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I rarely put posters on Ignore...and I ususally remove them once I can be civil to them again, but I do have to admit that it is kind of relaxing to see 'This message is hidden because so-and-so is on your ignore list'. I mean, you can't get pissed off about what you can't see.

I admit I get a bit curious sometimes and consider taking them off my list to read a post I suspect is going to piss me off...but I resist. It might be a bit 'lalalala', but sometimes it's the only way I can not lose my mind and get banned.

What do you think about the Ignore List? Is it effective? (I mean, if someone quotes that person you can still read their stuff anyway)...do you put anyone on it? Don't name names please...just discuss the function itself.

I was unaware of the Ignore function until a few seconds ago.

I don't use the ignore list. I feel like it's a cowardly way out of dealing with opinions one doesn't agree with.

I don't use the ignore list. I feel like it's a cowardly way out of dealing with opinions one doesn't agree with.
I agree. Plus it's kind phun to get all bent outta shape at some ignorant n00b who doesn't know his azz from a hole in the ground. :D

I've never put anyone on ignore. :)

I don't use the ignore list. I feel like it's a cowardly way out of dealing with opinions one doesn't agree with.
As usual, I agree with you.

As usual, I agree with you.
You're obviously a very wise person.

I don't use the ignore list. I feel like it's a cowardly way out of dealing with opinions one doesn't agree with.
Yeah, that has been my take on it for a long time as well...but the only time I use it is when I am having an argument with someone that really can't go anywhere but DOWN, and I can't trust myself not to start flaming like a madwoman. It's kind of my last resort for a cool-down, rather than kicking my own ass of NS for a bit. Like I said...I use it sparingly, and never permanently.

I agree. Plus it's kind phun to get all bent outta shape at some ignorant n00b who doesn't know his azz from a hole in the ground. :D

I've never put anyone on ignore. :)
Yep. And the interwebnet is all about teh phun

You're obviously a very wise person.
Shut up and bring me a sandwich:D

I use the I.G.N.O.R.E. list and my IM block list to a degree. At times I've unblocked people who were jerks, but they still stayed that way so the block went back up.

Yeah, that has been my take on it for a long time as well...but the only time I use it is when I am having an argument with someone that really can't go anywhere but DOWN, and I can't trust myself not to start flaming like a madwoman. It's kind of my last resort for a cool-down, rather than kicking my own ass of NS for a bit. Like I said...I use it sparingly, and never permanently.
I'll occasionally just leave a thread that's getting me too angry to post in my usual barely civil and mildly inappropriate manner.

Never used ignore function. I ignore people myself if necessary.

Shut up and bring me a sandwich:D
*nasal milquetoast voice*

Yes dear

Yep. And the interwebnet is all about teh phun
Most of the time, yes. :p

I put one person on my ignore list once. Removed them two days later. Seemed kinda pointless. Im too curious for my own good

I'm capable of ignoring without the help of technology.

Besides- I wouldnt know how to use it anyway.

I'll occasionally just leave a thread that's getting me too angry to post in my usual barely civil and mildly inappropriate manner.
Yeah, that's my general method. Ignore is an extreme reaction to an extreme level of personal anger...when I start picturing choking someone, and making the motions...well, I usually take a break. But sometimes that break doesn't work with that particular poster, and in order to give myself a more thorough calming down period, I IGNORE them for a bit, and just go about my business in a normal manner.

And I've tried just not reading their posts...but I read too damn fast. Before I know it, before I can even help it, it's done.

I put one person on my ignore list once. Removed them two days later. Seemed kinda pointless. Im too curious for my own good
I know...it's really hard to avoid 'peeking'.

I don't use the ignore list. I feel like it's a cowardly way out of dealing with opinions one doesn't agree with.

That.

I'm capable of ignoring without the help of technology.

Besides- I wouldnt know how to use it anyway.
Oh, that's easy. You go into the profile tab at the top left of this screen, then into 'BUDDY/IGNORE LISTS" and type in the poster's name.

The great thing is, if you forget to un-ignore someone once you've calmed down and regained your senses, you have the option to remove them from your ignore list the second you see a blocked post.

I only do this when a poster is getting personal, and I can't help but continue to reply to them...in some pointless attempt to get them to eat their words. Like I said, I used to think it was stupid, but it's lowered my stress level on occasions. Then again, so has gin. I'd take gin over IGNORE, but well, that's not always an option:(

I have one person on it and that person has been there for, oh, months now, ever since (s)he accosted me in my TG box and wrote very threatening things.

I have had more, but I just use on and off for annoying troll puppets like jesussaves, and returning trolls like commando.

I have one person on it and that person has been there for, oh, months now, ever since (s)he accosted me in my TG box and wrote very threatening things.

I have had more, but I just use on and off for annoying troll puppets like jesussaves, and returning trolls like commando.
You had Jesussaves on your ignore list?

*runs off crying*

You had Jesussaves on your ignore list?

*runs off crying*

Just because you were so prolific with it. Jesussaves posts were everywhere, and it took them such a long time to delete the puppet, I had to do it to be able to continue reading real posts.

Just because you were so prolific with it. Jesussaves posts were everywhere, and it took them such a long time to delete the puppet, I had to do it to be able to continue reading real posts.
Humph. And I'm sure you'd have Ignored HerPower had she been allowed to live long enough...*runs off to joing DC in his bout of weeping*

No, but seriously...it's only when things get personal that I would use Ignore.

I've used ignore on two people. Mostly because I'm bad about responding to people that just can't be reasoned with, and I wanted to make those threads look shorter, hehe.

Both of them have since come off of ignore. One I ended up getting along with, until she left (or got banned??) and the other I've considered putting back on it, but haven't yet.

I did have the mods "suggest" that I put someone on ignore once, but I didn't. I had no problem at all interacting with him. He had just decided he didn't like me and couldn't deal with me, and somehow that was supposed to be my fault....?

Theres not really any point to the ignore list.

If someone really wants to stress their point enough they'll probobly find a way around it.

Incidentally, a lot of n00bs use it....

Does anyone know what Sinuhue is talking about in this thread? She's on my ignore list :D


j/k

Theres not really any point to the ignore list.

If someone really wants to stress their point enough they'll probobly find a way around it.

Incidentally, a lot of n00bs use it....
I resent that insinuation! You are now on IGNORE!!!!!:D

No, there is a difference between someone who is flaming you...that you can report to the mods, and be done with it. What I mean is that sometimes my personality can not let me drop an issue, and it starts to get personal in a non-flamish, but nonetheless murderous-rage-causing way.

Does anyone know what Sinuhue is talking about in this thread? She's on my ignore list :D


j/k
I was wondering who was going to do that....*high five!*

I was wondering who was going to do that....*high five!*

Yeah, this one was too obvious to let it pass :D

*high fives back*

Meh, I've thought about it, but I'm the kind of person who gives people more chances. The two posters I thought about ignoring have since stopped their bullshittery, so I'm fine as is.

I resent that insinuation! You are now on IGNORE!!!!!:D

No, there is a difference between someone who is flaming you...that you can report to the mods, and be done with it. What I mean is that sometimes my personality can not let me drop an issue, and it starts to get personal in a non-flamish, but nonetheless murderous-rage-causing way.
Well....since you cant see this...

NOOB NOOB NOOBITY NOOB NOOB n00b NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB

:D

bullshittery
That's a fine, fine word! Bravo! *yoink*

Well....since you cant see this...

I'm a big loser

:D
Sorry? What?

Sorry? What? I shat in the fridge and ate a wheel of cheese?
wow.

I'm not even mad.

I'm amazed.

;)

I think use of the Ignore function is dangerous, in that it's a pretty effective tool for completely blocking off the need for critical thinking. Ok, so most debates change few minds. But even so, reading and responding to points which necessarily incense you, rather than simply forgetting such views exist, seems a much healthier approach to discourse.

That said, I guess we're all here to have fun, and if it means avoiding nastiness...even so, if you need an Ignore function to avoid regular flaming, the Internet at large is probably not going to be that smooth an experience.

I think use of the Ignore function is dangerous, in that it's a pretty effective tool for completely blocking off the need for critical thinking.

Of course, some of us only use it on those who refuse to do any critical thinking.... =)

So in essence, you all think I'm a wimp/n00b/asshat for using the Ignore function. Well shite on you!

Shite I say!

But really...some people are utterly incapable of expressing themselves in a non-hysterical manner...or just talk so much shit you need to kind of cull them from the thread so you can actually read it.

Of course, some of us only use it on those who refuse to do any critical thinking.... =)

If their arguments are so stupid, refuting them should be no problem.

So in essence, you all think I'm a wimp/n00b/asshat for using the Ignore function. Well shite on you!

Shite I say!

No, I don't think you're an asshat. But I think, especially for younger debaters (not calling you old) it's not a very good idea to blanket ignore annoying people, however satisfying it may be.

That's a fine, fine word! Bravo! *yoink*

Use it as often as you like...

...But titwash is mine. And Preebs'. And Kanabia's.

If their arguments are so stupid, refuting them should be no problem.
Try refuting someone who is accusing you of hating them because you dared to ask them to back themselves up, and who then goes on a long rant about how the world sux etc...

Anyway. Like I said. Rarely used, but sometimes needed...for the sake of sanity.

No, I don't think you're an asshat. But I think, especially for younger debaters (not calling you old) it's not a very good idea to blanket ignore annoying people, however satisfying it may be.
Meh. If they want to be all alone on this forum, with everyone on ignore, power to 'em.

And that 'meh' was for Carnivorous by the way. I'm hoping it'll piss him off enough to use the Ignore on me:)

Try refuting someone who is accusing you of hating them because you dared to ask them to back themselves up, and who then goes on a long rant about how the world sux etc...

Anyway. Like I said. Rarely used, but sometimes needed...for the sake of sanity.

Ok. Well, then clearly, and I get the impression you're alluding to a specific poster, if it's that annoying, it's probably a good idea. There's always exceptions. Just, in general, I try to avoid it. (Besides, if you Ignore them, you miss all the embarrassing slip-ups, and can't mock their grammar, etc.)

Ok. Well, then clearly, and I get the impression you're alluding to a specific poster, if it's that annoying, it's probably a good idea. There's always exceptions. Just, in general, I try to avoid it. (Besides, if you Ignore them, you miss all the embarrassing slip-ups, and can't mock their grammar, etc.)
Actually, the poster I'm alluding to isn't on my ignore list:) No one is right now...just giving a reason why some people choose IGNORE rather than trying to argue reason into a poster.

Anway...later gator!

I don't have anyone on ignore...no one makes me that mad. When or if they do I check the player profile, and generally their age lets me put things in perspective.

I don't think I'm on anyone's ignore list...I'm not good at being hostile online. I'm better at it in person. Having kids will do that to ya.

surely its more effort to add someone to your ignore list than to just read their name and skip over their post... ok you have to do it each time but it helps build up a healthy contempt for those you disagree with :cool:

besides, i enjoy exposing myself to alternative points of view and alternative opinions ;) (yeah right :D )

I rarely put posters on Ignore...and I ususally remove them once I can be civil to them again, but I do have to admit that it is kind of relaxing to see 'This message is hidden because so-and-so is on your ignore list'. I mean, you can't get pissed off about what you can't see.

I admit I get a bit curious sometimes and consider taking them off my list to read a post I suspect is going to piss me off...but I resist. It might be a bit 'lalalala', but sometimes it's the only way I can not lose my mind and get banned.

What do you think about the Ignore List? Is it effective? (I mean, if someone quotes that person you can still read their stuff anyway)...do you put anyone on it? Don't name names please...just discuss the function itself.

12k + posts and I have used it once
I wish I could say I used it 0 times but Neo-Regola got through to me

surely its more effort to add someone to your ignore list than to just read their name and skip over their post... ok you have to do it each time but it helps build up a healthy contempt for those you disagree with :cool:

besides, i enjoy exposing myself to alternative points of view and alternative opinions ;) (yeah right :D )
I agree for the most part ... besides the one exception ... you cant learn from people if you stick your fingers in your ears

I have over 30 people on my ignore list.

The people I've put on ignore have been vanishingly few, and those I did put on ignore have all left NS for the most part, either due to passing fancy or due to forumban.

I'll tell you though, the best thing I discovered was how to turn off those annoying sigs. Even the amusing ones became less so on repeated viewings. Their absence is not missed from this quarter...!

I have over 30 people on my ignore list.
Wow for only 200 + posts ... thats a lot lol
And welcome fellow minnesotan

Nobody is on my ignore list (not even Lyric :rolleyes: ), purely because I like to read what every member here contributes.

Haven't had to Ignore anyone yet, but I feel like people the RP areas are ignoring me...:(

Nobody is on my ignore list (not even Lyric :rolleyes: ), purely because I like to read what every member here contributes.
Lyric did not make mine either

Like I said there was one who came off it BEFORE they left NS
Now there are none

I think I made it on Mesatecala's ignore list a few times, but I thought that meant that he simply wouldn't reply.

I didn't know there was an actual forum function to ignore people.
That being said, I don't think it's any sort of way to deal with someone you disagree with or dislike. It's much better to simply reduce their argument to nothing, and feel superior that way...:D

huh? what ? oh sorry I was ignoring you.:D

I rarely put posters on Ignore...and I ususally remove them once I can be civil to them again, but I do have to admit that it is kind of relaxing to see 'This message is hidden because so-and-so is on your ignore list'. I mean, you can't get pissed off about what you can't see.

I admit I get a bit curious sometimes and consider taking them off my list to read a post I suspect is going to piss me off...but I resist. It might be a bit 'lalalala', but sometimes it's the only way I can not lose my mind and get banned.

What do you think about the Ignore List? Is it effective? (I mean, if someone quotes that person you can still read their stuff anyway)...do you put anyone on it? Don't name names please...just discuss the function itself.
It's been effective for me, especially since I think all the people I had on my ignore list have since been deated. Makes me think my judgment isn't so bad after all.

Eh... I feel that if you get THAT worked up over a bloody Internet forum, even NS General, you need to step back away from the computer, go outside, and enjoy life.

Or follow the suggestion and look at porn.

Either way, it removes the high blood pressure and the need for ignore.

I rarely put posters on Ignore...and I ususally remove them once I can be civil to them again, but I do have to admit that it is kind of relaxing to see 'This message is hidden because so-and-so is on your ignore list'. I mean, you can't get pissed off about what you can't see.

I admit I get a bit curious sometimes and consider taking them off my list to read a post I suspect is going to piss me off...but I resist. It might be a bit 'lalalala', but sometimes it's the only way I can not lose my mind and get banned.

What do you think about the Ignore List? Is it effective? (I mean, if someone quotes that person you can still read their stuff anyway)...do you put anyone on it? Don't name names please...just discuss the function itself.
I only recently started using NS's ignore function, to block out people I simply don't like at all, such as lesbians.

I'll tell people they're on 'ignore' for dramatic effect sometimes, but for the most part I can't usually be bothered following through.

I don't have anyone on ignore...no one makes me that mad. When or if they do I check the player profile, and generally their age lets me put things in perspective. Now there's something I've never done...checked their profile I mean. Though the people who have pissed me off the most have not been younguns anyway...but still:)

surely its more effort to add someone to your ignore list than to just read their name and skip over their post... ok you have to do it each time but it helps build up a healthy contempt for those you disagree with :cool: I'll be half way through the post before I finish just scanning their name...so no, that doesn't work for me.

besides, i enjoy exposing myself to alternative points of view and alternative opinions ;) (yeah right :D )
For me, it's not about 'alternative points of view blah blah blah'. It is asshatery (oh, I love this word!) that every once and a while sneaks past my defences and turns me into a savage.

there's an ignore button?

12k + posts and I have used it once
I wish I could say I used it 0 times but Neo-Regola got through to me
Don't feel bad. I popped my ignore cherry around 11k:)

I have over 30 people on my ignore list.
Wow...seriously? Does that put serious holes in the discussions you are a part of?

Don't feel bad. I popped my ignore cherry around 11k:)
Lol ... I think mine was about there as well ... I am almost caught up to you now but this was a month or two ago

I don't ignore anyone.

Except Sinuhue, of course.

The people I've put on ignore have been vanishingly few, and those I did put on ignore have all left NS for the most part, either due to passing fancy or due to forumban.

I'll tell you though, the best thing I discovered was how to turn off those annoying sigs. Even the amusing ones became less so on repeated viewings. Their absence is not missed from this quarter...!
I never had sigs active. They are annoying as all hell.

It's much better to simply reduce their argument to nothing, and feel superior that way...:D
That's what we all think at first. Then we realise it's actually better to talk about sex instead.

Eh... I feel that if you get THAT worked up over a bloody Internet forum, even NS General, you need to step back away from the computer, go outside, and enjoy life.


This IS me enjoying life right now...and getting worked up on an internet forum is not much different than getting worked up talking politics at a bar. At least these discussion don't get bloody.

I'll tell people they're on 'ignore' for dramatic effect sometimes, but for the most part I can't usually be bothered following through.
yeah...I think I might use it more if somehow the person on my ignore list was informed of this move. Then again...no...I'd probably never use it at all so I could maintain the illusion of maturity.

I never had sigs active. They are annoying as all hell.

Seconded. I got tired of reporting humongo-sigs to moderation and just turned them off. That people can be so dim not to realise that their 8+ line sig is not that interesting is just astonishing.

I don't ignore anyone.

Except Sinuhue, of course.
It's only because he can't stand the heat of the flames his heart lights every time he reads my words...he wouldn't be able to function at all if he didn't ignore me:)

Seconded. I got tired of reporting humongo-sigs to moderation and just turned them off. That people can be so dim not to realise that their 8+ line sig is not that interesting is just astonishing.
I didn't have a sig for the longest time, but then I started quoting shit I read on the forum, and I always forget I even have a sig because I can't see them anyway...but email sigs ALSO make me crazy if people don't change them often.

I didn't have a sig for the longest time, but then I started quoting shit I read on the forum, and I always forget I even have a sig because I can't see them anyway...but email sigs ALSO make me crazy if people don't change them often.

For me it's the size, and not the contents that's the annoying part. Especially when the quotes are in quote boxes - an empty quote box takes up four lines all by itself. Add a few lines of text and you've got yourself a huuuuuge sig. And then people usually have two quote boxes and additional text and then spotting their actual post becomes not worth it.

/end rant

It's a pet-peeve.

It's only because he can't stand the heat of the flames his heart lights every time he reads my words...he wouldn't be able to function at all if he didn't ignore me:)

I'd respond to that but I'm obviously ignoring you so I have no idea what you wrote, la la la!

I rarely put posters on Ignore...and I ususally remove them once I can be civil to them again, but I do have to admit that it is kind of relaxing to see 'This message is hidden because so-and-so is on your ignore list'. I mean, you can't get pissed off about what you can't see.

I admit I get a bit curious sometimes and consider taking them off my list to read a post I suspect is going to piss me off...but I resist. It might be a bit 'lalalala', but sometimes it's the only way I can not lose my mind and get banned.

What do you think about the Ignore List? Is it effective? (I mean, if someone quotes that person you can still read their stuff anyway)...do you put anyone on it? Don't name names please...just discuss the function itself.
I have never used the ignore feature, and I don't see a need for it, despite some heavy duty insults that have been tossed my way.

Posters can only bother me, if I let them bother me. The choice is all mine.

Not only do I refuse to use the ignore button, I also refuse to report anyone to the Mods. Usually posters who are going to get into trouble with the Mods are going to self destruct anyways. No need to get angry about any of it.

I'd respond to that but I'm obviously ignoring you so I have no idea what you wrote, la la la!
That's a shame. I'm feeling extra, extra dirty minded tonight:)

I have never used the ignore feature, and I don't see a need for it, despite some heavy duty insults that have been tossed my way.

Posters can only bother me, if I let them bother me. The choice is all mine.

Not only do I refuse to use the ignore button, I also refuse to report anyone to the Mods. Usually posters who are going to get into trouble with the Mods are going to self destruct anyways. No need to get angry about any of it.
Where I try to the best of my ability to help the mods as much as I can

Administering a board this size has got to suck ... and all the time they would have to spend hunting down rule violations without help would be enormous

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Actually ... everyone is on my ignore list. It makes conversations way more exciting.

Not only do I refuse to use the ignore button, I also refuse to report anyone to the Mods. Usually posters who are going to get into trouble with the Mods are going to self destruct anyways. No need to get angry about any of it.
Hmph. I've never reported a poster out of anger. But report I do...because mods don't read every single post, and some things should be caught before they blow up. Especially when newish posters are under attack...hell, I didn't even know there was a Moderation forum for the first four months of my time on NS. It would've been nice to know I had some recourse when one poster called me a mutt and said he'd gladly spit in my children's faces if he ever met us. That guy actually kind of scared me.

Hmph. I've never reported a poster out of anger. But report I do...because mods don't read every single post, and some things should be caught before they blow up. Especially when newish posters are under attack...hell, I didn't even know there was a Moderation forum for the first four months of my time on NS. It would've been nice to know I had some recourse when one poster called me a mutt and said he'd gladly spit in my children's faces if he ever met us. That guy actually kind of scared me.
Exactly when people start breaking the rules general things get out of hand and detract from honest exchange of ideas (on topic)

Usualy helping the mods helps thoes forum fires stay down and let us argue more clearly

Actually ... everyone is on my ignore list. It makes conversations way more exciting.

Même moi? And here I was, liking you to the point of coveting...

For me it's the size,
Ah Fass, it's always about the size with you:)

Ah Fass, it's always about the size with you:)

Heh. Ça va de soi! :fluffle:

I only recently started using NS's ignore function, to block out people I simply don't like at all, such as lesbians.
We love you too. Of course, you can't see this since I'm on your ignore list...

Exactly when people start breaking the rules general things get out of hand and detract from honest exchange of ideas (on topic)

Usualy helping the mods helps thoes forum fires stay down and let us argue more clearly
However, I have seen Moderation abuse. I go up there every once in awhile to witness some pretty petty differences.

I guess the other drawback to Moderation abuse is that it ends up with more rules and restrictions. I saw a long term poster get time out for posting a link to back up his claim despite the posters warning that the link provided graphic images.

I have posted similar links in the past, but refrain from doing so today, even though those links are referencing bonafide historical material.

Before we went to Jolt, the use of four letter words were taboo, and now they flourish. I find those more offensive than the links that the other poster got banned for, but what the heck, I guess it is all a matter of perspective?

I guess the ignore feature can be useful for some posters, but it is not a tool that I would use.

This IS me enjoying life right now...and getting worked up on an internet forum is not much different than getting worked up talking politics at a bar. At least these discussion don't get bloody.
Kind of hard to jab someone in the eye with a broken pool cue over the internet, even if you have a T1 line.

I put one person on my ignore list once, they ended up getting banned shortly afterwards.

I forgot where the function is anymore.

I agree. Plus it's kind phun to get all bent outta shape at some ignorant n00b who doesn't know his azz from a hole in the ground. :D

I've never put anyone on ignore. :)
Right back at cha big guy.;)

Right back at cha big guy.;)

Oh, he's actually a rather small guy. Startling, really.

Oh, he's actually a rather small guy. Startling, really.
I knew that.

It is a term of affection....

I knew that.

It is a term of affection....

It is a joke.

We love you too. Of course, you can't see this since I'm on your ignore list...
Don't count on it. :mad:

You may be on my ignore list, but that doesn't mean I don't use the "view single post" function whenever I get the feeling that the post was in response to a post that I made. :gundge:

It is a joke.
Sorry i thought this was a Foreign misunderstanding thing...

Sorry i thought this was a Foreign misunderstanding thing...

Have I not yet sufficiently proven my prowess in English?

*runs away screaming, tears in eyes*

Have I not yet sufficiently proven my prowess in English?

*runs away screaming, tears in eyes*

No, you must try harder. ;)

Seriously though, your English is much better than that of most native speakers who post here (I include myself in that).

Likewise. I consider using the ignore feature to be somewhat akin to running away from a fight. And in an odd sort of way, it kinda validates their opinion. So I either totally ignore them or get out the knives and whetstone and get ready for war.

Besides, I kinda like knowing what everyone thinks, even if I think it's tripe.

Have I not yet sufficiently proven my prowess in English?

*runs away screaming, tears in eyes*
Having an excellent vocabulary and understanding the subtle ways of the english language are two different things.

I have a work colleague who knows many many words and can get the nine letter word from a Target word game but he dosent know what these words mean.:p

No, you must try harder. ;)

Seriously though, your English is much better than that of most native speakers who post here (I include myself in that).
Simple he got 'The Best of British' while we got stuck with 'American English' TV.

I only recently started using NS's ignore function, to block out people I simply don't like at all, such as lesbians.


Roffle :p

Roffle :p
What's so funny? :confused:

What's so funny? :confused:

The way you worded it, along with your dislike of lesbians. No offense was intended by my roffle.

The way you worded it, along with your dislike of lesbians. No offense was intended by my roffle.
Don't worry, I'm not offended. :) :fluffle: :D

I don't use the ignore list. I feel like it's a cowardly way out of dealing with opinions one doesn't agree with.
I disagree 100.4%. I'm a usenet veteran and most usenet groups are unmoderated, which means nobody ever get's booted, posts are not deleted, and threads are not locked. So basically, newsgroup readers learn to self-moderate (usually using the 'k' key). Without killfiles (ignore lists), most newsgroups would be unusable. Now from that experience, I prefer the ability to self-moderate. Instead of complaining about what somebody's posting, I just ignore them. Although, it's not nearly as convenient on here as most usenet newsreaders make it. And there are many posters who aren't necessarily breaking the rules but still don't deserve my continued attention. If you want to read what some idiot holocaust denier has to say, go right ahead. I have better things to do with my time.