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#1 User is offline   655321 

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Posted 2009-February-03, 21:22

I have seen a forum (using vBulletin instead of Invision) where there is an 'Ignore Poster' option. If you select this option for a poster, you no longer see any posts by them. :P

Is it possible to have such an option for these forums? I feel it would be useful ... the Water Cooler denizens who sometimes wander into the bridge threads, the trolls who constantly repeat themselves in the 'Why I should be able to play any system I like' threads...
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Posted 2009-February-04, 07:10

I have thought about the same but people here quote each other all the time so it might not work so well. I am all for giving it a try, though.
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Posted 2009-February-04, 07:17

Almost all major forums have an ignore or block feature fwiw.
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Posted 2009-February-04, 07:21

655321, you are my sunshine.
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Posted 2009-February-04, 08:07

rogerclee, on Feb 4 2009, 02:21 PM, said:

655321, you are my sunshine.

Good idea, better be nice to 655321 or else you may find yourself blocked :angry:
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Posted 2009-February-04, 08:27

655321, on Feb 3 2009, 10:22 PM, said:

I have seen a forum (using vBulletin instead of Invision) where there is an 'Ignore Poster' option. If you select this option for a poster, you no longer see any posts by them. :angry:

Is it possible to have such an option for these forums? I feel it would be useful ... the Water Cooler denizens who sometimes wander into the bridge threads, the trolls who constantly repeat themselves in the 'Why I should be able to play any system I like' threads...

Great Idea, 655321. fwiw, I'm not sure how well this would work, becuase often there are quoted posters or other people post relating to an ignored post... I love the idea though.
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Posted 2009-February-04, 08:32

I'm somewhat confused as to how that works well. I mean, if a conversation lacks one of the speakers, it sometimes makes little sense.

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Posted 2009-February-04, 08:44

LOL @ Ken :angry:

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Posted 2009-February-05, 07:20

Lol, nice post Ken. And I agree that it can mess up the meaning of conversations to have one user's posts invisible. When you come across a post from someone you want to ignore... why don't you just... not read it?
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Posted 2009-February-05, 16:12

I admit that I've only regularly participated in about a half dozen or so web-based forums, but I've never noticed an Ignore Poster button in any of them.

When I read Usenet newsgroups I can create filters for posters, and I've used it a few times. But it does sometimes cause these weird, one-sided conversations.
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