General issues

[Admiral Yi]

Do what I do. assume everyone is ignoring you and then take it as a special gift if someone replies to one of your posts. :-)

I was pretending that Renard was on my ignore list. 

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Is there a way for the system to tell you when a user is ignoring you?

It would avoid some waste of time.

I don't think there's a way for the target of the ignore to know.  On one hand, I agree with your thoughts here.  On the other, I can see how having ignore lists be semi-public leads to more unnecessary conflict in some cases.  The SMF Project seems to align firmly with the latter, since it's not even an option.

[The Brain]

First three posters who PM me "BRAINGIVEAWAY22" get $100.

Disclaimer: not really.

[Grey Fox]

Is there a way for the system to tell you when a user is ignoring you?

It would avoid some waste of time.

I don't think there's a way for the target of the ignore to know.  On one hand, I agree with your thoughts here.  On the other, I can see how having ignore lists be semi-public leads to more unnecessary conflict in some cases.  The SMF Project seems to align firmly with the latter, since it's not even an option.

Then we should get rid of the ignore list.

[Jacob]

Then we should get rid of the ignore list.

No, we should keep it.

[garbon]

Is there a way for the system to tell you when a user is ignoring you?

It would avoid some waste of time.

I don't think there's a way for the target of the ignore to know.  On one hand, I agree with your thoughts here.  On the other, I can see how having ignore lists be semi-public leads to more unnecessary conflict in some cases.  The SMF Project seems to align firmly with the latter, since it's not even an option.

Then we should get rid of the ignore list.

Why? It is just a formal mechanism for what was already informally happening?

Also we have seen in the past few years that not all posters can get along with another so why make them read content they don't want to?

[Grey Fox]

Is there a way for the system to tell you when a user is ignoring you?

It would avoid some waste of time.

I don't think there's a way for the target of the ignore to know.  On one hand, I agree with your thoughts here.  On the other, I can see how having ignore lists be semi-public leads to more unnecessary conflict in some cases.  The SMF Project seems to align firmly with the latter, since it's not even an option.

Then we should get rid of the ignore list.

Why? It is just a formal mechanism for what was already informally happening?

Also we have seen in the past few years that not all posters can get along with another so why make them read content they don't want to?

Because I think it will further accelerate the decline & death of my favourite pub.

[The Brain]

People have ignored other posters since the days of Old Languish. Relax.

[Jacob]

Because I think it will further accelerate the decline & death of my favourite pub.

I think people using ignore lists constructively will lower the rate of people leaving permanently.

[The Larch]

The ignore function is a godsend, IMO.

[Admiral Yi]

I don't get it.  It's extremely easy to check who posted before deciding to continue reading.

It's like people get triggered just by the existence of a given poster.

[Jacob]

I don't get it.  It's extremely easy to check who posted before deciding to continue reading.

I find it very difficult not to read the post if it's right there. Having to click "show me the post" makes a significant difference.

It's like people get triggered just by the existence of a given poster.

Not at all. You still see they're there, you still see they posted. But you have a moment to think "is it a good idea for me to read this" before reading a post. Which is significant upgrade in quality of life.

[Admiral Yi]

OK, I thought Ignore just blanked that person out.

So it's a little like spoiler tags I guess.

Still think it's easy to manually ignore.

[Razgovory]

Everyone is back to ignoring me again.

[viper37]

Everyone is back to ignoring me again.

No.  But you need to write to be read.