Ignoring Someone

[liamconnor]

What does it mean to ignore someone, and how do I do it?

[benchwarmer]

[Replying to post 1 by liamconnor]

It means you will no longer see that person's posts. They will still see yours and can continue to reply to you, you just won't see it.

To ignore someone look at the bottom of the post in question and click the ignore button. It's under the "Like this post" link. Note that you will show up in that person's profile in the 'Ignored by' list.

[OnceConvinced]

Ignoring someone means that you give up on debating them and acknowledge them the victor.

[liamconnor]

[Replying to post 1 by liamconnor]

I have chosen to ignore a member (or members). However, when he or she creates an OP, the first page hides the OP....great. But if I move to another page within the same OP, I see his or her original OP. Not someone quoting it, but the original duplicated.


For my own sanity, I really want as few opportunities to read the comments of some people here. How does this work?

[otseng]

[Replying to liamconnor]

You found a loophole. I think I should modify it so that if you ignore someone, the entire thread that the user created is ignored. What do you all think?

[Neatras]

[Replying to post 5 by otseng]

That's probably for the best. Part of a debate is actually seeing the arguments presented and then discussing the points therein. If you're going to eliminate the origin of the thread, and assuming the OP is actually consistent and participates in the thread, then that means the person ignoring will miss a ton of context. This breeds miscommunication, restating ideas that have already been addressed, and generally causing a mess. Discourse suffers when this happens.

[JP Cusick]

You found a loophole. I think I should modify it so that if you ignore someone, the entire thread that the user created is ignored. What do you all think?

I say "ignoring" the OP is enough.

The entire system of "ignore" is empowering and enabling a person in their own dysfunction, so to increase the enabling is not a healthy thing to do.

Each thread has the name of the OP and so if some one does not want to see that person then use some self restraint and do not click that thread.

They want to go into a thread without seeing the OP then that is absurd, and are they going to make comments which the OP can not respond?

And to "ignore" is very close to prejudice and intolerance which is not to be enabled nor empowered, especially not on a religion forum.

Using the "ignore" is trying to outcast another person, and then call it as self protection.

Surely we all have some person(s) on here that we do not like - so let them learn to deal with it their self is my suggestion.