Ignoring posters

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Mwelolo

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I’ve just discovered I was ignoring another poster, I had absolutely no idea that was the case.

I wonder if that happens very often?
 
I've accidentally put a few posters on ignore before by scrolling too fast when doing other things and tapping their name and ignore in quick succession.

It's only when I've posted a duplicate thread and somebody has linked me to the ignored poster's original that I've noticed on those occasions.

It's really easy to do by mistake.
 
Gains said:
Doing it on purpose is the equivalent of grown adults putting their fingers in their ears and shouting “nurr nurr nurr”.

Aren’t we here to enjoy debate with everyone? Even people you don’t agree with?
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I've got a couple on ignore, not because I don't have the same views as them (that's actualky the whole point of the forum), but because I think they are absolute cranks and not interested in posting in good faith.

I've not missed them and in fact it's improved my enjoyment on the board.
 
I do have a handful of posters on ignore deliberately, but they're exclusively posters who can't help themselves when it comes to being incredibly obnoxious about political topics.

If I could ignore threads, I probably wouldn't have to ignore them, but it's not something the mods seem fussed about.
 
Gains said:
Doing it on purpose is the equivalent of grown adults putting their fingers in their ears and shouting “nurr nurr nurr”.

Aren’t we here to enjoy debate with everyone? Even people you don’t agree with?
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Some people are trolls on this board and enjoying winding people up rather than debating. Thats usually an appropriate time for Ignore to be used.
 
Jonny Ingbar said:
I've got a couple on ignore, not because I don't have the same views as them (that's actualky the whole point of the forum), but because I think they are absolute cranks and not interested in posting in good faith.

I've not missed them and in fact it's improved my enjoyment on the board.
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Fair point. If someone isn’t using the forum for what’s intended then they wouldn’t be missed.
 
TeaCider said:
I do have a handful of posters on ignore deliberately, but they're exclusively posters who can't help themselves when it comes to being incredibly obnoxious about political topics.

If I could ignore threads, I probably wouldn't have to ignore them, but it's not something the mods seem fussed about.
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Yea I once contributed to a political thread and picked up a few ignores from people who took pleasure in telling me they were going to. I wasn’t rude, just disagreed. Some board major players too, I was surprised they were so delicate.

Never again on the politics
 
Gains said:
Doing it on purpose is the equivalent of grown adults putting their fingers in their ears and shouting “nurr nurr nurr”.

Aren’t we here to enjoy debate with everyone? Even people you don’t agree with?
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No it isn't. It's the equivalent of going into a pub, seeing someone you don't get on with and going to sit next to your mates to chat to them instead.

The internet has fundamentally changed how we interact with our fellow human beings. A lot of strife in the world today is caused by people continually butting heads with others who prior to the advent of the internet would have nothing to do with each other.

Not everyone is going to get along.
 
Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret said:
No it isn't. It's the equivalent of going into a pub, seeing someone you don't get on with and going to sit next to your mates to chat to them instead.

The internet has fundamentally changed how we interact with our fellow human beings. A lot of strife in the world today is caused by people continually butting heads with others who prior to the advent of the internet would have nothing to do with each other.

Not everyone is going to get along.
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It’s a forum not the pub. If you only want to chat to your mates set up a group on what’s app.

I get that everyone is different and you might not agree but for me this place is for reading lots of conflicting views and points of view.

I left Facebook a few years ago for the reasons you state.
 
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