I have 47 people on my ignore list.

[retrowire]

Last edited Sat Apr 8, 2017, 09:54 AM - Edit history (1)

Should I unignore them all at once? What will happen?

UPDATE: I just purged them all. Let's see what happens!

[MontanaMama]

1. I'm still pretty new here

How can I ignore someone?

[retrowire]

2. Click their username, then click the Ignore button on that page

Then choose full ignore or the other one.

[MontanaMama]

4. Woohoo!

Thank you.

[retrowire]

7. Ahh damn you just used it on me didn't you. :( lol nt

[MontanaMama]

9. No!

You seem very helpful and I appreciate that. As long as you're not a Dump 45 sympathizer, you're A-okay in my book. Cheers!

[retrowire]

10. fuck dat guy

I was a very adamant Bernie supporter, but broken rank and highly discouraged Bernie or Busters as soon as Bernie lost the primaries.

If you wanted to know my background in this. Bernie had my vote in the primaries and Hillary in the General.

[SCantiGOP]

89. One bad result of having someone on Ignore

Some threads won't make sense. Someone may be replying to a post of someone you have on Ignore, but that means you won't see the Ignored poster's post, so the reply may not make sense.

[TeamPooka]

70. lol

[emulatorloo]

11. Don't forget to fill out your jury blacklist too.

That's a list where you name who you don't want on your jury if a post of yours ever gets alerted on.

[MontanaMama]

13. Oh dear.

Is that on the profile page?

[emulatorloo]

64. Yep, same place as ignore

[guillaumeb]

69. A VERY important function.

Plus, star members get a larger jury blacklist.

[Skittles]

60. is there a way I an Ignore myself, retrowire?

yes INDEED

[retrowire]

61. Try it

It says "you can't ignore yourself"

But the voices in my head DISAGREEEEE

[Skittles]

62. I am so completely fed up with myself

I need a time out, you know?

[retrowire]

63. I totally and completely empathize. nt

[Wawannabe]

87. You been out there kickin

a lot of ass?

[Skittles]

88. always

hello, I live in TEXAS

[Wawannabe]

90. Howdy

I used to live in MO
Now I am no longer an actual Wawannabe!
Since WA gave me a drivers lic I guess I am now officially a WaWashitonian.
Or Wawhatever!

[Marthe48]

3. I have 20 people on my traitor list

Anybody on Facebook who supports the traitor government we have, I put on a list I call 'commie sympathizers'. Makes me feel better. I was told commie is incorrect. But for my own use, it has more impact than russian sympathizer. Just call me joe

[retrowire]

5. Most of my ignore list is from the primary wars.

So I think I have less reason to butt heads with these people now. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW

[redstatebluegirl]

16. Mine too...

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[MontanaMama]

8. Oooh. That sounds like something

I must do. There's a few sketchy folks that I've run into that I'd prefer to pretend don't exist. Perfect!

[emulatorloo]

6. Most everyone I had on ignore/juror blacklist has gone away

Most of them seemed like trolls to me at the time, that's why I put them on ignore in the first place.

Will probably be true of your list as well.

[Marthe48]

15. I just added 2 names today. trump's base I'm sure

but they can't support trump and be Americans.

[samnsara]

12. we ignore? I joined cuz I thought we were all like minded......

[retrowire]

14. This is my golden rule...

If you act unto me in a way that I would ignore you in real life, I will do the same online.

I won't subject myself to assholes just because its on a computer screen.

[redstatebluegirl]

17. I agree. I have more than a few that I really think are trolls.

[hamsterjill]

98. We seem to have had an influx recently of trolls, I think.

Am I wrong?????

Over this past weekend, it seemed epidemic to me.

[csziggy]

20. My rule for using Ignore is more self protective

If someone repeatedly pisses me off so much that I might do something that could get me banned, I put them on Ignore. It got me through the primaries without damage.

Every so often I clear out my Ignore list - except for two names. They've earned permanent positions.

I Trash a LOT more threads than I use Ignore on people.

[jaysunb]

18. I'm jealous...I don't have anybody on ignore.

Can you suggest someone ?

[Skittles]

19. I have way more than that

I have been thinking about doing that too

my guess: you'll have at least 35 of them back on Ignore within three days

[democratisphere]

21. Tsunami of freedom of speech.

Good speech, bad speech and ugly speech. It's all good because the alternative would be no freedom of speech.

[retrowire]

22. It's not against freedom of speech to ignore people. Nt

[Iggo]

23. I've got well over a hundred.

A good half of them are PPR'd.

But the rest are staying right where they are.

[hunter]

24. What will happen? A few will be no longer with us, tombstoned. The others you will ignore again.

I used to pride myself for not ignoring anyone.

Until I realized the ignored's agenda was wasting my time.

I no longer pay any attention to single issue shills.

Sure it's a value judgment, but I prefer to interact with humans having a multitude of interests.

[cwydro]

25. You posted the other day you had no friends.

You posted that your co-workers gave you "hard stares" when you greeted them.

You used to brag about leaving DU for the "jack" site. You put Hillary down all the time.

And now you post how many you have on your ignore list.

Maybe time for a look in the mirror?

You'll probably never read this because I'm sure I'm on that list. But hey, there's a pattern here.

[retrowire]

34. You were on the ignore list!

And look at this kind of finger pointing with a lack of empathy!

And boohoo about the jack site which I denounced and the Hillary barbs I gave. I fucking told everyone at the "jack site" that it was better to vote for Hillary so maybe you wanna bury that hatchet as I have mine.

Or you could go on with your judgement...?

[pintobean]

57. Isn't your OP all about judgement

Start an off-topic thread in the lounge about judging other DUers, and you might just get judged yourself. Not a believer in the golden rule, huh?

[retrowire]

58. How is it judgement to turn the other cheek?

And it's the lounge... How is this off topic?

But by all means, defend the user who pointed out how I have no friends and that it's probably my fault without knowing any of my story. Yep, you're on the higher ground with that one.

[Blanks]

26. I've never put anyone on ignore...

I try to find common ground with anyone I interact with, or at least try to bring a discussion back to civility prior to ending the discussion.

I have a lot of conservative friends on Facebook, and when I eventually agree to disagree with them, I tell them to have a nice day.

It's only words, and there's no reason to hold a grudge. We choose our political positions based on the people we are surrounded by, our past experiences, and how we perceive politics will affect our life.
There's no reason for us to be so ugly toward one another that we have to put others on ignore. Imho.

[Alice11111]

32. Me either. I just ignore someone if he is ridiculous or boring

at that moment. Who would want to keep up with the number of people on your ignore list. Sounds Nixsonian.

[cwydro]

33. I agree.

I think the posters who need to brag about their ignore lists actually think someone cares.

[retrowire]

36. Lol you think it's bragging

Damn, it's just conversation. You think I'm proud of my inability to suffer fool's?

Oh wait that is something to be proud of.

But either way, it's not a badge of honor. I'm not really proud of it, which is why I brought it up for discussion.

Who the fuck brags about how many people they ignore? All I did was ask if I should unblock and what would happen if I did?

[cwydro]

48. No apostrophe needed in "fools"

unless you forgot a word or something.

[retrowire]

49. #damnyouautocorrect nt

[Blanks]

38. If someone is too over the top...

They will get a post hidden, I think it's best to just walk away if someone's being verbally abusive.

Having said that, it's not something I've faced much around here. Most folks are pretty friendly, the ones that are a problem seem to get booted.

[lunasun]

27. why not clear & see if they are still around. Most of mine are gone I found out

I think most were trolls or converted to JPR or both
Not to say new ones wont show up, i believe i used it last month, but have cleared my previous tags in the past and it appears most are gone when i do. If they are here for disruption and dont get it I think they move on
I am an advocate for the ignore function. No time for harsh, or repetitive BS
To newbies I will add that you also can ignore a whole group
I have one group on ignore right now.
Maybe you will see this reply or I am on your ignore list

[retrowire]

37. I see this post and you were not on my list lol nt

[longship]

28. The ignore list is useless.

I have used it in the past, but no longer for some time.

I want to engage with people with whom I disagree, not ignore them. I cannot think of a more useless enterprise than ignoring them.

[Paladin]

29. Yeah, I used to feel that way. Not any more.

There are certain posters who are so useless and ugly in their opinions that they are completely unworthy of your time and attention. Using the Ignore function on them is a genuine pleasure---why "engage" with individuals who are obvious and irredeemable fuckheads? I've been here at DU since its inception, and I don't have a great number of people on Ignore; it seems to me that I eliminated more posters during the course of the 2016 campaign than any other time. I'm sure that's true of other DU participants, as well.

[longship]

30. One does not need a list to ignore people.

One can just ignore those posts which grind one.

I want DU unblemished by my own biases.

YMMV.

[Paladin]

31. I've been at DU all these years BECAUSE of my biases. This is a biased political site.

And I've expended countless enjoyable hours, arguing with posters whose viewpoints don't jibe precisely with my own. But I will not suffer fools gladly, and obnoxious shit-for-brains don't even merit a glance from me. Thank you, Ignore function.

[retrowire]

35. What about assholes?

Like they're not disagreeing with you they're just harassing you, insulting you etc...

[longship]

39. That's what Alert is for.

And the MIR Team is always on the job. I suggest that DUers serve a term or two in order to educate themselves on exactly how DU works behind the scenes.

Certainly some here are bad DU citizens, but ignore just makes any contribution they might make invisible.

I prefer to encourage positive engagement rather than turning my back. I do not take disagreement as a personal attack.

YMMV.

[retrowire]

40. Ignore only makes their contributions invisible to me.

And that's not a huge loss considering if their contribution was good enough, it gets to the greatest page and I'll see it anyway.

So I can see great contributions without their snark. That's how it works for me anyways.

I don't take disagreement as a personal attack either. I take it as an attack when people ask me to look in the mirror because I have no friends without knowing ANY of the details.

Plus, alert doesn't always work.

[longship]

41. I get what you are saying.

I just don't use ignore. I can ignore on my own. And I'll take DU as it is, with both the good and the bad.

My best to you.

[retrowire]

42. Did I come off as confrontational?

And if so, was there a different way I could have responded?

[longship]

43. No, you certainly did not.

I took your response with the highest respect.

That is why I don't use Ignore, because I do not take disagreement as a personal affront. In fact, I am rather a fan of your posts. They are genuinely intelligent and well thought.

Let's not let this minor disagreement spoil that. I certainly have no intention of doing so.

As always,

[retrowire]

44. No it's just that, because of my disorder, I find I lack a certain tact

And your approach to this has been honest, direct and astute. And it's confused me because of the normal back and forth one experiences online. It was hard to read your emotion through the text and so I was worried I made this conversation abnormal.

I don't ignore people for disagreements. I ignore them for rude attacks on my personal self. So, no this conversation does not tip that needle for me, I was just worried about how I presented myself.

Thank you though!

[longship]

45. Emotions are always difficult to read online.

That is one reason why I don't pay much credence to them. I give people the benefit of the doubt.

I find your presentation here as amongst the best of DU. It is always thoughtful.

[retrowire]

46. I appreciate that, thank you. I often doubt myself too much. nt

[longship]

47. No need, my friend.

[janterry]

76. I've also never used

an ignore - and that's my policy on any site that I've ever been on. If something is really odious, I point it out to the poster. If they don't see it - or it's not a useful discussion, I move on. It's the internet. Even people that I disagree with, are probably a whole lot easier to talk to face-to-face. Besides, it's not my job to convince anyone of anything. I might bring up points I like or information I have - but I'm okay with letting things be, too.

Over time, I've even found that people I really dislike - will post something that explains who they are, or makes them more sympathetic to me. I may still dislike their opinion about something, but I come to respect a certain part of who they are, too.

[Blue_Tires]

82. Disagreement is one thing

But when I start besting people I disagree with in arguments and they fucking alert spam on me (and win), it's game over... I've let myself get baited into too many deleted posts and two suspensions playing that bullshit game.

To say nothing of the fact that I know that certain posters I've disagreed with (and trolls/sockpuppets I've outed) have openly lobbied the admins to get me banned...

I used to have your philosophy on it, but my battles over Trayvon Martin and Snowden's Defection changed all that.

[panader0]

50. In my 11 plus years on DU, I have never put anyone on an ignore list.

If I don't always agree with a particular poster, I can decide not to open their
posts. I think it's better to see what others opinions are. I have never done
the jury thing either. And only one alert in my days here.

[Generic Brad]

66. I have only used the jury blacklist

The people who got under my skin never engaged with me, but their trollish behavior made me want to ensure they could not judge me. Since the election i have purged my jury blacklist since every last one of them gave a "Good-bye Cruel World" post after Trump won. They are long gone now. Bye-bye to the Russian bots.

[Warpy]

51. I had quite a few on mine, also

but I went through them a couple of weeks ago and found that many of them have not been back since election day, most of them for a little longer than that.

It looks a lot like my ignore list was a Republican troll list.

Anyone who is still active is still on the list. I don't need gratuitously nasty people in my life. However, half of them are gone from DU, so they're off the list.

[democrank]

52. I've never used either the ignore or alert functions

for basically the same reason I've given away many possessions. I'm old and don't want to spend time monitoring things, supervising things, combing through lists looking for things, going crazy over things.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

53. There was this one guy at DU whose only reason to live was

to follow me around and post some stupid reply to what I had said telling me I was wrong.

He probably still does. I wouldn't know. I'm happier now. Ignorance is bliss.

The Ignore button is your friend.

[Skittles]

59. waiting for him to reply to your post

I promise you I will kick his sorry stalking ass; you know I would do that for you mahatmakanejeeves my sweet

[Cal Carpenter]

54. I use the Block Mail option as sort of a troll watch

Does anyone else do that?

I don't have anyone on full ignore, but I have a couple dozen at any given time in my Block Mail list. I add people when I'm convinced they will get themselves banned someday so I can see if my instinct was right. Some are short-term trolls that last a day, others are long time posters who I think are doing the long con on DU. Most of them are eventually PPRed, although I have some old stragglers on there who haven't' posted in a year or more, or never agreed to the new TOS. I go through the list once every few months and clear out the ones that were PPRed and get a dose of feeling smug about it.

I do hide threads sometimes, but more out of self-protection like someone above said - I don't post a lot and am generally even-keeled, but sometimes I have a hard time keeping my snark or frustration in check when people are being obtuse or dangling bait or whatever. So by hiding a thread I can keep myself from chiming in.

[Phentex]

55. I haven't tried that but can see it could be useful...

occasionally I'll see an old post showing the names of people I suspected were trolls. When I click on their profile, many if not all are just like you said: either PPRd, FFRd, or didn't agree to the new terms. It's not surprising.

[True Dough]

56. As I mentioned in another thread, I had six people on ignore

One of them started a thread several days ago that was well regarded and I saw that person's username again for the first time in months because of it.

I tried to remember the reason for our dispute and it wouldn't come back to me. It's buried too deep in my post history to go looking for it. I removed that individual from ignore. Figured we could start back at "square one" and see how things go (unless he/she has me on ignore).

[steve2470]

65. Ignore has saved my sanity all these years

I totally understand.

[LeftishBrit]

67. I only have one person on my ignore list

And it has saved my sanity, blood pressure, and possibly prevented me saying something that would get me kicked off DU.

[Orrex]

68. Prior to the eleection I had about 35 on my list. Now I have 2.

One posts nothing but "Link to Tweet" crap with no added commentary, pure click-bait to boost their post-count.

The other posts nothing but teaser subject lines and links to their own blog.

[retrowire]

72. .... Am I the ladder? :( Nt

[Orrex]

73. I'll never tell.

Shh!

[GoCubsGo]

71. I purged mine recently, as well.

I didn't have many on there, and most of them were people that went to that other site. I haven't been in a mood to take a lot of shit, so we'll see how long it stays empty.

[MrScorpio]

74. I'm finally off the ignore list?

Whoopee!!!!

[seaglass]

75. Off topic - but were you ever able to get your hands on a Nintendo Switch? n/t

[retrowire]

77. I haven't really attempted!

What about you?

[seaglass]

78. No, I haven't made a real attempt except to sign up for Best Buy notifications. My local Gamestop

got some in 2 weeks ago and when I called the day before they said UPS would be there before noon. I called the next day around 10am and they were already sold out. The guy said the line started at 1am - which is completely ridiculous for my little town. LOL. They told me more would be in around 4/16 at $499 but I only want it for Zelda so cannot justify that price. It's OK, I can wait. It just seems dumb to release in such limited quantities.

[retrowire]

79. I guess I'm just glad that it's not flopping like the Wii u

As long as Nintendo can keep making great games I'm happy.

Though sadly, I'm kind of disenchanted from Zelda now. I'm not motivated by any of the current games to get a Switch at the moment.

[retrowire]

93. No I haven't tried. What about you? :) Nt

[seaglass]

96. Yes, I finally did get one in mid-May. I was checking on nowinstock.net and ordered online from

Walmart.

Sadly I think this will be my last Nintendo console purchase. Don't get me wrong, I love the Switch but I am not as good at Zelda as I once was (been playing since 1986) and even with my reading glasses on have to walk over to the TV to read stuff on the screen - red text on black background does not work well for me!

There is soooo much to this game that I love. Did you ever play any of the Zelda games?

[retrowire]

97. I grew up a very big Zelda fan.

My last question was with twilight princess and windwaker.

Played all of them before that.

I'm not interested in the new one. It's just not Zelda to me.

I'm much more invested in indie games now. And sadly, alongside your words, I think the Wii u might be my last Nintendo console.

[mvd]

80. So what happened?

I wish I could take everyone off, but some people aren't as interested in a good conversation as they are using propaganda and bashing. The conversations go nowhere. Combined with the Trump stress, am forced to use.

[retrowire]

95. I purged the list. I think about 5 people IMMEDIATELY earned their spot back lol nt

[Blue_Tires]

81. Amateur... I've had like 500 before...

Step your game up, kid

[Skittles]

84. am I on your list, Blue_Tires?

if you don't respond I will know and I will put you on MY list; yes INDEED

[Blue_Tires]

85. Why would you ever be?

Disagreements or not, I'd never put longtime DUers on ignore... There's so few of us left these days, anyway.

[Skittles]

86. oh I have some long timers on Ignore

the kind of people I would not tolerate in real life, I don't have to put up with them here either

[Skittles]

83. I know what happens

very quickly, most of them let you know exactly why you put them on Ignore

it is amazing how many long-term under-the-radar trolls exist on DU

[steve2470]

92. So true nt

[Laffy Kat]

91. I am was on it could I still see this? nt

[retrowire]

94. Yes you could see this even if you were on my ignore list. Nt