I've forgotten how many, 25 or so, I think.

“A real DUer is not measured by how much he or she Ignores but how much he or she is Ignored by others.”

off ignore. I'm trying to be open and live and let live.

yes INDEED

I checked, it's more like 49 ignoring, 52 blocking PMs.

As if I had time to send PMs to the ignorant.

AS IF WE'D SEND PMs TO THOSE EGOTISTICAL ASSHOLES

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7 have me on ignore so fuck'm

Nobody.

I have no one on ignore, and around 20-22 have me on ignore or blocked from sending PM's.

Hi Sweetie!

Back atcha, sweetie!

granted I don't post nearly as often as many, so I don't have nearly the opportunity to offend as others.

I don't see our purpose here to stir the shit, but to shed light and caring into the lives of others.

Someday, someone will take offense at something you said, and then you'll be on ignore. It most likely will happen eventually.

We have opinions and not everyone will like them, or us.

Who knows? We might get lucky and you'll get some hidden. If we're REALLY lucky, you might even get PPR'd!

Not on your life!

We ARE friends, aren't we???

Or as we say in California, "Far out, Dude!":

Thanks, sweetie...

I have six on ignore.

I WILL KICK YOUR ASS

But if you want we can fight anyway.

15 ignore me, and I have 15 on ignore. I am 90% sure I know who two of the posters ignoring me are.

I used to have a no-ignore policy. Then came Meta. Now that Meta is done, I may reconsider about 4/5 of my ignore list.

If we named names, what would we hope to gain? Dialog? Closure? Agreement?

I just don't want to have a post hidden. I suppose the point is to find out who has you on ignore. Someone told me today they just took me off ignore. I myself added two more today. I generally reserve ignore for people who prefer personal attacks to substantive conversation.

Perhaps we could give clever clues?

When I first joined, I resisted ignore for a long time. But you may recall Meta got pretty heated, and I accumulated some enemies, particularly on issues relating to sexism. (hint hint). I had quite a sizable ignore list for a while. It was probably close to 20 at one point. It made things awkward because I couldn't see responses in subthreads. So I cleared out my list except for two members I'd recently battled with (Islamophobes). Now, I've been making a concerted effort to be much more agreeable personally, but that doesn't mean I believe any less strongly in my views, and I'm not afraid to state them. Some members, however, resent strongly the fact I am on DU and do everything in their power to point out what a reprehensible human being they think I am. I just added one back right now. The hint is he hijacked a very recent thread of mine in GD. So basically I've hidden people for nasty personal attacks or Islamophobia. Throw in some sexists and rape apologists, and that's my list.

Your turn.

Many posters in Meta became flaming pains in the backside, and I just ceased wanting to deal with them. Ditto the multitude of HoF squabbles that spilled into Meta. Meta is the source of 90% of my ignore list. Not because of attacks on me, per se (As OmahaBlueDog, I'm sometimes amazed I don't have 100 people ignoring me here), but because I just got sick of reading the same insufferable posts every day.

told me not to read his posts anymore, so that was an ignore by request.

Being on MIRT, it gave me a way to mark someone to check out along the way. So, I've a bunch on mail ignore. I put 1 person on ignore today to take a break from her for a bit, but imagine I'll take her off soon.

You won't receive the mail. Isn't that a problem when you're on MIRT? I think they need to give you all a better way to track people.

get the nasty death threat. Most those on my mail ignore I am fine not getting mail from. There are ways to track people in MIRT, it is just what I used in addition since we don't have the buddy list thing anymore.

WHOSE ASS DO I NEED TO KICK, UPPITYPERSON?

The rest is confidential.

I would just get plain vicious; I cannot STAND babysitting so-called adults

It's more like just pressing a button and zapping.

It can be quite rewarding.

Actually, yeah, you can PM me- or any other current MIRT member- if you spot someone, er, questionable.

Bear in mind what MIRT does and doesn't do- namely, MIRT basically deals with people who just showed up. Folks -and lord knows everyone who hangs out here long term gets this urge- who have signed up thinking they could axe their long-time DU nemeses have been sadly disappointed.

I'd be happy enough if some of your friends would just leave me alone.

Pretty much everyone here I've disagreed with over something, at some point.

But if you're having problems with someone, you can always take it to admin. Or just ask 'em to lay off.

the people in question, and I don't think the administrators care (other than hiding one signature line). So I'm back to ignore. The thing is I've been trying much harder to get along with people. I haven't had a thread hidden in 51 days, but some people hold on to grudges.

And I didn't mean to sound unsympathetic, I know you had a crap weekend. I hope the car damage isn't too bad.

The car is running so the damage appears to be just cosmetic. My dad cautioned me to be sure to get it fixed because water and salt will get in the bullet holes and rust the body. The claims agent comes to look at it tomorrow.

I have to say I've enjoyed getting to know you a bit and putting our disagreements in the past. I appreciate your willingness to do that

Your Dad is right--- salt eats cars like nobody's business. At least we're heading into summer, now.

One thing we don't have to worry about so much here, although on the rare occasions it actually does snow, everyone freaks out and no one knows what to do.

Is it Portland, Or?

Can't imagine living anywhere else, at this point.

internets. For some reason he took a dislike to me after I banned him around 30 times one weekend after taking him on as a hobby. He is a real jerk but what he posts is pretty much the same, copy/pasted, for several years.

a real piece of




work, that one.

That one?

Threatening usernames too. Wish he'd get a different hobby.

Mostly immigration related stuff...I think. I only have one ignoring me, and I couldn't care who it is

I've thought about it on occasion, when I get tired of reading the same thing over and over from one poster or someone just pisses me off...but I'm just too curious to not know what someone is writing.

...though I see someone has me on ignore...

I don't ignore people who piss me off.

Interesting.

I ignore people who post often, but something about either the topics or the format they choose to post in is annoying. Also, I ignore people who are very rude. I guess I should alert, but I hate the drama that evolves around that. I am fine with disagreeing, even vehemently, on a topic and won't ignore based on that so long as the other poster is using logical arguments and following board guidelines.

YES INDEED

inboy3niner, CaliforniaPeggy, BainsBane, uppityperson, a la izquierda, AmyDeLune, hunter, and Lady Freedom Returns.

Why is this thread so empty?

And what about responses to those responses? Are whole threads and subthreads lost? Man, I am WAY too nosey for that!

(And to all who have me on ignore... )

and a subthread started by someone on your ignore list doesn't appear. If someone you have on ignore responds to one of your posts, your my post tab still lights up, but when you click on the number it says you have the person on ignore.

could not care less.

I've always viewed DU as a place for like minded (more or less) individuals who exchange ideas and ask questions and to even change one's mind.

If I disagree with someone, I'd rather post my opinion. If I decided that such a debate is a lost cause, I just stopped reading.

Granted, I used to spend a lot more time here reading and caring about a lot more topics. Not anymore. Life is getting too short.

I don't even know how to do it--or why I would bother to do it. I can ignore a post or a poster without doing so mechanically, and besides, you never know when even someone you consider a dork might post something interesting.

One "star member" has me on ignore. I don't know why. I don't care. My only regret is the time I wasted finding out.

I have only one on ignore BantheGOP, can't even remember why I know it's been over a year

they only post in a recurring topic and I'm sure they want to be ignored .When and if I see their names in other topics I take them off ignore.

i'm getting intolerant in my old age and it sucks. Ignoring on line is a very odd game we play.

of course, this being the lounge, no one is going to actually admit to anyone that they really have on ignore.

That would be meta.

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We lucked out in that regard! hehehehe

Including myself. Seriously, can you put yourself on ignore? That would be kind of funny.

Every once in awhile I start ignoring people, but something always makes me clear the list. Guess I just hate to think I might be missing something.

Because!

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I see it mentioned more than once in here, and am curious.

oh - on topic,

I have none on ignore,

but some have me on ignore

as of today:

Number of Star members ignoring me: 6
Number of Star members blocking mail from me (including members ignoring me): 7

Been that way for awhile.

CC

I have no idea.

Someone has me on "block mail" and I have only sent about two emails since I have been a member.

It showed up at the same time as the 10th post with a info from DU PM Cannot reply to automated messages. IMO: it is part of DU's program.

Seems strange though.

who had told me she was placing me on her ignore list. It seemed appropriate, at the time, to reciprocate. I was very new to DU back then. Recently, I removed her from my list. There are 16 ignoring me... don't know who, other than her, don't care who.

I am beginning to wonder why this is such a hot topic these day. There was a thread in GD that had over 300 posts the last time I saw it.

...I figure they're just having a bad day.

Love to know what I said to to 15 people to not like me.

I'm being ignored by 28 or 30.....it fluctuates.... Dunno why....

Ignoring people on a web discussion board seems a little.......weak.....

Got tired of seeing the travelogue from his daily acid trips.

they consistently disrupt threads with snark without adding anything at all to the discussion. It's been happening for years and obviously won't change.

One person is ignoring me

only because they post SO much that I miss other posts...
it has nothing to do with them personally.

Controversy just isn't my thing. I have some strong opinions but rarely argue about things.

There are a few people I find mildly annoying but there isn't really anything anyone can say that would make me ignore them. I find the idea childish and silly.

Thirty-three people, however, are ignoring me.

So be it.

I review my list about once every 6 months. Half of the ones are on my list permanently; the other half, I will probably take off soon.

Of course, I'm not a star member, so my ignore list isn't included in anyone's total.

Why bother? I can ignore someone without an app.

He's mean to me.


I also have this dummy on ignore. They're awful! http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=262888

When i used ignore, people would be referring to post #7, or 13, and I couldn't fnd them. Drove me nuts. Now I just move on.

then I realized anyone who would refer to a post I had ignored is worth ignoring himself.

Then my ignore list got so big I didn't see anything. It was peaceful for a while.

I think one of them is somebody I snapped at once in exasperation. Which I know isn't the most constructive response, even to stupid comments, but it does get tiresome when certain subjects can't even be discussed without someone taking things personally.