently upset me?
My SO, Rhythm, actually teases me about my Ignore list. There's one particular forum here on DU where I have SO MANY of the "regulars" there on Ignore that I can't see a single post on the front page of that forum. It looks totally empty when viewed from my account.
Hey, whatever decreases the friction, right?
:hi:
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Sun Sep-12-10 02:39 PM
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53. One the most obnoxious, caustic members here has me on their 'Ignore List' |
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This longtime member has a lot of us on his list too. Reasons? You tell me. Especially when you read some of the stuff he posts - who is he to ignore? :crazy:
Without a doubt, the biggest pantie-waste here.
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Sun Sep-12-10 02:51 PM
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54. I never saw the need for Ignore in the first place. I don't have enemies here. |
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So if I don't like a particular poster for their views, I just pass them by. That way I am free and distanced from a view I might find obnoxious.
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Sun Sep-12-10 02:57 PM
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56. I could never imagine putting anyone on ignore... |
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it just seems unimaginatively petty
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Sun Sep-12-10 03:01 PM
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57. You don't have to log out to unignore an ignored poster's ignored post. |
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Just click on "printer-friendly format."
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Sun Sep-12-10 03:06 PM
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I let the m-BEEEEP! decide what is safe for me to read.
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Sun Sep-12-10 03:13 PM
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There was a thread where you questioned my sanity and told me to seek therapy. Edge pushing.
Later, I found out you were pretty cool and I like you, so I'm glad I didn't.:hug:
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Sun Sep-12-10 04:06 PM
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I forget what we were tussling about Touchdown.
I started liking you the more I got to know you, too. :hug:
I've noticed in real life that sometimes we initially don't like people who subconsciously remind us of ourselves. And opinionated people are always going to clash about something. ;)
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Sun Sep-12-10 03:57 PM
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61. Reminds me of someone who hides money and then forgets where they put it |
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:rofl:
Never used the ignore feature so I am sure you are not on it.
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The only posters I have ever put on ignore have been misogynists. It's the only "opposing viewpoint" on DU that is truly intolerable.
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65. I don't put people on ignore. I couldn't stand the suspense. nt |
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