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Sorry Sasha, but there are two major problems with your idea
GaGambler 379 reads
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First off, by default you would end up ignoring every response to any post made by someone you had on ignore, you might be okay with that, but you would be forcing it on everyone else here.

Secondly, if all posts, including those made from behind an alias were to be blocked, it would be quite easy to use that feature to figure who was behind any alias by a simple trial and error of putting various posters on ignore until you hit on the right one.

Why is it so difficult to simply ignore a poster without an "app for that"

sasha2cute941 reads

Wouldnt it make more sense that if you decide to add a user to your "ignore list", that none of the posts deriving from any posts he/she makes be shown?

This is specially bothersome when the user starts a new thread.  

Thoughts?

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Debra_Hollander358 reads

I was like, I'm ignoring this person, so I don't want to see anything to do with this user's threads/posts.   Mostly because  the subject-lines of the replies can be just as annoying to me as the thread topic (OP) would be. :-)

But then I realized that sometimes a tangent that a thread can take is something which I might very well WANT to read, and perhaps participate in, even without knowing what the OP had to say. LOL.  ;-)

Also, and I will admit I'm petty enough to enjoy this, sometimes the replies to the ignored user are some pretty darn funny slams, insults, and take-downs that are worthy of a read all on their own.  Heh heh heh heh.  :-P

 
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lopaw311 reads

...after all we are ignoring that person for a reason, and I think that most of us would not want to even be reminded of their presence.

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perfectstorm353 reads

I never understood it. Can't adults who want to ignore someone just ignore them
By not reading their posts? Do you really need a "button?" Are we all 12?

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lopaw351 reads

....the ignore feature helps me to weed out the providers that aren't lady friendly, so I don't waste time looking at their profiles or even opening up their ads. There are many providers in my area - too many in fact to keep track of, so I find that putting the "undesirables" on ignore speeds up my sorting & selecting process.

Yeah it sounds pretty cold & clinical.....but it works like a charm.

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perfectstorm372 reads

So, just because a provider won't see you as a client, nothing she (or anyone who replies under her, following Sasha's OP here) ever has to say on any topic on a discussion board, is of no interest to you?  

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....the ignore feature helps me to weed out the providers that aren't lady friendly, so I don't waste time looking at their profiles or even opening up their ads. There are many providers in my area - too many in fact to keep track of, so I find that putting the "undesirables" on ignore speeds up my sorting & selecting process.  
   
 Yeah it sounds pretty cold & clinical.....but it works like a charm.

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GaGambler380 reads

First off, by default you would end up ignoring every response to any post made by someone you had on ignore, you might be okay with that, but you would be forcing it on everyone else here.

Secondly, if all posts, including those made from behind an alias were to be blocked, it would be quite easy to use that feature to figure who was behind any alias by a simple trial and error of putting various posters on ignore until you hit on the right one.

Why is it so difficult to simply ignore a poster without an "app for that"

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Debra_Hollander422 reads

But only because I don't want to be PMd by those looking to book who won't give up their real handle.  If you don't want to give that to me, fine.  Contact me another way then.  Contacting me via an alias makes me think you're up to no good, or have something to hide.  That may well not be the case, but I cannot shake the impression of shadiness that I get from that.  :shrug:

Posted By: GaGambler

 Secondly, if all posts, including those made from behind an alias were to be blocked, it would be quite easy to use that feature to figure who was behind any alias by a simple trial and error of putting various posters on ignore until you hit on the right one.
Damn, I thought I was the only smarty-pants who realized that.  LOL.  j/k

I just dearly wish we could ignore aliases.  Doing so as though they were a separate user would be fine, just please let me ignore them.  Or at least give me a reason as to "why not". :-)

Posted By: GaGambler

Why is it so difficult to simply ignore a poster without an "app for that"
Maybe because, as PS opined, we all have the mentality of 12-year-olds??  :-P

For me, I use the "Ignore User" for two reasons:  
First, because that member has consistently posted things that I don't want to accidentally read, after so many (in the subject line alone) have irritated me enough that I've been tempted to ask to borrow your "eye bleach".  ;-)

Secondly, because I don't want to receive PMs from such an unpleasant individual.  Yeah, I could simply refuse to open them, but sometimes my optimistic nature would get the better of me, and I'd go ahead and read it in the hopes that the person was attempting to be pleasant.  Since the PMs I've gotten from such lovely individuals have NEVER been any better than previous messages, I no longer allow myself the opportunity to give such people the benefit of the doubt.  

 
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Senator.Blutarsky375 reads

I guess if you want to throw the good out with the bad that's your prerogative. I've never understood what the big deal is. I mean we are all using alias's are we not?

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