Ignore feature

[stimmers]

Why doesn't PH have a feature where you can put other posters on ignore ?

[rich1231]

Who said that?

Im sure I heard something then.

[anonymous-user]

WTF there's nobody in here?

[Garlick]

So do you mean if you select to 'ignore' a particular user, their posts wouldn't be visible to you on a thread?

Maybe activated by a toggle against their user name?

Interesting idea- any other views on this?

[Nubbin]

Considering how often posts get quoted, especially if controversial/offensive, it wouldn't really work, and it would make following a thread a bit difficult. The more people you ignored, the weirder things would get!

[Garlick]

Good point, do any other forums offer this?

[furtive]

yes, all of them.

Do you never go outside?

[Garlick]

furtive said:

yes, all of them.

Do you never go outside?

No, Ted set my computer to only show this site

[chr15b]

Garlick said:

Good point, do any other forums offer this?

generally it's to 'ignore' pm's

[stimmers]

Garlick said:

So do you mean if you select to 'ignore' a particular user, their posts wouldn't be visible to you on a thread?

Maybe activated by a toggle against their user name?

Interesting idea- any other views on this?

Yep, if you don't like someone, you stick them on ignore and don't see anything they post in the future (unless someone else quotes something they have said).

Not everyone is going to get on on a big forum, so users have the ability to ignore the people they think are morons. Every other forum i have used has this feature and it works pretty well.

Edited by stimmers on Wednesday 9th July 22:35

[Garlick]

I'll have a chat with Pete tomorrow, see whst we'd need to do to add that function.

I like the sound of it

[TonyHetherington]

There's so many posters in such a variety of forums, is it really required? What with quoting anyway it may make threads just appear very random.

There's a few posters I actively ignore, and do so simply by skipping their post?

[randlemarcus]

Agree with Tony on this one. Funnily enough, its easy enough to skip over posts you dont want to read. Und it schtill makes sense

Generally the ignore function leaves a stub entry - XXX has posted on this thread - click here to read their post. And it creates a mental hiccup, which is considerably more annoying than the actual post.
If we could leave it as it is, that would be fantastic. Thanks. Besides which, Rich would have no-one to talk to anymore.

[Plotloss]

randlemarcus said:

Agree with Tony on this one. Funnily enough, its easy enough to skip over posts you dont want to read. Und it schtill makes sense

Generally the ignore function leaves a stub entry - XXX has posted on this thread - click here to read their post. And it creates a mental hiccup, which is considerably more annoying than the actual post.
If we could leave it as it is, that would be fantastic. Thanks.

I fully agree with both Tonytone and Randy on this one.

From a useability perspective it would make the forum software scan unnaturally.

[Garlick]

Ted suggested this a while back, and I was keen. At the time though, we decided not to implement it.

Interesting points being made though, keep thoughts coming

[Vixpy1]

Garlick said:

Ted suggested this a while back, and I was keen. At the time though, we decided not to implement it.

Interesting points being made though, keep thoughts coming

The bottom right photo on the wall above my monitor is wonky.

[anonymous-user]

chr15b said:

Garlick said:

generally it's to 'ignore' pm's

So if I was ignoring Garlick and quoting chr15b then my post would look like this?

Or would it look like this?

chr15b said:

xxxx said:

generally it's to 'ignore' pm's

Either way it doesn't look great.

[TonyHetherington]

randlemarcus said:

Funnily enough, its easy enough to skip over posts you dont want to read. Und it schtill makes sense

That was EXACTLY what I had in mind when I wrote that

I can see it being one of those things which is implemented and then phased out very quickly because those who choose to ignore someone will be plighted with curiosity to see what they said which then caused XYZ.

There's lots of good ideas put in website feedback (and discussed amongst HM) and I'd suggest that time would be better spent on those ideas, rather than this.

Just my humble opinion of course

PS: I agree with Stovey above too, either way it's not pretty, doesn't scan very well, and interupts the flow of reading.

[Mr MoJo]

stimmers said:

Every other forum i have used has this feature and it works pretty well.

Edited by stimmers on Wednesday 9th July 22:35

Other forums ? You mean there's more forums other than PH out there ??!!

[Don]

I would really like an Ignore feature.

There aren't many people I'd Ignore - but it would be occasionally handy in the P&P