Anyone else here seeing their "ignore" list growing?

[Lifelong Protester]

I was over at a thread on unemployment benefits running out, and could not believe what I was seeing (reading).
I realize a lot of people have been talking about the change in attitude on DU but wow. I read someone's post saying they had over 900+ folks on ignore.

What's the record?

[Lucian]

1. I have everyone on ignore.

Who started this thread? :P

[AnArmyVeteran]

36. Then you're basically 'word' masturbating with yourself.

I could have written anything in the subject line but you won't see it if everyone's on ignore. :)

[tridim]

2. My ignore list is short, but very effective.

I would love to have an "ignore by common avatar" function.

[JuniperLea]

9. I was thinking of going into "auto red x" mode myself...

With a common avatar being the trigger.

[BrklynLiberal]

12. lol

[Bitwit1234]

44. Why ignore anybody I like to hear what everybody

has to say no matter how much I disagree.

[LisaM]

3. I don't have anyone on ignore

I don't have to come here if I don't want to, so if I am, I may as well read what people write.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. You are a better man than I..

I guess I cannot handle some of the insanity

I wish I had an ignore button to use on people in my everyday life...

[DeschutesRiver]

78. I guess I do have an ignore button in real life

While I have never avoided, culled or ignored anyone for disagreements (even fierce, heated ones)over ideas, I have done so frequently for self-absorbed people who thrive on taking offensive where none is intended, who go out of their way to believe that everything is all about them, and thus whose minds are either dysfunctional or closed by choice. In real life, no, I don't deal with people who have such behavioral issues.

But I've never put anyone on ignore online, on any board anywhere, in my life, until yesterday. I used to answer the ignore question by saying that ignore was not necessary unless one needed such a crutch; that if you didn't like an idea, either debate it or just read it and move on, but here is what I've learned. As to ideas, same applies, but as to behavioral issues, I have a new policy. If I see nothing but repeated personal attacks, incivility or the like (to the point where there has been zero debate of the issue), then I am giving this "ignore" thing a try. So far, it is a pretty small list. I am going to keep being careful to clear up any misunderstandings that arise, or give the benefit of the doubt, because sometimes things are said in the heat of the moment and I don't want to squelch the chance to learn another point of view just because of "heat". But deliberate misunderstanding and personal attacks, without any debate about an issue or idea? Pointless. I suspect that my former tolerance for such behavior actually enables it in some cases.

I am amazed that it would be at DU that I first used an ignore feature. Maybe I have different standards for democrats - while I am used to see narcissitic people who refuse to or can't critically think elsewhere, I can't believe how the same thing is taking over here. It isn't why I come here, it isn't who I want to be, and it isn't the best other posters can be either, but I have no intention of letting it get in my way here. I have seen this kind of thing on other threads, increasingly. It is too easy to slip into the brawl, without thinking, when this sort of thing happens on a thread.

P.S. I also had no idea there was a hidden thread feature, and I am going to use it for threads about people abusing animals - probably the only thing that has ever upset me on this board. I never pull up those threads because of my reaction to them, and it even upsets me to see the subject line.

[JuniperLea]

14. I don't deal well with rudeness, condescention...

Puerility, insults, and RW trolls. My suspicion of the latter is enough.

Life is too short.

[Lifelong Protester]

61. Me neither. It's an expedient for ridding myself of having to say

"Ya gotta be kidding" at some of this stuff. I already spend too much time here!!!

[SkyDaddy7]

42. I am with you!

I want to know what everyone has to say! I think the "ignore list" has become a way for people to avoid reading opinions that differ from their own.

Seriously, 900 people? I rest my case!


WOW! That should land me on a few Ignore Lists.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Whew. So it is not only me....

I was wondering if I was just getting old and cranky and had no more patience for BS ...or the actual BS, troll and disruptor level has skyrocketed. Perhaps a little of both.

[Lifelong Protester]

60. It's not just you.

I think the BS factor has really risen. I like to think I can differentiate between a good discussion and just a lot of disruptive crap.
Hence the use of 'ignore'.

[alfredo]

5. No. I've been here since 2002 and I've only used it once.

[JuniperLea]

6. Funny you should mention...

Mine is quite extensive... and a good 40% have concrete pizzas... I'm going to keep those for old time's sake... *sniff*

[BrklynLiberal]

18. I just recently went thru my Ignore list to see who had attained pizza status...and

was amazed at how many are no longer able to post.

I also kept them around for the hell of it..

I also have to smile when I see a thread getting very contentious..and alot of people are arguing with someone..and I have that "someone" on ignore. I feel that I have probably saved myself some aggravation..

[JuniperLea]

63. Hahaha! I do that too...

"Ignore" is clearly saving me time and aggravation! I'm not the least bit curious either... just happy NOT to see the ridiculousness.

[notadmblnd]

7. No, I have never put anyone on ignore

[KansasVoter]

10. Never ignored anyone. Everyone makes a good post now and then.

[LisaM]

52. That's a great point

Every now and then someone I've disagreed with regularly posts something I agree with. So it's worth to read through the rest.

[KansasVoter]

53. True!

[seabeyond]

11. never used ignore. nt

[dionysus]

13. never used that feature.

[conscious evolution]

15. No.But my 'buddy' list has been growing

[uppityperson]

40. Mine too. Some on my buddy list are buddies, some are to watch

[Fumesucker]

16. Never used ignore or hide thread features.. n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

17. If a person's got 900 people on their ignore list...

it's probably not the other 900 people who've got a problem.

[jp11]

19. I can just skip over posts I don't want to read anymore or from people who have nothing new

or useful to add/say. I'm not censoring the internet for myself, I know I can handle what can or could get posted here.

[SargeUNN]

20. I have none on ignore but doesn't mean

I don't ignore some anyway.

[B Calm]

21. Only the thin skinned use the ignore feature.

[AnArmyVeteran]

30. That's true.

[Toucano]

39. It's not "thin skin" to avoid wasting time on disruptive OPs

I think one of the people I have on ignore starts a daily thread about kittens and puppies, for example.

If that person contributes to a thread, I see their contribution. I just don't have to go "What the fuck is that?" for every Care Bears and Holly Hobby thread he or she starts.

I'm filtering the frivolous.

[LanternWaste]

51. ess as being thin-skinned, and more concerned with not wasting his own time.

I disagree. Imagine the Physic Professor who has studies the field all of his adult life discussing basic mathematics with a young student. The student is incorrect, refuses to admit as such, and then simply continues to use the same logical fallacies time after time.

The Professor soon walks away while the young student is still engaging in his righteous monologue. I perceive the Professor ignoring him less as being thin-skinned, and more as simply being concerned with not wasting his own time.

But then again, I seem to lack the absolutism of the intentions of others that you imply to posses in this context...

[closeupready]

71. Yes, that's it. Despite what some here seem to think, there are abusive people on this board.

But since mods here give everyone the benefit of the doubt, it takes time and effort to get their accounts banned; in the meantime, many good, thoughtful members are abused.

I don't take abuse from anyone, and I know when someone is just trolling for a fight, and I just hit the little red x and it's gone.

Certainly, if others want to fight or squabble with these people, go right ahead. I'm just not going to waste my time. Kind of seems disrespectful to Skinner and the mods to engage like that, but hey, whatever.

[sufrommich]

22. No ignore list. It's the internet ferchristsake. nt

[Hell Hath No Fury]

23. In all the years I have been on DU --

I have put a total of one person on ignore, and only after years of inane posts. I think ignore is generally for big babies. :shrug:

[closeupready]

24. I had about 48 people on at one point - some have since been banned; others, I've taken off

just because I felt that the decision was made in haste.

But others I've left on and have no intention of taking off.

I'm going to be honest - I don't come here to DU to be exposed to a wide range of views; I come here to talk with friends, see how people are working to advance a progressive, liberal agenda, and to encourage others to do likewise.

I do not enjoy reading what people on Free Republic are saying, I do not enjoy being flamed or insulted here (which is not the same as reading people disagree with my arguments or opinions; that is 100% fine). I do not care what Matt Drudge is putting on his little website.

[Lifelong Protester]

62. Yep, me too.

there are alot of other sites one can visit if we want "a lot of alternative views".

Just seems lately there are a lot more (low post numbers, sorry, I know that's a sore spot with newbies) people here just for the sake of crappy arguments, none with substance (those folks are on my ignore list mostly).

[Iggo]

25. Nope. Still at zero.

My Buddy list is getting huge, though.

[Upton]

26. No..I don't use ignore

and never will.

[LisaM]

76. Because....

then you would lose all the great threads about the beloved Detroit Lions!!!!!

[sinkingfeeling]

27. Mine has been growing since the great Health Care Reform debate.

[AnArmyVeteran]

28. If you ignore everyone but like thinkers isn't that what conservatives do?

I don't have anyone on ignore. I don't want to be like a right winger who puts his fingers in his ears and mutters 'la la la la la' to drown out anything they aren't conditioned to believe. I like to read a wide variety of opinions. But I guess someone will put me on ignore for even saying that. I don't want to live in a cocoon where I hear only things I agree with. What's the point of that and what can you learn from just being part of a choir with everyone singing the same tune?

Okay, NOW I'm finished so you can put me on ignore now :).

[SargeUNN]

33. I wouldn't ignore you, in fact

I find your post very interesting and am very impressed with you.

[Lifelong Protester]

77. Hey, I'd never ignore you!

YOu wished me a Happy Birthday last month, and BTW, I enjoy reading what you have to post. I just put abusive folks on 'ignore', the ones who are obviously here to flame-bate, etc. (If that is the right term). Plenty of alternate views amongst those who can disagree respectfully!

[cherokeeprogressive]

29. 0 on ignore. I'm sure I'm on more than a few though... n/t

[JonLP24]

31. I use 'hide thread' a lot

No ignore though.

[Arkansas Granny]

48. I use hide thread on those occasions where half the threads on the page

are dealing with the same subject. Sometimes it seems that each poster has to start a new thread on a subject.

[leftofcool]

32. zero on ignore

Even the people I don't like have some good things to say.

[LoZoccolo]

I no longer have 900+ people on ignore. n/t

[onehandle]

34. I've never put anyone on ignore.

It's kinda counter to the whole 'discussion forum' purpose.

The only time I could see putting someone on ignore is if they are stalking you.

[Toucano]

35. I only have three and I only ignore threads they start. n/t

[City Lights]

37. No, my ignore list is empty.

I emptied it after the primaries and haven't used it since. My "hide thread" button is quite active though. :-)

[lpbk2713]

38. Put the Admins on 'ignore'.

That way you'll never be T/S'd.



Really. :eyes:

[Radical Activist]

41. Not really.

A couple of people who dislike me personally, probably due to one DUer who tried a character assassination gossip campaign against me a while back. Other than that, I take masochistic pleasure from arguing with cantankerous morons.

[TheKentuckian]

43. Never (except on accident when using a touchscreen), whatever my tolerance

for opinions I disagree with, I don't seek to evade them and on rate occasion it is fruitful to have an exchange with someone that drives you to banging your head on a wall 999 times out of a 1,000 either for you or them or both.

I think that's worth it.

[Arkansas Granny]

45. I don't use the ignore list. There are a some posters that I don't always agree with

and some that piss me off on a regular basis, but I still want to know what they say. I think someone with over 900 people on ignore is probably looking for an echo chamber, not a discussion board.

[uppityperson]

46. I had only 1 on my ignore list, only briefly and he is gone now.

[AngryOldDem]

47. I've been here for about six years.

For about five of those six years, I just had ONE person on ignore. Now I've got a boatload.

I hate doing that, I really do, but sometimes I have no other choice. If it keeps up, the value of this place (for me) will be nil.

[AngryAmish]

49. I only have myself on ignore

I can't stand know-it-all pricks.

[Rex]

50. I don't have an ignore list, if I want to ignore someone I just don't

read their posts or respond to them if they reply to me.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

54. I've been here since 2001 and still have 0 on my list.

It's a discussion board not a popularity contest.

[prolesunited]

55. I don't have one

It's only a message board and nobody's comment here is going to bother me that much that I have to ignore them.

[Caliman73]

56. I have no list.

You kind of get to know who you may or may not agree with by reading a few of their responses, but like some of the others said, you may sometimes agree with something and that poster may have stated it eloquently. I would not want to miss the information because they are on ignore so I don't do it. To each their own however. I could understand that passions may be so inflamed that you might need to block posts.

[EstimatedProphet]

57. Yup, mine is

[SheilaT]

58. No one. never have used the ignore function.

If you can't simply ignore on an informal level, those who make stupid posts here, then you need to rethink your ability to be on a board that intends to encourage lively debate.

Plus, I've had the experience of having an exchange that was practically a flame war with someone in one area, and within 48 hours that person coming to my defense over something else in another area. Clearly that person didn't put me on ignore.

There are areas on DU that I simply don't go to, or don't post, because I am so completely in disagreement with most of the discussions in those areas. It's up to me to behave like an adult.

[Lifelong Protester]

59. Well, that was interesting!

I'm not thin-skinned, just looking to ignore the ignorant (or time-wasters).
Yep, I know I can skip their posts, but no need to get worked up over stuff I can just ignore.

None of you folks are on my list! I enjoy your posts, even when they are of differing opinion. I think I have maybe 15 folks on my list, but there seems to be more folks here lately that are disruptive and their threads are not INstructive. Or they are just plain rude.

I know it's the Internet and everyone can 'play'. Just need to be my own filter and editor.

Thanks for all of your replies.

[proteus_lives]

64. Nope. I don't use the ignore function.

No point to it.

[slackmaster]

65. Nope, it still has a couple of tombstoners and one foreign agitator troll

:nuke:

[chillspike]

66. i won't put anyone on ignore

for their opinions. if the are just being an annoying pest and won't stop, maybe.

[JHB]

67. Nope.

The only people on my "ignore" list are just a few people who post vanity videos in the PV forum.

Otherwise, I can ignore people perfectly fine on my own, no need to have a machine do it for me. Besides, even people I knock heads with are right sometimes.

[flvegan]

68. I only have a few left on mine.

Only reason they're on it is to make the Lounge a tolerable place.

[TexasObserver]

69. My Ignore List has climbed in the past month.

You'd be surprised how much it cleans up the board if you eliminate a number of the heavy thread starters. You know the ones. No thought crosses their mind without their starting a thread over it. No personal event or observation is too insignificant not to justify its own thread. No matter how many threads there are on a topic, they have to start one of their own.

Haven't missed them.

[DCBob]

70. No but my idiot list is..

;)

[bigwillq]

72. No (nt)

[DFW]

73. I guess I fail miserably

I've never put anyone on ignore.

So sue me. Or ignore me. I'll live.

[FooshIt]

74. I'm at exactly two

so far, but it will grow I'm sure

[Bluebear]

75. Hell yes.

I appreciate those noble souls who would NEVER ignore anyone...I couldn't be here without the feature :)

[Brickbat]

79. No...I don't have anyone on ignore, but I do hide a lot of threads.

Love that function, "hide thread."