We need an ignore option!

Daemonax · Apprentice Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 211

Seriously, it annoys me when the moderators come in here and lock a thread, and also when they say that we can't call someone an idiot... We should have an ignore function so that we can choose for ourselves who we listen to, instead of having that decision made for us. With an option for each member to ignore other forum members we can do the filtering ourselves. If someone is too much of a sissy to put up with being called an idiot, then he could just click ignore by the user & ignore them.

Would this kind of thing be hard to implement?
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Daemonax · Apprentice Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 211

Yea, I agree with those guidelines, and I think I have only ever once called someone an idiot here... it is just being a nice person.

But I think an ignore function would be good, sure the moderators do a good job, but if there is no reason we can't do the moderatoring ourselves for ourselves then I think that would be a better option.
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Nicom · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:00 am Post subject:

Wouldn't that cause occasional... disconuity? It's been said a million times that thick skin is needed for some OTW moments.
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acasto · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:10 am Post subject:

That would be a little crazy if you forget who you ignore and theres all these posts missing and stuff. If you were going to do anything, look into a system like on Slashdot where comments can be voted up or down and you can choose at which level to display.

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amne · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:20 am Post subject:

Having an ignore function is something that's not connected to personal attacks, as they are outlawed independently on the existence of such a function - unless you want to ignore me posting about people being warned/banned for namecalling.
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Daemonax · Apprentice Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 211

Umm don't think I follow what you're saying? If there are two people that have got a problem with each other, and one calls the other names or makes stupid comments, then that person could just ignore the other person.
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acasto · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:26 am Post subject:

kallamej · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:36 am Post subject:

The point is that we don't want these forums to degrade into a screaming and name calling fest. Even if you are able to ignore a person either by technological means or by personal restraint, everyone can't, or won't. By not enforcing certain rules, human nature and forum history show us it will happen.
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Daemonax · Apprentice Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 211

Ahh hmm okay... so I guess it's the old, a few people ruining it for everyone kind of thing? Damn... ohwell.
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amne · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:41 am Post subject:

No, things are a bit more complicated. Let's assume user A calls user B a stupid asshole. User B replies fucking freak, clicks ignore. User A reads the reply, clicks ignore, too. Those two guys have had their beef and don't see each other's posts never again. Good.
But: User C, D, E and everyone else ever visiting this thread will see "stupid asshole" and "fucking freak". They will also see that this is the Gentoo discussion forums and that appearently no one cares about personal insults. They will by chance just turn around and never come back, thanks to User A and B, who are still around and ignored by 50% of the people. That's why i rather would warn and ban A and B instead of having them ruin Gentoo's credibility.

edit: Aaaargh, kallamej beat me.
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Daemonax · Apprentice Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 211

So this has been tried and things did degenerate?
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amne · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject:

pjp · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:04 pm Post subject: Re: We need an ignore option!

masseya · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:45 pm Post subject:

In case anyone is wondering for their own phpbb boards, yes, there are mods out there that allow you to implement things like a "friends list" and/or an "ignore list".

No, I'm not saying that we're going to use them here on the Gentoo Forums. pjp is absolutely right in the post just previous to this one. I'm only posting to dissuade any persistant thoughts that technology would be a limiting factor.
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Ateo · Advocate Joined: 02 Jun 2003 Posts: 2019 Location: Earth

Let me get this right....

So, because an ignore feature is implemented means that a forum can no longer be moderated? I don't get it.

It's not the name callers I want to ignore.....

Bob P · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:09 am Post subject:

when i think somebody is an idiot, i don't read their posts.

see, the ignore() function works!

IMHO the best ignore filter resides between the chair and the keyboard. use it.
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rezza · Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:58 pm Post subject:

dirtyepic · Developer Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1626 Location: sk.ca

we implemented this on a board i used to moderate to compensate for the no-bans policy we had. it worked quite well technically: rather than a person's post being completely missing it was replaced with a post "box" one column high that said "You have chosen to ignore posts from this account. Click here to display this post..."

it didn't work so well in practice though, since everyone else would reply to the idiot in question, often quoting their post. :roll:

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Gherald · Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 4:10 am Post subject:

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stonent · Veteran Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Posts: 1139 Location: Texas

They do have an ignore function. It is called "unsubscribe"
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