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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: eagl on March 13, 2008, 10:52:13 PM
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Does this forum have an ignore list? I see that you can set an ignore list for PMs, but can't find a setting for a forum ignore list.
Anyone? Skuzzy?
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I can't see this, I have you on ignore ;)
Kidding!
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Seriously? You use an ignore list?
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/. ignore DiabloTX
Dammm...doesn't work.
*moved to Bug Report List Thread*
:P
Mac
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/.unignore DiabloTX
:D
Mac
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I never saw the logic of an ignore list. You want to ignore someone, don't read their posts.
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/.unignore DiabloTX
:D
Mac
lawlz
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I never saw the logic of an ignore list. You want to ignore someone, don't read their posts.
LOL yup. Me neither.
Seems kinda childish
Nyaa nyaaa Im ignoring you. So there!
Think I gave that up right around the 3rd grade LOL
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DiabloTX you know I only yank yer chain to change the water in the bowl right?
Yer OK, but stuck in TX.
:D
Mac
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I don't need no stinkin ignore button. I mastered the art of ignoring others by the time I'd turned 7 years old.
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I don't need no stinkin ignore button. I mastered the art of ignoring others by the time I'd turned 7 years old.
LOL women master that art somewhere between birth and their first tooth LMAO
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You're a woman. You were born with AutoIgnore to all things men say!
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LOL women master that art somewhere between birth and their first tooth LMAO
Don't that take that class about the same time they do their mercenary training?
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Behind every failed man is a woman... behind every successful man is a stronger woman.
Dammm the luck.
:O
Mac
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Behind every failed man is a woman... behind every sucessful man is a stronger woman.
nagging and moaning and carrying a BIG rolling pin...
LOL
Except for mine :)
Hi sweetie if you read this :lol
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I have the option to add an ignore feature to the board, but am still not sure if it is worth it. On one hand, it was used in sigs to taunt others before, on the other hand it does provide a decent admin tool.
Still weighing the pros and cons.
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I never saw the logic of an ignore list. You want to ignore someone, don't read their posts.
Skuzzy uses the tool. :D
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I have the option to add an ignore feature to the board, but am still not sure if it is worth it. On one hand, it was used in sigs to taunt others before, on the other hand it does provide a decent admin tool.
Still weighing the pros and cons.
See? :aok
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Trust me, none of the ones named on an ignore list in a signature was in any way affected by being on such a list. I tried my damndest to get on one but I guess my posts are far too enlightening and humble.
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:rofl Diablo
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I have the option to add an ignore feature to the board, but am still not sure if it is worth it. On one hand, it was used in sigs to taunt others before, on the other hand it does provide a decent admin tool.
Still weighing the pros and cons.
Some of us have no interest in taunting anyone we just dont want to be followed around by one liner spammers. Its far easier just to put someone on ignore and leaving this forum without the feature will make it worse.
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Over at AGW the entire community had MG on ignore (as you can imagine), and they discussed this fact in threads constantly..then, whenever he'd start a thread, he'd get 500 anti MG posts by the very people who professed to have him on ignore, usually starting with "I ordinarily have MG on ignore, but took him off long enough to read this thread..."
It seems easy enough to just ignore someone you find boring, or stupid, or uninformed without making a big production out of it.
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There is no production. Thats my point. You might tell someone once you are ignoring them but thats the end of it.
I dont know what AGW is but it sounds like they have more adolescents in it even then AH. And this place is starting to reek with one line spammers and fools who follow other posters around with their insults and moronic comments. A lot of players dont even use the boards. Yes I know cause they have told me.
It must be aggravating for anyone trying to moderate these threads too. Frankly I dont envy Skuzzy and the job he has to do. I have a policy that once a thread starts to heat up then <boom> Im out of it. But it would be easier if you could just put some people on ignore. The list is actually fairly small. One guy I never once heard him say anything positive about anything or anybody. Its easier just to put someone like that on ignore rather then have to put up with his misery.
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I love ignore lists they are a Godsend......
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If you have someone on ignore, and they know it, does that not leave you open to a personal attack that you can't defend against? I mean, if you don't/can't see their posts', how would you know to combat it?
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If you have someone on ignore, and they know it, does that not leave you open to a personal attack that you can't defend against? I mean, if you don't/can't see their posts', how would you know to combat it?
That's kind of the point. Those personal attacks and their responses do nothing useful. They take away from the real discussion. The trolls will toss those personal attacks in there just to get a response. Ignoring them works pretty well. You don't see the insults or attacks, and have no incentive to respond to them which has the effect only of making the troll feel good and getting the discussion further off topic.
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I had one guy on ignore a while back, but then i could no longer point an laugh at his meltdowns and feelbe attempts at insultling me. :)
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Every person has a built in ignore list. Simply chose not to read or respond to things.
Like this, I could have ignored it, but chose to respond in hopes of shedding some light on the option.
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I liked my ignore list. I did put my list in my sig. But I didn't really consider that taunting. If it was, it was a very mild form of it. And on occasion, someone from my ignore list would even post in a thread I created. I didn't look at what they posted, as I'm sure it wasn't something real pleasant.
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/. Ignore Everyone (except Nilsen) while I’m on my period. (I just can’t handle what others might say, but can’t keep myself from looking.)
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No worries Eskimo.
If you ignore anyone but me you will still see the majority of the posts :D
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That's kind of the point. Those personal attacks and their responses do nothing useful. They take away from the real discussion. The trolls will toss those personal attacks in there just to get a response. Ignoring them works pretty well. You don't see the insults or attacks, and have no incentive to respond to them which has the effect only of making the troll feel good and getting the discussion further off topic.
I would prefer to deal with people who are abusive by simply banning them from the board. In this particular situation, you are asking for the disease to be hidden, rather than extricated. Hiding the problem does not make it go away.
I cannot read all the posts on this board, as I have things to do where my time would be better spent. Now that you can report a specific post, which you could not do before, it imakes it easier for all to get rid of those abusive people as I get that report instantly and can deal with directly without having to search a 1,000 post thread.
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Skuzzy,
Your job would be a lot easier if you personally used the ignore feature.
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Who would insult Nilsen?
He's like the painful kid Brother.
Mac
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I would vote for the list. It would be like ch200; if you want to read the stuff, you would have to tune to it (click it open) first. Just like it was before.
Trying to skip someone's post and quotes of them in other posts is not that easy. With an irritated enough mood one will catch the baits much easier and even accidentally. People read these boards at different times of the day or night; even when intoxicated.
Please, let us have the option to reduce the accidental irritation and probably resulting clashes by using an ignore list.
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Well Skuzzy, I didn't want to do this but I'll give an example.
That guy arado31441325... He asks a tech question, but does so in a manner that is entirely irritating (using lolspeak and other intentional grammar and spelling errors). He gets maybe one or two legit answers, and a couple people making fun of how he types. I can't help but point out that he'd get a lot better response if he asked the question like an adult instead of as he did it. His response of course was a personal attack, since I had "attacked" his online persona which is pretty much limited to typing like a retard.
Worth reporting? No. Worth banning? Hell no. Irritating, distracting, and leading inevitably to off-topic arguments and personal attacks? Yes. So, why not let those who are unusually irritated by that sort of thing just ignore him? He will still interact with those who don't mind or who will continue to beat him up over his childish spelling and grammar choices, but those who add him to the ignore list simply won't be distracted. The same thing goes in threads that are otherwise "normal", but this guy adds a reply that immediately results in a few responses discussing not the topic, but how his response is ludicrous. An ignore list can cut down on that. I know for a fact that I will never respond on-topic to anything arado3254125 posts for no reason other than his online persona relies on a posting style that is completely out of place in these forums, yet I find every single post he has made to be irritating beyond reason. So, how about letting me apply a filter since I know this in advance?
No muss, no fuss, nobody complaining, fewer flamefests, fewer side-tracks.
The same can be said about anyone or anything in here. Everyone in here has at least one example of another forum member who just rubs them the wrong way. Whether it's insulting the president or some other public figure, harping on global warming (or cooling), gun discussions, or even one particular type of new car, some topics just keep coming up and are really irritating to some people for some reason. Why not let people ignore the other members who they know up front can be counted on to post something they find personally inflammatory? It's like that one guy who wanted you to ban someone who kept posting articles on the nissan GT-R... Sheesh. These aren't banning offenses, they're just irritating.
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It's like that one guy who wanted you to ban someone who kept posting articles on the nissan GT-R... Sheesh. These aren't banning offenses, they're just irritating.
Hold up a sec here. Who are you referring to?
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Some of us have no interest in taunting anyone we just dont want to be followed around by one liner spammers. Its far easier just to put someone on ignore and leaving this forum without the feature will make it worse.
But you ignore everyone that has a different opinion of you? :D
:salute
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Some of the more fractured posts on here are placed by those whom speak english as a second language (in fact, several of those have even better english grammar than everyone else).
So, I'd consider that when trying to decipher some of the posts. Speaking/writing well enough in a second language for others to be able to understand (and even anger in many cases) seems like a good thing. :) :aok
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There were a couple of individuals I kept on ignore because I found their avatars disturbing. I don't think it's my place to tell them what that avatar should be just because I have different tastes than they do. I kept trying to ignore the avatars but since they were flash movie types that was dificult to do so, ignoring their posts eliminated the disturbing avatars and they were none the wiser. There are others who's posts do not interest me and who seem to post just to agravate. Most of those I can ignore but as someone else pointed out, that isn't always easy.
I vote for the ignore list.
Mark
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You can go to the "Look and Layout Preferences" section of your profile to eliminate avatars and signatures, if you wish. I had also ignored some people to stop the involuntary cringing from their avatar and the ones who spoke or acted like someone I would never associate with in real life.
I agree with eagl. I avoid associating with people in real life who are delusional, mentally ill or who require constant attention and/or adulation. It seems only natural that people should have the choice of ignoring anyone they wish here, too.
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Does this forum have an ignore list? I see that you can set an ignore list for PMs, but can't find a setting for a forum ignore list.
Anyone? Skuzzy?
Ignorance is a terrible thing to waste your mind on.
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Hold up a sec here. Who are you referring to?
Shhh. I'm ignoring you. And exagerating. It *sounded* like you wanted him banned, and that's enough truth for me to twist it into supporting my argument. Plus I'm being an adult and ignoring you. So there! pppbbbbrhththththtth! :)
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The same can be said about anyone or anything in here. Everyone in here has at least one example of another forum member who just rubs them the wrong way. Whether it's insulting the president or some other public figure, harping on global warming (or cooling), gun discussions, or even one particular type of new car, some topics just keep coming up and are really irritating to some people for some reason. Why not let people ignore the other members who they know up front can be counted on to post something they find personally inflammatory? It's like that one guy who wanted you to ban someone who kept posting articles on the nissan GT-R... Sheesh. These aren't banning offenses, they're just irritating.
^ what he said
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Why the heck would you ignore someone? You miss out on juicy drama and semi-literate hate pms.
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Shhh. I'm ignoring you. And exagerating. It *sounded* like you wanted him banned, and that's enough truth for me to twist it into supporting my argument. Plus I'm being an adult and ignoring you. So there! pppbbbbrhththththtth! :)
Ahhh ok, please continue. ;)
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Well for the record Im for the ignore list. Im not comfortable with rat'ing people out no matter what they say either here or in the game comms. The only exception to that rule would be a game cheater. I would rat them out in a heartbeat. But for everything else?? Its just easier to ignore.
Nobody likes a rat.
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The fact that I will not take the time to reply to this thread will show you that I can ingo - aw, crap...
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Well for the record Im for the ignore list. Im not comfortable with rat'ing people out no matter what they say either here or in the game comms. The only exception to that rule would be a game cheater. I would rat them out in a heartbeat. But for everything else?? Its just easier to ignore.
Nobody likes a rat.
In choosing to ignore problem posters you also remove your vote as to whether or not an ignore list is a good thing or a bad thing.
Interesting perspective eagl. Always good to have other perspectives. Posters on the board do not bother me, unless they break the forum posting rules. I have not ruled out the possibility of the ignore list feature, but some of the posts in this thread who are trying to argue for it are also, arguing against it without realizing it.
I think there needs to be some settle time before making any more sweeping changes. There are some things happening on the board which indicate a downward turn in the interaction of the people here. I am concerned about it.
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I think there needs to be some settle time before making any more sweeping changes.
Isn't that what you did? On the old board we had the ignore feature. You "changed" that option on the new board. Wouldn't just be simpler to keep things the way they were and not make any "sweeping changes"?
I liked the ignore feature. There are some people here who are just annoying. They are not disrespectful, they are not offensive, they are just ignorant and annoying and the ability to not even have to see the stupid things they write was a nice feature.
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Isn't that what you did? <snip>
Exactly. That is why there needs to be some settle time before doing it again. Right now there is a bit of relenting going on, which is to be expected. Just need that to settle down a bit so one can differentiate the chaff from the target.
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Exactly. That is why there needs to be some settle time before doing it again. Right now there is a bit of relenting going on, which is to be expected. Just need that to settle down a bit so one can differentiate the chaff from the target.
Starting to sound more like a jet game than a WW2 game. Looks like Skuzzy is getting a radar lock and soon we'll hear "Fox3!" and a rapid ejection sequence as his target goes down in flames...... :O
:P :salute :)
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In choosing to ignore problem posters you also remove your vote as to whether or not an ignore list is a good thing or a bad thing.
Interesting perspective eagl. Always good to have other perspectives. Posters on the board do not bother me, unless they break the forum posting rules. I have not ruled out the possibility of the ignore list feature, but some of the posts in this thread who are trying to argue for it are also, arguing against it without realizing it.
I think there needs to be some settle time before making any more sweeping changes. There are some things happening on the board which indicate a downward turn in the interaction of the people here. I am concerned about it.
Boy you lost me on that one Skuzzy. What Im saying is its not my place to police anything here and/or rat anyone out for what they say here or in the comms. I'd rather use the ignore list. And one way or another my vote doesnt really mean all that much anyways.
Wes14 now that weve met I can tell you Ive never had more then 1/2 dozen on ignore. And that aint bad for a community that numbers in the thousands. Out of all those thousands there are about 3 or 4 I'd have on perma-squelch in the game if I could. Again, that aint bad.
There seems to be somebad blood between some members in this game. I would suspect a fair amount of the complaints and rat'ing out stems from these personal vendettas. Just look at that thread about Vans and his 190?? My God this is just a game people.
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Wes14 now that weve met I can tell you Ive never had more then 1/2 dozen on ignore. And that aint bad for a community that numbers in the thousands. Out of all those thousands there are about 3 or 4 I'd have on perma-squelch in the game if I could. Again, that aint bad.
I thought you had more on ignore from that one thread, my bad.
:salute
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Ugh. Please bring back the ignore list. It's like a personalized method of community beautification.
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Wes14 now that weve met I can tell you Ive never had more then 1/2 dozen on ignore.
Hey Lusche? Now I have 11 on ignore.
:devil
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PWNA63
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The only person I put on ignore was Beet1e. He was also the only person I was ever glad to see go PNG.
All the rest who went PNG I just wished they could have kept within the rules of the board.
While I do trust you Skuzzy to keep the riff raff out, I would also like the option to ignore folks if I felt it was needed. Like that Arado987324632876453 dude with all his l33tsp34k, I too find that annoying.
*edit* Just a thought, maybe l33tspe4k could get edited out under Rule 16? :rock
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I must be thick skinned.. I have never had anyone on ignore.
If you had someone on ignore... wouldn't you have to see what they said when someone quoted them?
As for not seeing things you don't want to see.. I don't get that either. If I see a thread about nissan or toyota ptr or whatever they are.. I just don't bother to look at it.
I don't open sports threads or some others cause they simply don't interest me.. they don't make me angry.
lazs
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I dunno.Having the ignore option just seems to me like sticking your fingers in your ears....or eyes in this case and going lalalalalalalalalalala.You will still see quoted text.That being said,I dont see an issue with turning it on as an option.I wouldnt use it.
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If we had an ignore list..........I would ignore it.
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I dunno.Having the ignore option just seems to me like sticking your fingers in your ears....or eyes in this case and going lalalalalalalalalalala.You will still see quoted text.That being said,I dont see an issue with turning it on as an option.I wouldnt use it.
That is true but at the same time using the ignore function menas you can forget about having to scroll past the dozen or more posts by a dedicated troller in some of the threads. This situation has already shown up and makes trying to follow the real discussion a bit difficult due to the spam troll merchant.