[Small Farmer]

It's actually quite entertaining to use the Ignore setting and then try to work out what was said from the before and after posts.  You do need to know the style of the ignored person though.


Personally I loathe the emotiwotsits which mostly just add noise.  But they are very popular.

[jaykay]

Ah, now for me emotiwhatsits convey at least as much meaning as the actual words 

[SallyintNorth]

A honeymoon couple ordered a platter of a dozen oysters on their wedding night.  The following morning, the concierge asked, with a knowing grin, how they had enjoyed their oysters.  "Well," said the bride, "they were alright, but only 9 of them worked."

Sall-eee 

Dan, I love the new emotiwotsits - pleeeeaaaasssee can I have a couple more?    Being :fingers crossed: and (needed above!) :moi???  innocence personified:   

[Bangbang]

If the forum is treated like a library, with its many Topics subjects and authors, then surely when we browse through it we should select the things that suit our preferences and needs.
So there should be no concerns about ignoring a postie. If you were in a library and didn't like a topic or a particular author then you wouldn't pick it up.
On the flip side if you delete all the posties you dont think you like then who are you going to have a moan about in your head ?
 

[Dan]

Dan, I love the new emotiwotsits - pleeeeaaaasssee can I have a couple more?    Being :fingers crossed: and (needed above!) :moi???  innocence personified:   

 

[Dan]

If the forum is treated like a library, with its many Topics subjects and authors, then surely when we browse through it we should select the things that suit our preferences and needs.
So there should be no concerns about ignoring a postie. If you were in a library and didn't like a topic or a particular author then you wouldn't pick it up.

This is good! I like to think of it a a party, where when you circulate you may acknowledge the presence of particular guests, but certainly wouldn't want to stick around to hear what they have to say.

[doganjo]

If the forum is treated like a library, with its many Topics subjects and authors, then surely when we browse through it we should select the things that suit our preferences and needs.
So there should be no concerns about ignoring a postie. If you were in a library and didn't like a topic or a particular author then you wouldn't pick it up.

This is good! I like to think of it a a party, where when you circulate you may acknowledge the presence of particular guests, but certainly wouldn't want to stick around to hear what they have to say.

Exactly my thoughts, but sometimes you just catch a few words and your blood boils at their sheer stupidity and are so tempted to respond to put them right, so I am coming round to your ignoring them idea as it will assist my self control. *cheeks sucked in and eyebrows raised*

[SallyintNorth]

Dan, I love the new emotiwotsits - pleeeeaaaasssee can I have a couple more?    Being :fingers crossed: and (needed above!) :moi???  innocence personified:   

 

   Thank you Dan!     Love them!   

[suziequeue]

Dan
 
How do you do them?

[gardenjeannie]

I'd actually be fascinated to know who blocks who - but I don't want to know, if you know what I mean! 

Personally, I think a bit of friction is the grit in the oyster that makes the pearl.  Otherwise it's just something that slides down smoothly but is ultimately forgettable. 

I think oysters are all forgettable   with or without grit 

A honeymoon couple ordered a platter of a dozen oysters on their wedding night.  The following morning, the concierge asked, with a knowing grin, how they had enjoyed their oysters.  "Well," said the bride, "they were alright, but only 9 of them worked."

Sall-eee 

How about Nanny Ogg's famous 'carrot and oyster pie'??
Carrots so's you can see in the dark, and oysters so's you got summat to look at! 


Buy Nanny Ogg's cook book. It's hilarious






Wish I had been on when this conversation still going!  Nanny Ogg's the best!  And her recipes are usable.  Mrs Beeton will never look the same again!

[Mel Rice]

Not everyone gets with everyone else and if it was a room full of people all chatting there would be some who would choose to not engage with a particular person...as long as its not obvious then I see no problem. The written word is so much more permenant than the spoken (unless thats all recorded too ) I think it is a good idea this blocking thing I mean....Hope I wont use it either though!

[SallyintNorth]

Okay, maybe I am just becoming a bit grumpy old woman... Waddya mean, Sal, 'becoming'?! haha very funny...

I see we no longer haven an ignore user function, and I would like to use it. 

I'm not so bothered about hiding the text of a person's posts; what I want is for their postings to not affect my 'new' settings - so if the only update on a thread is from the ignored person, then that thread will not appear on my 'New Replies' and 'Unread' lists.

Several times recently I have just walked away from TAS because someone has splattered all the threads with utter tosh and nonsense (IMO), and I really can't be bothered to open every single thread to see if there is any update worth reading besides what this numpty has written.


There, that's better.  Thank you.

All I have to do is give it 12 hours or so, and the threads with any genuine conversation happening will get updated again. 

Rant over.   

[Cluckinggoodpoultry]

There is always another way of doing it rather than ignoring the post, on some sites there is a kudos button, could you not do this as a like and dislike at the bottom of the post, thumbs up thumbs down? Similar to what AndynJ has just suggested.


 I'm sure if people started getting dislikes they maybe realise that they need to step back and think about what they are writing.


I was looking for the like button as Sally int North has put up some really cracking comments.


I too saw the tongue in cheek emoticon as something entirely different, and at this time on a morning my mind really needs to behave 

[SallyintNorth]

Ooooh, sorry, I've unwittingly started the whole 'like/dislike/karma' debate again... can't think what emoticon to use for "Oh no not again" - perhaps we need a bowl of petunias...

However, since it's done... it maybe is worth discussing again...

Because I do worry sometimes that not all new members, who've joined to ask for help with something, will be able to distinguish the useful from the misleading.  And because we are a polite forum, whose members do not jump in and say, "That's rubbish, Sal!", or, "Yes, but yours always die, don't they?!", there may not be many or any clues to the uninitiated...

[bloomer]

the ignore list function is still there it is in your profile at the bottom there is a tab called buddies/ignore list you have to manually enter the name of the person you want to ignore.