Ignore User Feature on TF

The twin vs single thread prompted me to make a discovery which I would like to share with anyone else who may be unaware of its existence. On some boards the Ignore User feature is prominently displayed next to the user name in every thread. It is fairly well hidden on this board but available nonetheless.

Go to your User Control Panel and about midway down on the left hand side under "Settings and Options" you will find an option to edit your personal ignore list. Trust me, it can make your TF experience much more pleasant. And thank you to the mod who pointed this out to me.

The "ignore member" option is useful when another member's life purpose is to harass you.

I don't get it. What is the purpose?

What does it do?

I use it very rarely on any of the forums that I frequent but when I do use it I do so to avoid seeing the non-stop drabble that the occasional user seems compelled to post. I still see their nonsense if someone else quotes it but otherwise they are invisible to me. You may be able to accomplish the same thing by avoiding reading the posts from people that annoy you but I am not that disciplined.

skipperdude said:

I don't get it. What is the purpose?

What does it do?

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If you add a member to your ignore list you do not see their posts and they cannot message you via PM. It's Cyber Shunning and an extremely useful tool if there is someone who gets under your skin.

You can edit your ignore list here: http://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/profile.php?do=ignorelist

Personally I don't see a use for it.

I am capable of ignoring thing and people myself..

Ask my wife. She thinks I ignore everything.

Either that or I'm brain dead. She asks me all the time.

Doesn't anything bother you?

I say, yep.

But I just ignore it.

SD

Way to go SD. I am right there with you.

Did y'all say something?

I've used it once. I'm always up for a spirited discussion, especially if both parties are willing to keep their ears open and learn from each other. Close minded know-it-alls that lob antagonistic troll bomb comments get ignored.

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Dude. I love that verbage.

Quite the wordsmith arn't ya.

SD

skipperdude said:

Dude. I love that verbage.

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Awwwww...gosh...you went and got all four of my cheeks rosy on that one!

Now I am all paranoid.

Am I on anyones ignore list.

I don't think I could deal with that

SD

Skipper, I've only one member on the ignore list, and it isn't you.

Did SD just post something? ;-)

skipperdude...the only way I would "ignore" you is if you told me I got a USCG question wrong...

I'm amazed anyone would need to use that feature here.

I've only been here a short time and used it already.

Thanks Bob. I too am fed up with the endless drivel in the single v twin and will now have fewer posts to troll through to see if there is anything interesting going on!

beachbum29 said:

I'm amazed anyone would need to use that feature here.

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So am I, but I had to, for just one member. Using the Forum became so much better.

MurrayM said:

Close minded know-it-alls that lob antagonistic troll bomb comments ...

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That's great! Can I borrow that phrase from time to time? I promise to return it untarnished.

FlyWright said:

That's great! Can I borrow that phrase from time to time? I promise to return it untarnished.

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Yup, you bet. Just don't bring it back sticky...I hate sticky.

skipperdude said:

Now I am all paranoid.

Am I on anyones ignore list.

I don't think I could deal with that

SD

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I'm putting myself on my ignore list.

Looks like this...

Sticks and stones can break my bones. So far none of those have been emited by my computer.

Keith said:

Looks like this...

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My only problem is that sometime even the person that is ignored can have some useful information to me.

So ignore the thread works better for me as need be.

Delfin said:

I'm putting myself on my ignore list.

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Now that is funny.

Thanks I needed that today.

SD

There's a serious downside to this especially if you have a number of individuals on that list. Frequently (very frequently I think) members will refer to what has been said on other posts w/o using the quote feature. So the more you use the ignore feature the more you won't know what others are talk'in about.

I'll need to be very strongly motivated to use this feature and don't anticipate ever using it.

So thats why no one responds to reply's or threads of mine.

Dayum I thought it was just my poor speeling.

MurrayM said:

Awwwww...gosh...you went and got all four of my cheeks rosy on that one!

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Ya know, I coulda gone ALL day with out THAT image in my head!

Marty...................

JD said:

...sometime even the person that is ignored can have some useful information to me....

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Very true. My list,of one troll stalker, still involved balancing plus and minus.