Hold me! I was put on ignore twice (at least) today, and once by someone who agreed with me.

[jobycom]

DU has gotten weird. Maybe I should have stayed away.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. ...

[laconicsax]

24. ...crickets....

I think it's great.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. Thanks...

[Boojatta]

2. I put myself on ignore long ago when I realized that...

if I and myself think the same way then one of us is unnecessary. I wasn't about to ignore I, so myself had to go on ignore.

[jobycom]

9. Wow.

I need a beer after that post!

[Boojatta]

12. I'm counting on your support when I go to the beer company and request a percentage.

[Pale Blue Dot]

3. I (honestly) don't know what this is about.

I have, however, put people that I agree with on ignore when they are continuously being just as inflammatory, illogical, and embarrassing as people I don't agree with.

Again, I really have no idea what this is about, but you might want to consider how you're phrasing your posts. If your ideological opposite posted the same thing that you did (only supporting his/her point of view), how would you feel?

[jobycom]

5. Nah.

One of the posters has been putting everyone he disagreed with on ignore, including thoughtful, non-abrasive posts. The other I still can't figure out, but I've not lost sleep over more perplexing issues, so I'll manage, somehow. I vaguely recognized the name, so maybe it was residual from some previous era around here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear jobycom!

Oh, sweetie, don't go!

I've missed you...

Here, have a hug:

Things are weird, but when there are more old-timers around, it gets better!

You will NEVER be on ignore from me!

[jobycom]

7. That last line almost sounds like a challenge!

back at ya!

[MichiganVote]

6. Can I have your autograph?

[jobycom]

8. If I say yes, will you iggie me?

I'm not sure of the new rules!

[MichiganVote]

10. Me neither. Maybe we'll be immortalized or something.

What's an iggie anyway?

[jobycom]

11. Iggie was one of my ignorers called ignore. He had an itchy iggie finger. nt

[MichiganVote]

14. Ok good. I'm sorta old and I thought it was some new sex term I didn;t know about

Hard to keep up with the youngun's you know.

[jobycom]

16. Well, it probably could be that, too.

[MichiganVote]

17. We'll DU copyright it from here on out.

[jobycom]

18. If we could make that meaning stick, it might make the ignor-matons look funny.

"Welcome to my iggie list!" "Oh, hot damn, but I want to see a pic first!"

[MichiganVote]

20. Right. We'll have iggie lists! Or we'll be on an iggie list!

It will be better than be better than being on the FBI list. Soooooooooo...60's

[Gormy Cuss]

13. hi jobycom.

Welcome to my ignore list.

[jobycom]

15. I guess it won't do any good to say how wonderful it is to see you, since you can't see me.

Like Bush waving at Stevie Wonder!

[Gormy Cuss]

19. That's so disingenuous.

[jobycom]

21. I've been called that before!

Tonight, just before being put on ignore! Or did you run across that already?

[Gormy Cuss]

22. ..

whaddaya think, clownface?

[jobycom]

23. Hi I'm forrest gump people call me forrest gump.

[Raven]

26. Yikes! I didn't know you could find out if you've been put on "ignore"

How do you do that?

PS: I've only been here since 2001.

[qnr]

27. People seem to have gotten into the habit of announcing that they're putting someoone

on ignore. Strangely, though they apparently loathe the person, they also seem to feel this compulsion to use a cutesy diminuative of the word (iggy / iggie) while advising them.

Edit: s/the/they/

[LeftyFingerPop]

28. It continues to amaze me that...

1) People put ANYONE on ignore. Do they think these words are going to jump out and kill them or something?

2) People ANNOUNCE that they are putting you on ignore. Just do it for cryin' out loud.

3) People tell others in PM that they have put you on ignore. I mean...this always makes me think "lose your self importance, put me on ignore, shut the fuck up about it, and move on in your little ignored world"

[qnr]

29. Really. Although there are valid reasons for putting someone on

ignore. Mine would be because I have a really bad temper, and generally don't do a good job of filtering output in a diplomatic way when I'm angry. A character flaw on my part, I'm sure, but I'd rather put someone on ignore than blast a fellow board member. It rarely happens, and I don't keep them on ignore for more than a few days - just long enough to give myself a "time-out."

[LeftyFingerPop]

30. I understand your point...

and I have a bit of a temper myself, but I just let it fly in here, just like I do in real life

I try my best to keep my cool...sometimes it doesn't work.

I have a philosophy about these message board communities. I show myself...warts and all.

Good post qnr.

[qnr]

32. That's a good attitude. I readily admit to my warts, I just try not to stick them

in someones eye

[OmahaBlueDog]

31. How do you know if someone puts you on ignore?

[Fox Mulder]

33. I think the ignore feature is juvenile, in most cases.

And announcing you're putting someone on ignore is even more juvenile.

However, the ignore feature can be great for people who are having more serious problems with posters.