Ignore button

[mom2rtk]

My favorites are the ones who announce a grand exit only to return the next day.

 

[sam_gordon]

My favorites are the ones who announce a grand exit only to return the next day.

Or say "I'll be gone for a couple months", post the following week, then when called on it says "I just meant new threads, I'll still update old ones"

I have no problem with people using ignore, I'm sure I'm on some ignore lists. It's the announcing of it I don't get.

 

[Karin1984]

The people I have on ignore (yes, there are two now, since this topic opened), are not on ignore because of their opinions. It's to clean up the board. Some people post a lot.

 

[mom2rtk]

I have a few people on ignore, but not for their opinions. It's really for posting style. A couple for posting too much, and a couple for an overly pedantic style of bogging threads down in unimportant details. It really does improve the reading experience. But I have never announced to anyone I was putting them on ignore.

 

[mrodgers]

I'm pretty sure that winky face means it was a joke.

I should have put a winky too, I was inferring that his post was the first one because the first 3 posters I was ignoring

Pretty sure that the rolling on the floor laughing guy means that that post was a joke (including the implication that every poster above the one quoted is on the poster's ignore list).

Oh yeah, I did put something in there, LOL. I forgot, ha ha.

 

[mrodgers]

My favorites are the ones who announce a grand exit only to return the next day.

I have a friend on FB, I work with him as well. Posts constantly during the height of the Kappernick and kneeling stuff, yelling to boycott the NFL, don't support that crap by supporting those who allow it...

Except on game day. On game day he's on FB all day complaining about how the team is playing, LOL.

 

[disneychrista]

I find it better to just not engage with those parties. The thing about ignore is that it can make threads very confusing. I accidentally had someone on ignore once and couldn’t following what was being said.

 

[wenrob]

I’d been on the DIS for more than a decade and never used the ignore feature until the pandemic. There were some people that were just 24/7 doom and gloom, like above and beyond the dire situation it already was. My anxiety couldn’t take it so I made use of the function. Every once in awhile I’ll see a reference to a thread that I haven’t seen and realize it must have been started by one of those people.

If I were to ignore all the people I disagree with or that annoy me the DIS would be a very quiet place. I welcome different points of view, it’s certainly missing on large swaths of social media. It keeps me on my toes and encourages me to entertain other thought processes. There are a handful of people that I just scroll past who in “real life” I would never have in my orbit. I try very hard not to give them the attention they’re seeking. I don’t always succeed but I try.

As far as announcing they’re trying to take a shot at ya, “YOU are not worth MY time.” The irony is that if they actually do ignore they have no idea if they hit their mark or not.

 

[sam_gordon]

I find it better to just not engage with those parties. The thing about ignore is that it can make threads very confusing. I accidentally had someone on ignore once and couldn’t following what was being said.

Yea. I DM'd someone once because their response in a thread made NO sense. Turned out they had quoted someone I had on ignore. At least now you can see they quoted someone you have on ignore, but can't see the quoted texted (unless you click to read).

 

[fly girl]

I have never used the feature, but I agree, it is weird when someone has to make a grand announcement they are blocking someone due to having a different opinion on a subject.

I don't use the feature and never will.

If I disagree with someone I want to know their opinion. Perhaps they have some facts or insights I don't that when learned will change my opinion.

If I ignore people I reduce my chances to learn and grow.

Me too, no desire to block anyone.

I have disagreed with a few people on here, but it was interesting to see what they had to say. I made the attempt to see it through their eyes -- a concept that is severely lacking in our current world. It has changed my hard stance view a few times too. I like that.

 

[Uncle Coaster]

If reading other people’s opinions (no matter how egregious they might be to you) ruins your day, you need to get some perspective.

I hear what you’re saying, but putting someone on ignore doesn’t mean they are other ruining your day either.

Life is hard. There is negativity and rudeness everywhere and I consider myself good at dealing with it. But if there is a tool that allows me to remove that from something that (for me, at least) is intended to be fun and entertaining, then I don’t see any problem with it.

 

[_19disnA]

Ignore is one of the best features on this site and makes it easier to find/read topics of interest to me. I often use ignore for those who are constantly argumentative, constantly talk down to others with a condescending tone or try to nit-pick what others have said in an effort to place more credibility on their point of view. We are all adults here so anyone who talks down to others like they are scolding a small child goes on ignore. Some seem to start arguments in an effort to provoke others to engage with them..............ignore, not worth my time. I can usually tell by the tone of their posts how things will go. I don't see any value in reading comments from certain people who never add value to conversation regardless of the topic. Whatever their point of view, it has already become clear in their numerous prior posts how they feel. It makes it easier to scan down the list of recent topics when those no longer appear. You can always click the "show ignored content" if you are missing important parts of any conversation and want to temporarily make it reappear.

Announcing to the world you are putting someone on 'ignore' probably makes that person feel good, but frankly no one else cares.

 

[AppleDumpling]

I agree, OP. No need to announce you’re ignoring someone, or you’re leaving. I suppose they just like attention. Then again, I can’t begin to understand why some people do what they do.

There are a couple of posters I ignore. I believe one of them started posting under a new username, so I ignore that one too. It’s not that they disagree with me or offend me (which I wouldn’t care), I just find their posts annoying.

 

[mumto3girls]

I have never knowingly ignored someone, but I have come to learn a few times that I did have someone ignore when the site offered to “ show ignored content”. There is one poster I’ve considered ignoring based on their long winded, argumentative, condescending posts, but I tend to just skim them to see if there is anything of value in there. I don’t have a personal issue with them, and actually often agree with their perspective, I just find their style highly irritating.

 

[prairie_girl]

Same with the need to announce that you are leaving. Especially when you then don’t leave.

It’s been a while since we had a good YAGE. Although, someone announced a hiatus that didn’t even last a day lol

I don't use the feature and never will.

If I disagree with someone I want to know their opinion. Perhaps they have some facts or insights I don't that when learned will change my opinion.

If I ignore people I reduce my chances to learn and grow.

I had a couple people on ignore, but one is no longer here and the other one seems to have chilled out a bit. I didn’t ignore them because of their comments, it was just because they would post pointless threads and comments and I was getting too annoyed by it.

 

[Karin1984]

Who else wonders now if they are on someone's ignore list and why?

 

[sam_gordon]

Who else wonders now if they are on someone's ignore list and why?

Well, I know no one who responded to this thread has me on ignore (they wouldn't see the thread if they did).

 

[Lumpy1106]

OK, so 2 pages in now - admit it; how many of us have people on their IGNORE list that have responded to this thread?

 

[prairie_girl]

OK, so 2 pages in now - admit it; how many of us have people on their IGNORE list that have responded to this thread?

We wouldn’t know because we don’t see it lol

 

[mrodgers]

OK, so 2 pages in now - admit it; how many of us have people on their IGNORE list that have responded to this thread?

I have no one on my ignore list, but I'm guessing you won't see my answer to your question