Tell us about your use of DU's "Ignore Function"

[CoffeeCat]

Poll question: Tell us about your use of DU's "Ignore Function"

So, how many people do you have on "ignore", and why?

Has putting people on ignore, changed your DU experience?

Do you have an underlying reason for putting people on "ignore"? Do you want their threads to
sink or are you just doing it to lower your own blood pressure?

If you don't use ignore, why?

[Justyce]

1. I don't use the ignore feature, although it's been tempting

at times with some of the idiotic hateful posts lately... but I'd rather know what's going on and hear other views, even if I don't agree with them, than stick my head in the sand.

[BigDaddy44]

36. I agree

To me the ignore function is like putting your fingers and your ears and screaming at the top of your lungs when you don't hear exactly what you want to hear. Kind of like an adult, on line tantrum.

[not_too_L8]

42. Here Here, I don't use ignore

I want to here what people think even if it makes me angry

[patrice]

2. I need to see what's going on. Ignore takes all of the fun of doing that out of it for me. nt

[SoonerPride]

3. I only started using it last week.

I've found it more pleasant to be around here with the worst of the worst simply off in never never land.

I won't name names, but you probably can guess who they are.

[SoCalDem]

11. me too...

I am tempted to unclick just to see what they are saying, but then I already pretty much know anyway :)

I've been here since June '01, and have NEVER used ignore before..

I don't use it because I dislike anyone..just an so tired of the tediousness of their repetitive responses & their inability to grasp more than one concept at a time :)

[bunnies]

4. I have only a few (very hateful) people on ignore.

People that never seem to have anything constructive to say. My blood pressure just cant take it.

[YOY]

5. The only people I put are 3 folks that attack non-stop and read into other's posting wrongly

I have recently been put on ignore by several folks who didn't like my daring to oppose their candidate (first they called me a FReep and repeatedly insulted me...poorly.) If that's all it takes you aren't insulting anyone or denying anyone the comfort of your conversation, you're being a pompous ass.

Most likely they will be gone the moment their candidate understands the need to put a goddamn fork in it already so I'm not too worried about it.

[LaurenG]

6. I don't get that mad most of the time

and if I do I want to be able to respond. If it gets to be too much I'll put someone on ignore for a while but I consider it putting them in "time out" so I don't usually take too much of what is said here too seriously. I can usually find things I agree with them about as well.

Those people who are OTT usually end up getting a grave maker.

[Dinger]

7. I Have No One On "Ignore" (nt)

[high density]

8. I found some trollish posters seemed to be here 24/7

I've had to put a lot of repeat offenders on ignore. Last week I even tried to clear some if it out but found the same people were posting the same stuff over and over and over.

[rug]

9. Ignoring is to political discussion what the internet is to sex.

[Angela Shelley]

10. One person, or should I say, one creature is on my ignore list.

[DemzRock]

12. Why use ignore.? You miss a lot of fun! n/t

[Kierkegaard]

13. Oddly,

I have this innate ability to ignore people without using a button.

[Adelante]

14. I have about 50 nasty people on Ignore

(Plus a few friends I don't wish to fight with.)

Once the primaries are settled, I will set everybody free and see what happens. I expect half of them will just go away on their own. It got to be such a useless exercise, trying to reason with people who are set on warring to the death, I said, fuck it, not worth the time and energy. I'd rather interact with humans who can reason together, no matter which candidate they support.

[juno jones]

15. I only put people on ignore when

They start talking the same smack over and over. You know, the one snark entence brigade, all mouth, no links.

[onehandle]

16. I'm an open-minded grownup. I can take it like a Man. nt

[dkf]

17. Ages ago I put one person on ignore.

A little while back I looked and that person was TS'd. HA!

[Exilednight]

18. Most of my ignores have been tombstoned. n/t

[jefferson_dem]

19. Only one.

I've cleared this poster off the ignore list several times. Then I see another stupid, pointless offering and back he/she goes.

[mudesi]

20. Over 500 people

I ignored over 500 people, randomly, just to see if GDP would become more civil.

It didn't.

By the way, admins, you need to add a button so that it's easier to take everyone off the list at once.

[flowomo]

49. the admins have you on ignore....

sorry, they can't hear you.

[spinbaby]

21. I've just started to use it

I can ignore a lot of nastiness, but some of the Wright slanderers just went too far.

[DangerousRhythm]

22. 21 and counting.

Some people get their kicks by trolling and posting ridiculously untrue things. They wind up on ignore because well, I have better things to do than scroll past their crap, quite frankly. Trolls don't deserve my time.

[YOY]

28. You don't even have 40 posts and you've got 21 on ignore???

Woah...

[Coexist]

23. I never used Ignore until the past 6 or 7 weeks,

now I have about 25 people on Igore and its nice because I don't even see the filth - and more threads I may want to read stay on page 1.

[rucky]

24. Ignore is like doing a crossword in pencil. n/t

[niceypoo]

25. In Yahoo political chat Republicans ignore everyone who disagree with them...

Cowards, they are.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

26. I use Ignore to control my anger

why raise the blood pressure? This way I can continue to read DU in a calm manner.

[mtnsnake]

27. The ignore feature is used for the most part by Obamawhiners who don't like hearing the truth

That is the cold hard truth.

[SoonerPride]

29. No, it is used on those who refuse to have a civil discourse

You can disagree with me, but please have an open miond to discuss an issue.

When you simply rail at me in nonsense diatribes, you get excised from my life like an ugly tumor.

[not_too_L8]

45. Wow, how did you know it is mostly...

Obama folks

because I thought it might be the other way around


maybe you should poll

[madrchsod]

30. no one on this post is on my ignore..so far

:rofl:

[Lisa0825]

31. I think I have about 13 on ignore now, but about half have since been tombstoned.

there is one person on this thread who is on my list.

[40ozDonkey]

32. I've never been angered by anybody on DU, no need for ignore. n/t

[H2O Man]

33. None.

Never used it.

[crispini]

34. I use ignore on those of both sides who are mean.

I also use "hide thread" a lot to "disappear" stuff that annoys me, but maybe doesn't warrant getting the OP on ignore.

I'm interested in civil discourse with both sides, not juvenile asshattery.

[stevietheman]

35. None. I have no fear of reading opinions differing from my own. n/t

n/t

[rox63]

37. I have about a dozen of the most rabid Obama-bashers on my ignore list

But I plan on taking everyone off ignore once we definitely have a Dem nominee. Every once in a while, I check and find that one of them has been TS'd. But it doesn't take long until someone else reaches the level where they go on the list.

[SoCalDem]

40. Y'know what cracks me up?

I am a curious person, by nature, and when I click on a thread with many "ignored" on it, I am bedeviled with the question..

Is it ONE person who is repeatedly posting, or are there more than one waging "cyber-war" on the people who dared to post their opinions:rofl:

It's all I can do to keep myself from peeking...

but like soufflés, ignored posters are best left "alone"...

[azmouse]

I didn't use the 'ignore' feature until recently.

I had to do it for my sanity. Some posters don't want dialog they just want to harass and attack.
I don't need that in my life.

[DevonRex]

38. Lots of people on ignore...

and I've only been posting a little while. Yeah, it's to reduce my blood pressure, but also because sometimes it gets really depressing. Hate is not a good thing to read constantly.

[Arkansas Granny]

39. I have only one person on ignore and because I find his/her avatar disgusting.

Other than that, I don't use ignore. I like to see what everyone is saying.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

41. I recently used it 3 times

But then took the people off Ignore. Even though I think sometimes they don't bring much substance to the conversation, it would be worthless for me to ignore them.

I mean they might change their minds in the future, so it's not worth clicking that button. I was on this other website and this guy put me on ignore for arguing with him. Then I started to post OPs and the guy who ignored me took me off his list and read my OPs.

Just my two cents.

[tammywammy]

43. Zero on ignore

If I think someone's a troll I add them to my buddy list. ;)

[flowomo]

44. I have only 1 DUer on ignore... some guy named "Skinner"....

really pushy; acts like he owns the place. And he's always hitting me up for money!

Just kidding. I have no one.... and never have had anyone.... on ignore. I think it's silly.

[Lobster Martini]

46. Just cleared my Ignore list...all is forgiven

Couldn't remember why they were there in the first place. All is forgiven.

Whoops, typo...(corrected).

[LanternWaste]

47. It's for the simple reason of separating the chaff from the wheat.

I have one person on Ignore. And it's not (as some posters have implied) for reasons of "being afraid of a different opinion" or because I'm not "man enough to take it". ("Man enough to take it"? WTF is that even supposed to mean?)

It's for the simple reason of separating the chaff from the wheat. Or, in a more relevant and direct context, separating those posters who have a valid contribution to discussion from those who act in manner more often than not like petulant, puerile children.

[bridgit]

48. I have no one on "Ignore"

[whatchamacallit]

50. Never used it, probably never will

It seems silly to attempt to purify your experience on a political forum. :shrug:

[RoadRage]

51. I have 7 - these people seem to show up to every thread i'm in

or post, and piss all over it with the same garbage. I don't "ignoor" anyone who I disagree with.. or even those who tend to get a bit rowdy. Just the few who like to spew hate only to get a reaction time & time again.

Ignoor does enhance my viewing experience here on DU!

[LibDemAlways]

52. I only have a few and they all earned their

respective spots for attacking me personally rather than addressing the issue at hand. I have no use for people who attack the messenger.

[Greyskye]

53. Been here since 2001 - 1st time I've used ignore: 20+

I hate the ignore feature. I hadn't used it in the past 7 years - at least until this primary season. I used it for the first time about a month ago, then cleared the list as I'm a curious masochistic bastard. Oy. Back on the list you go. It simply wasn't worth it.

Most of the people on the list have only been here a short while, and have nothing to say of substance. I finally got it through my thick skull that by engaging with them, I was only giving them more face time, and more opportunity to fling their feces around. Putting these jokers on 'ignore' saves my time and energy, and hopefully in the long run will make DU a better place.

I do have a safety valve on my ignore list however. If a certain condition happens, I will immediately remove a poster from my ignore list. So far my failsafe hasn't tripped, which indicates to me that I have pretty good judgment when it comes to clicking the red X.

[BumRushDaShow]

54. I have those who rather than disagree, become disagreeable, on my list.

This has nothing to do with refusing to "hear" the other side of a debate (and I say this as someone who has listened to and read "the other side" via RW talkshows & commentary for the past 30 years).

In my case, it has to do with those who don't understand the concept of a "debate", and who prefer to substitute salient argument with what they think is witty, but what is in reality, juvenile name-calling and repetitive flamebait rhetoric. I have even seen some cut and paste their nonsense in post after post, both in a single thread or across multiple threads.