How many people do you have on "ignore"?

[True Dough]

Just wondering how much you make use of the DU ignore function, if at all?

At what point do you pull the trigger?

I have six people on ignore. Some of them I bumped into in multiple threads and they were offensive/ignorant enough that I was turned off. I debated a few of them to confirm my feelings. Got nowhere.

I haven't "alerted" any posts as of yet, however.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

1. Zero.

I think I've alerted two posters so far, but they were OBVIOUS right-wing trolls. Their accounts were soon gone too.

[mac56]

2. Dozens.

[ProfessorGAC]

95. You Say Something?

Hey, Mac!

[stonecutter357]

3. all bugs go on "ignore".

[SamKnause]

4. Zero

I have never put anyone on ignore.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Zero

[taterguy]

6. Just you

For obvious reasons.

[True Dough]

10. But wait!

If you have me on ignore, how is this exchange happening???

[taterguy]

23. You tell me

I'm not sure how all these freatures work.

[rug]

7. None. They usually don't think things through.

[True Dough]

9. You find the most fascinating gifs

[IrishEyes]

16. That is how my two kittens act when I open the can of cat food.

Complete with trying to climb up the leg of my jeans. I have zero people on ignore. I had one once but then I took it off a week later.

[montana_hazeleyes]

84. That looks like my female cockatiel when shes

guarding her eggs. LoL

[Snackshack]

106. That is a cool Gif!!

Prefect example of why I have zero on ignore.

[Sherman A1]

8. A goodly number

I use rudeness and incivility as my guideposts.

[Thirties Child]

11. Three

All people who won't let the primary go.

[matt819]

12. About 50

Almost all from the campaign.

Too strident. Personal insults. Utter stupidity. General nastiness.

Not sure it works. There was one person on the list show posts I continue to see. I just removed him because I kind of like his posts. Left the other alone.

[True Dough]

13. That's interesting

The half dozen people I have on ignore I see nothing more of them. I do have them on "full ignore," not just "unable to exchange messages" ignore.

[Wounded Bear]

15. Thanks for reminding me...

I generally don't do that, but I had one especially obnoxious poster that earned the tag back during the heat of the election cycle.

[LeftInTX]

17. Zero

A few years ago, I had about 5 people on ignore and then I found out that I was missing out on threads, so I decided it wasn't worth it. These people never insulted me, but their Obama bashing drove me nuts. I think they have all gone somewhere else.

[True Dough]

18. Sadly,

so has Obama gone somewhere else!

[csziggy]

19. Six - four of them haven't posted since July or August 2016

So they might have been trolls who were no longer being paid. One is not a bad person - she mostly posts music videos of a style I hate. Every so often I take her off Ignore until I click on one too many bad videos and I put her back on.

Only one is always left when I clear my Ignore list. That person is noted for their vitriol and is just not worth reading. They seem to prefer attacking fellow DUers than attacking Republicans.

I think I will clear my Ignore list now - except for that one.

[sakabatou]

20. Zero, I think.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

21. Only myself

I find life to be much easier when I don't pay any attention to me.

[A HERETIC I AM]

75. Yup. Me too

Wait...did I say something?

Nope.

[UTUSN]

22. Zero by the function. I use the Self-actualizing method, skipping past those known and skipping out

from those discovered. Over the years I have *shocked* by asking some to put ME on Ignore. It's amazing that some dear members just can't stay away from posts they don't like and are compelled to voice their almighty contempt, usually in the first (and only) Reply. Most irritatingly, my erratic throwaway posts get immediate flaming and brazilian numbers while what I spend 45 minutes of insight & craft on (yes, I *do* have some of these) are *immediately* sunk to oblivion.

[JCanete]

24. Zero. I can understand people doing it for the right reasons...that is to say, they are actually

triggered and protecting themselves from exposure to certain things. I've seen a lot of people bother to post that they are putting me on ignore because I proffered an argument that they disagreed with(and clearly didn't sit well with them), and it was very clear that the intent was to get that last dig in without the opportunity for reprisal...and that's fine. The point isn't wining an argument, its discussing these issues, and at least that's a benefit to me because this person is signaling that he or she is not here to actually have a debate over these matters, and that I was wasting my time.

I just don't follow entirely what they get out of it.

I also don't alert posts directed at me or anybody, although I can understand the need to do so. I would rather let them stand for all to see, and simply challenge or rebut them.

[JudyM]

25. 8. If someone's posts make me actually recoil more than a few times, it's not worth seeing any more

of them. The recoiling is due to their mean spirited vitriol, not to their point of view, per se.

[Squinch]

26. Since JPR started up, none! Funny, that...

[saidsimplesimon]

27. imo, don't waste your time

share your opinion.

If you are a newbie to forums it is the best advise I can give.

[procon]

28. None now, although there were dozens during the primary. nt

[democrank]

29. Zero

[rock]

30. zero

"I like to watch", as Chauncy Gardener says.

[AgadorSparticus]

31. Not too many. I may have 6? I have keen ignoring capabilities.

I don't need electronic help ignoring people. That applies in real life too.

[marybourg]

32. About 6 or 7.

Rabid anti-semites, errr, I mean anti-zionists. My experience here is much pleasanter since I did that.

[True Dough]

34. Mine too, marybourg

It's kind of similar to when Drumpf comes on the TV screen. There are times when I just can't bear to listen to his B.S. so putting him on mute or turning the channel is the best option.

[Mike Nelson]

33. I have...

...zero. None. I do recall being accused of being "a member of the Bernie group" once. I had joined no group but did see it was my post popular group to post in, once looking at my profile. I was later banned from the Bernie group I supposedly belonged to for some reason I did not quite understand. I received a notification of the ban and it said I was not going to be able to post there. Quite soon, I checked it and was able to post... I always stated I would support the primary pick enthusiastically - and did just that for the national vote winner - Hillary!

[True Dough]

35. Hopefully the Bernie/Hillary animosity will be behind us soon, Mike

It's been a bumpy road but hopefully time heals those wounds.

[Ron Obvious]

36. Never had anybody on ignore

We used to have a feature where we could check to see how many people had US on ignore. I was always fascinated to see several people had me on ignore despite my milquetoast contributions here.

[redstatebluegirl]

37. 5 I had more during the primary.

[democratisphere]

38. Zero.

I would be a hypocrite to limit someone's freedom of speech and expression. If I don't like what someone says or does, just move on.

[retrowire]

40. It doesn't limit anyone's figure of speech if you ignore them.

If I approached you in real life and started shouting in your face, are you taking my freedom of speech away by turning the other cheek and carrying on with your day? no. You're just ignoring an imbecile.

[retrowire]

39. 44.

At what point do I pull the trigger?

I look at my online interactions this way. If you talk to me in a way that would have me back away from you slowly in real life, then you go on the ignore list.

Basically, if I'd ignore them in real life, then I'd do it here.

Too many smart ass people taking advantage of that safe internet anonymity end up in my ignore list.

[Orrex]

41. Just you, you big stinker.

[True Dough]

43. Stinker?

Hey, I just showered. Gimme another chance!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. I have two folks on ignore, but not for the "normal" reasons.

Both of them posted highly offensive posts in my threads, and I never wanted to see what they'd written again.

The one was a troll but this was back in the day when their posts weren't removed. Ignore took care of that.

The other person attacked me just once and again, I never wanted to see that post again. So, off to ignore.

I'll need to check, but the last time I looked, that person had not posted here on DU again.

[NNadir]

122. I can't imagine anyone attacking you. You're one of the nicest people in the world! n/t.

[Kaleva]

44. Zero. DU doesn't allow members to place themselves on ignore.

[Jokerman]

45. I haven't cleaned out my list since the before the convention...

so, about half of DU.

[Iggo]

46. Last time I answered one of these posts, it was over a hundred.

It's still over a hundred.

[talkinghand]

47. No one

I haven't been here in years! Finally got a new password. What's happened!

[DFW]

48. None

Never did.

I once looked and saw a few people had me on ignore. I neither remember who they were/are, nor care.

I once alerted on a right wing troll. Once. I was told to grow a thicker skin. Enough people must have followed my move, because the right wing troll was gone within two hours, but I got the hint. I have never alerted on anyone since, and have refused to serve on any jury for the same reason.

[yardwork]

56. Juries don't work that way anymore.

Now it's all anonymous. No comments are allowed. Please consider joining the jury pool again! DU needs you.

[Throd 2.0]

49. None.

[Stuart G]

50. Zero..

[Angry Dragon]

51. zero

[True Dough]

53. Zero?

Well then you're either the Angry Dragon because you don't ignore people and subject yourself to too many folks who piss you off, or you considerately tolerate forum members who disagree with you, which calls into question the accuracy of the "Angry" in your username.

[redstateblues]

52. None

[Turbineguy]

54. Zero

For me this a discussion board, not an echo chamber to feed my confirmation bias.

[True Dough]

55. I have exchanged differing points of view

with quite a few civil and open-minded forum members. I'll gladly do the same with some of them down the road if we're on opposing sides of the fence. That said, there are a handful of people who were so surly in going about their arguments that I prefer not to engage with them again.

[yardwork]

57. None. I don't want to miss anything.

[mainstreetonce]

58. Zero

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[BlueStateLib]

59. Just Manny Gonzalez

but he got banned

[Nay]

60. I have four. For many years I didn't have anyone on ignore, but damn, over this

past year some people just became insufferable and/or incoherent.

[True Dough]

61. I heard they thought you were too negative

Nay!

^^^ (That's a little joke there, a play on your username).

[Nay]

65. Heh, heh, heh!

[doc03]

62. One. He seems to only post on gun issues and consistently

comes out with a ridiculous straw man argument. I finally just got sick of it.

[CTyankee]

97. the few that I have ignore have always annoyed me with their insistence that guns are

safe and we can't change the 2nd amendment. I'm sick of it too.

[TexasBushwhacker]

63. I had one

But they quit or got banned last summer.

[cwydro]

64. Zero. nt

[LeftishBrit]

66. One.

Consistently baiting people, especially about their medical issues, will get them on ignore from me. There were two, both for that same reason, in all the time I've been on DU, since June 2004; but one got banned - not due to me in any way.

[astral]

67. All of you.

This is such a peaceful place to visit . . .


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I actually posted this last week thinking it was funny at the time and didn't know my post failed.

I have another forum where I have continually placed nasty people on ignore, but here I think I only did it once or twice, at some extreme thing or perceived by ME to be way far over the top.

Lately, the general tone in the Other Room there has stooped to criminally sick and disgusting, and I do not have the time to eradicate all the extremists from my view so I just go there less and pick which topics to view, I really want to understand why people think the way they do, but I suspect many of them have never questioned themselves on anything.

As I heard 'on the radio' this morning,
'Everyone is entitled to their own personal opinion, but no one is entitled to their own personal set of facts.'

[mvd]

68. Fairly large size

Usually I use it when I think Bernie bashing has gone too far. Or if the left is attacked unfairly. Or continued RW taking points. But I have quite a few friends here from way back who I would never ignore, despite our differences.

[Skittles]

69. tons

people I wouldn't give the time of day to in real life, I don't have to deal with them here either

[True Dough]

70. I don't regret the half dozen I placed on ignore

It's great knowing that I won't have to read their antagonistic jabs anymore. I wish I could do that with many Trump supporters on other social media.

It's not that I don't want to hear opposing viewpoints. I do. But if it's expressed in a crude and incendiary manner then it's not worth my time.

[Skittles]

72. I probably could do a cleanout

the swooners (no matter which candidate) during the primaries made me sick - the Tiger Beat mentality - heck, I still see it here sometimes

[mvd]

73. I didn't use to have any. But I already have..

enough Trump anxiety, so I want to make my DU experience as pleasant as possible. One thread title alone in GD today made me put that person on ignore. Sometimes it is so clear you don't want to see their posts.

[starshine00]

71. I just started but I have used it three times I think

for me it is the same as facebook block, if I think I am going to get in a long drawn out argument I put the person on ignore or block then every few weeks on facebook I would clean it out and I never could remember who the blockees were but I was always glad I didn't waste my time arguing with them

[Kimchijeon]

74. Zero.

I can't recall if I ever used it in the past, but I doubt it. I like that the option is there if I really wanted it.

Legit trolls seem to get tombstoned eventually anyway, and I just haven't felt like putting anyone on ignore.
For me, I just roll my eyes and just pass over something I feel like ignoring anyway so why filter them.

[Vinnie From Indy]

76. I have everyone on ignore.

DU is my personal thought journal!

[vlyons]

77. zero, but I have alerted a on few

for breaking the rules. Less than 10.

[tblue37]

78. None. I have been here since summer of 2004, but never have I

put anyone on "Ignore." I prefer to know what is being said. Sticking one's fingers in one's ears and chanting "Lalalalalalala--I can't hear you!" seems pointless to me. (And as a deaf person, I actually can't hear most of what is said in real life, even without the fingers-in-the-ears trick, LOL.)

[CountAllVotes]

79. Most of the ones I have on ignore are

GONE.

Posting privileges revoked! GOOD!!

[Squinch]

80. 2. One who puts out a ton of annoying vanity posts and one who is kind of bat-shit crazy.

I'm thinking of putting another one on. A poster who seems to have a need to post random names of politicians. It bugs me.

I had a bunch before but they all seemed to have migrated to JPR. So I had good reason to put them on when I did.

[rzemanfl]

81. None. n/t

[guillaumeb]

82. None. But if I am one of the 6 you will not read this.

[femmocrat]

83. I have a handful.

They are people who were unnecessarily rude or snippy. I should go back and review that, because I'll bet most of them are gone now. Thanks for the reminder.

I would rather block by keyword when possible.

[MedusaX]

85. No Fun...

None...,

I find that , irrespective of "what" they say/think/believe, their posts (and patterns) disclose a great deal of information regarding how people think / process information .....

[LWolf]

86. For many years

before the 2016 primaries, it was zero. I didn't have any trouble ignoring people without using the "ignore" function.

Since the '16 primaries? 73. And it could be more. Anyone who wants to pretend that there is not a very deep party divide is fooling themselves. I made a decision at some point last year not to feed the bullying and hate, and a long ignore list is the result. As it is, I don't spend much time here at all anymore, or it would probably be longer. I still like to check in on Sundays for lolcats and other lighter things.

[northoftheborder]

87. None now.

I had over a hundred during primary. I have alerted on one or two.

[littlemissmartypants]

88. Only the people that call me a noob.

[Orrex]

89. Nice post, noob.

#obvious

[littlemissmartypants]

92. .

Lucky for you there's no more room in the clown car.

Silly goose.

[Laffy Kat]

90. I forgot. How do I find out? nt

[Orrex]

93. Ask people to reply to your post

If you can't see their reply, they're on your Ignore list. Simple!

[Laffy Kat]

94. Got it! Thanks.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

91. 0... I have never used that function.

No one has ever bothered me enough to want to do that.

[DFW]

96. Zero. Never used it.

I have seen over the years that I have been ignored by various members. I think the last time I looked was over five years ago, so I don't even know if that's still the case. I suppose that people who use it feel a need for it. I sometimes get replies or see posts that strike me as stupid. But I can just as easily click to find what the weather will be like in Vanuatu tomorrow or go squeeze some blood oranges (they're in season again!) for a glass of great juice. If they're not worth replying to, then they're not worth enough attention to ignore. Besides, there's always the possibility they'll post something I find worthwhile in the future. No harm in leaving the possibility open, anyway.

[True Dough]

98. How do you know

if others have you on ignore? Obviously if you comment on their posts repeatedly and they never reply, then there's a good chance they have blacklisted you. But is there a formal way to check?

[DFW]

114. At least way back when

There was a way to find out if someone had you on ignore. I don't even know if this is still the case. There is no one whose posts I comment on repeatedly, unless you count cheerleading posts by Nance Greggs and California Peggy, both who are friends outside of DU as well as in here. I don't live in this place. My day job takes me to a different country every day. Maybe some people have that much free time (I'm jealous), but I certainly don't.

[Xolodno]

99. One...and it took a lot to get me there.

Offender made an argument.

I countered the argument.

Offender restates the argument...and adds a bit done by South Park.

I counter again and point out how the South Park reference has no relevance.

Offender restates the argument...and adds a bit done by South Park.

I give up and walk away.


....

Then the same crap happens again in another thread...and another...and another....

So...I decided, its not worth my time to converse with this individual as religious nuts use the same tactic. And yes, I do consider myself a religious individual...with out the nut part.

[shenmue]

100. Many

[hrmjustin]

101. None.

[dchill]

102. None. Not even myself.

[Throck]

103. Zero

[Jarqui]

104. Zero

[Snackshack]

105. Zero

[GP6971]

107. None. n/t

[still_one]

108. Zero. as for those who may be ornery, I just don't engage

[alittlelark]

109. I can't see this thread......

[La Lioness Priyanka]

110. 100 or so

[True Dough]

113. That might make you the record holder, Lioness!

Way to go!

[Luciferous]

111. 10

[Stuart G]

112. 9654...wait..it is 9653...wait..just a minute..

I ain't got nobody on ignore....you had better ignore this...

[williesgirl]

115. Zero

[True Dough]

116. Williesgirl?

Not quite the one Rick Springfield was pining for...

[Metsie Casey]

117. Zero. It will remain that way forever

[True Dough]

118. That's it!

You've made it my mission to get you to put me on ignore. I will not rest until I accomplish that goal, Metsie Casey!

[Metsie Casey]

119. Lol

[NNadir]

120. Five or six I think. I recall two by name, the others I've more or less forgotten.

The two I recall are too stupid for words, and, in fact, they often, being barely literate, expressed their deepest thoughts with emojis.

They were Trumpian in their mentality inasmuch as they have no grasp whatsoever or reality and are prone to asserting their ignorance as truth.

I started using the "ignore" button only a year or so ago, and it reduces my stress, inasmuch as ignorance has a way of raising my blood pressure.

It's not like they (the people I have on ignore) are going to become educated, wise or intelligent, so why bother reading what they have to say? It's a waste of time.

[Generic Brad]

121. Never have used the ignore feature

The closest I have come was maintaining a jury blacklist, but (surprise, surprise) all of them have disappeared from the site since the election.