Turkish Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 who uses them? I've never put anyone on ignore nor would i ever, it's only an internet forum FFS. Do people really take it so seriously that they feel the need to ignore people? It's a little bit odd IMO. So ignore lists, good idea and worth using or a sign of a pompous moron with a massive sense of self importance who really needs to lighten up a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I can't read that can someone let me know what it's about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsaint Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I had at 5 or 6 posters on ignore for a while, just because every single post annoyed me. However curiosity got the better of me and one by one I removed them from the ignore list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I dont use it - probably on a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Only used by complete spazzers to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I've never ignored anyone. Rough with the smooth and all that. I think if you are going to ignore someone, it's bad form to announce it on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 It'd be sweet if the mods could publish league tables of who is getting most ignores and who is doing the most ignoring! They probably won't do cos the mods never do my ideas. That's why i've got them on ignore. If everyone could pm me lists of who you is ignoring i will compile the league table myselfs! If you can't pm me cos u have me on ignore u can post it on here instead and i will try and come back and read laters! Edit: Unless i've got you on ignore i won't be able to read it so you'll have to pm pap instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Totally pointless anyway. For a poster to get onto an ignore list he needs to p*ss you off somewhat, to do that he(or she) will probably be abrasive,self opinionated or controversial,so someone will always quote the posts when replying and you get to see them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I actually think the mods have got me on ignores! That is why they is not doing my suggestions like when i suggested SainticonsTM Ltd and when i suggested improvements to swear filters. As a test yesterday i called Hamster a d!ckwad and i got clean away with it and didn't get infracted or anything! It's actually pretty sweet! I am above the law! If anyone wants to call anyone a d!ckwad but is too scared of getting infracted send me the name of the person by pm and i will call them d!ckwad on your behalfs! The dumb mods will never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I love Bearsy's idea of League Tables for Who is Ignoring and who is being Ignored. Only 101 days to go to PL Kick Off ... unless we bag a Sun or Mon match!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 The poster called Dog is a d!ckwad. The sender of this insult remains anonymous at their request Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Ignore button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsaint Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Can we find out who if anyone is ignoring us?!? Freedom of Information and all that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Ignore button? Don't shoot the messenger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 9 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Can we find out who if anyone is ignoring us?!? Freedom of Information and all that? I know two people who ignore me. They constantly remind me, thats how important they think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I know two people who ignore me. They constantly remind me, thats how important they think it is. As we keep being told - Teh Innernetz is Serious Business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 As we keep being told - Teh Innernetz is Serious Business. In fact ignore lists are like those red buttons on Pelican crossings, they're just there to give the punter an appearance of control. When they first appeared in Bitterne High St half of them weren't actually connected,you could push the f*ckers all day long but the lights were on a fixed sequence timer anyway. Read somewhere yesterday that having any control of the vast majority of things affecting your life is one of the great illusions of our time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I've got no-one on ignore. Who needs to? When I see Franks Cousins name next to a post I just scroll past it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I tend to work on the principle that if I am perusing a website such as this, then everyone else is entitled to do the same irrespective of their views ! Sure there are wums and w.ankers in abundance, sure there is drivel heaped upon drivel but if I didn't want to be involved I wouldn't bother ! The ignore function IMHO is a total nonsense because if you don't want to read what somebody has written the just don't read it, the name of the poster is in bold letters at the top of their posting so it's hardly difficult to make a judgement on what you select to read ! So, in answer to the OP's question, yes people do need to lighten up a bit !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 9 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I tend to work on the principle that if I am perusing a website such as this, then everyone else is entitled to do the same irrespective of their views ! Sure there are wums and w.ankers in abundance, sure there is drivel heaped upon drivel but if I didn't want to be involved I wouldn't bother ! The ignore function IMHO is a total nonsense because if you don't want to read what somebody has written the just don't read it, the name of the poster is in bold letters at the top of their posting so it's hardly difficult to make a judgement on what you select to read ! So, in answer to the OP's question, yes people do need to lighten up a bit !! Dont you think it's a bit nobby, to not only put someone on ignore but then to constantly tell them they are on ignore? It smacks of a massive sense of self importance to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Who started this thread? Seriously though, what happens if a thread is stared by someone you have on ignore? Do you not see it until someone replies and then have to guess what the 2nd poster is replying to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latter day saint Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Who started this thread? Seriously though, what happens if a thread is stared by someone you have on ignore? Do you not see it until someone replies and then have to guess what the 2nd poster is replying to? i was wondering that as well surely if someone is a complete d!ckwad (good word Bearsy!) rather than ignore them isn't it better to see what cr@p they post & laugh at them? putting them on the ignore list is just like a child having a hissy fit & putting both fingers in their ears shouting "not listening,not listening!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-scooby Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Everyone ignores me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Dont you think it's a bit nobby, to not only put someone on ignore but then to constantly tell them they are on ignore? It smacks of a massive sense of self importance to me. Have to say that's exactly how I see it. If you want to ignore someone, then scroll past them or if you can't trust yourself then use the ignore feature, but don't go announcing it. It's as bad as announcing you're flouncing off and retiring from forums FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Using an ignore list is basically admitting that you don't have the ability to moderate your own replies. I'm with Turkish on this one. Besides, ignoring people also deprives you of the ability to laugh at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo78 Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I had at 5 or 6 posters on ignore for a while, just because every single post annoyed me. However curiosity got the better of me and one by one I removed them from the ignore list. Same story here - had 3 on ignore but have since un-ignored them. Thought it was important at the time but now I'm more in line with Turkish's view. It's just a forum for exchanging opinions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Have to say that's exactly how I see it. If you want to ignore someone, then scroll past them or if you can't trust yourself then use the ignore feature, but don't go announcing it. It's as bad as announcing you're flouncing off and retiring from forums FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Didn't the 'Ignore' thing come from people being rather abusive, arguementative (sp) and using various usernames like Beckenham for one!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBadger Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 Ignore lists are for bellends - man up and read on ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 9 May, 2012 Share Posted 9 May, 2012 I have Bearsy on ignore. ****ing ******. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigersaint Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 Don't use the ignore function myself, I tried it once fleetingly a few years ago but found it more irritating than the purpose I used it for so undone it within a few hours. Although the poster in question at the time went on a post ranting frenzy he did also offer valid argument. It wasn't until I couldn't see the posts and only the responses that I realised it's always worth reading each and everyone's post to see the overall perspective and opinion. Even the most irritating posters can still offer decent contribution to a thread at any time! Comments on various threads I don't agree with may annoy me from time to time but never felt I've needed to use the ignore function any further, after all I came to this site for opinion and discussion, even if I don't like what I read or the response I may get from time to time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieDog Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 Yep. Have used it and currently have one person it. The person posts so much drivel that it is a complete waste of time reading it and if I can save a few microseconds by not have to check who is posting and then scroll past it then I will. Of course I still see the odd post when it is quoted by someone else, but the posts don't really irritate me, I just want to avoid them where possible. If I ever see someone quoting something useful from that person then I'll probably unblock them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 I've got no-one on ignore. Who needs to? When I see Franks Cousins name next to a post I just scroll past it. Where as your posts fascinate me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 If people want to ignore certain contributors, its cool with me. And I am probably one of the people that feature most frequently on ignore lists. I dont understand it though; I keep being cited as being on ignore for posting drive or posting negativity, but for me there is something wrong with people who shrivel when faced with the written word. It indicates some sort of insecurity issue. In addition to this, posting pleas to stop quoting someone because you then see their posts again, or posting that you have a specific individual on ignore, is some of the most ridiculous and pathetic attention seeking that ever has "graced" this site. I do have one person on ignore; he did managed to get up my nose with his pompous bigotry a while back, but I often have a sly goosie at his posts and simply cannot be bothered with the effort of deleting him from my ignore list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 Dont you think it's a bit nobby, to not only put someone on ignore but then to constantly tell them they are on ignore? It smacks of a massive sense of self importance to me. I am glad you are not on my ignore list as this shows remarkable insight - you surprize me constantly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 If people want to ignore certain contributors, its cool with me. And I am probably one of the people that feature most frequently on ignore lists. I dont understand it though; I keep being cited as being on ignore for posting drive or posting negativity, but for me there is something wrong with people who shrivel when faced with the written word. It indicates some sort of insecurity issue. In addition to this, posting pleas to stop quoting someone because you then see their posts again, or posting that you have a specific individual on ignore, is some of the most ridiculous and pathetic attention seeking that ever has "graced" this site. I do have one person on ignore; he did managed to get up my nose with his pompous bigotry a while back, but I often have a sly goosie at his posts and simply cannot be bothered with the effort of deleting him from my ignore list. Is it me? I post tons of drivel, pompously and with great enthusiasm;) (If its is you wont be able to this though.... doh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joensuu Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 I refuse to use ignore, even the worst of contributors can sometimes post something worth reading. I would rather we had the ability to rate individual, with posts attracting too many negative votes needing to be expanded before they can be viewed. Additionally scores could be accumulated by posters, meaning the number next to your avatar could represent the quality rather than quantity of your posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 I've got sturumseysaint, 19canteen and deppo on ignore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 I'm totally aware that the ignore button is irrelevant. Everybody ignores me all the time automatically My ex wife ignored everything I ever said My ex Boss and my current boss never reply to emails My sister ignored me on my last trip "don't stress Mum out about her Grand Daughter's wedding" Oh no off she went on one telling me how to get somebody onto an airplane You lot ignore me The girls at the Checkout counter ignore me The idiots at the Bank ignore me Hell, even FMDP ignores me (Hon I am awake at 6am because I need to do my residence visa renewal today, I TOLD you that 5 times this week already, NO I cannot come to the Dentist with you) I tell you what. I farking LOVE it. Everyone Ignores me so I Do what I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 I refuse to use ignore, even the worst of contributors can sometimes post something worth reading. I would rather we had the ability to rate individual, with posts attracting too many negative votes needing to be expanded before they can be viewed. Additionally scores could be accumulated by posters, meaning the number next to your avatar could represent the quality rather than quantity of your posts. NOt sure a rating is a good idea, one person's bad is anothers good... and it becomes a popularity contest. I know loads dont read what I post and many who like to think its over blown self important nonsense, who cares, I don't. Opinion is one thing and its all well and good. Anything racist, bigotted (whether cloaked in respectibilty or not) or extremely personal when aimed at family etc is the only thing I would ever report - the rest is down to arguing your case/POV... give as good as you get and dont let the cyber bullies, WUMs etc have th last word;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 NOt sure a rating is a good idea' date=' one person's bad is anothers good... and it becomes a popularity contest. I know loads dont read what I post and many who like to think its over blown self important nonsense, who cares, I don't. Opinion is one thing and its all well and good. Anything racist, bigotted (whether cloaked in respectibilty or not) or extremely personal when aimed at family etc is the only thing I would ever report - the rest is down to arguing your case/POV... give as good as you get and dont let the cyber bullies, WUMs etc have th last word;)[/quote'] Have you installed a spell checker recently Frank? Only 7 typos in that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 Have you installed a spell checker recently Frank? Only 7 typos in that one. Good job I have a sense of humour or you would be on ignore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 Is it me? I post tons of drivel' date=' pompously and with great enthusiasm;) (If its is you wont be able to this though.... doh)[/quote'] No, its not you. Though on occasion your posts are tedious, I consider you overall to be a good egg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 No, its not you. Though on occasion your posts are tedious, I consider you overall to be a good egg. - I aim to please Alps... now that I have a rep for tediousness it would be a shame to disappoint!. And another thing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 I'm totally aware that the ignore button is irrelevant. Everybody ignores me all the time automatically My ex wife ignored everything I ever said My ex Boss and my current boss never reply to emails My sister ignored me on my last trip "don't stress Mum out about her Grand Daughter's wedding" Oh no off she went on one telling me how to get somebody onto an airplane You lot ignore me The girls at the Checkout counter ignore me The idiots at the Bank ignore me Hell, even FMDP ignores me (Hon I am awake at 6am because I need to do my residence visa renewal today, I TOLD you that 5 times this week already, NO I cannot come to the Dentist with you) I tell you what. I farking LOVE it. Everyone Ignores me so I Do what I want. I think this means you don't exist...a hologram at best...Dubai Rimmer? (actually that's a horrible image) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 I think this means you don't exist...a hologram at best...Dubai Rimmer? (actually that's a horrible image) If it's OK with you, I think I'll ignore that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 I do have one person on ignore; he did managed to get up my nose with his pompous bigotry a while back tbf that could be almost anyone here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 tbf that could be almost anyone here. Oh, this was a very special case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 I bet it was a mod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 10 May, 2012 Share Posted 10 May, 2012 Just a quick question, if you put mods and admin on ignore can they still send you infraction notices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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