I don't block replies.

Anyone can post on my threads.

I've added that to my sig.

Carry on, good people!

may be a little cowardly, but that is MY OPINION

:-)

:P

:silly:

But I wish someone who has me ignored (I hope noone does) would have the decency to block me from repling so I don't waste my time replying to a thread when they can't see what I am saying.

Making fun of them is rude.

But it eventually gets to the part where someone has to just say, "It's not worth it." I have two people on ignore, but that was only because they got nasty and started to attack and insult me personally rather than carry on a respectful conversation.

At that point, I no longer care what they have to say, and they've lost all hope of making their point with me.

I think we can all learn something from another's perspective, but you have to consider what they are saying. People close that door when they get rude, nasty, or insulting.

I don't always agree with everyone at DU, but I do try to keep an open mind and respect their right to have a differning opinion. I can't see myself using the block replies option, I would likely just stop reading their posts and go on to something else.

Many tombstones here on DU are well deserved.

I've often wondered if they were intentionally trying to disrupt things. I usually look at the number of posts from that person, but even if they've been here awhile, I sometimes really wonder where they're coming from, and what their real intentions are.

I also see posts from time to time from different usernames that I think could actually be the same person, usually due to their writing style, punctuation, etc.

Wasn't there a case of a GOP staffer disrupting things here not too long ago?

I have one person on ignore for that reason


No, we are talking about blocking the abily to respond... and it usually happens when people do not or cannot deal with the fact that somebody may NOT share their opinion

By the way blocking the abilty to answer lasts for a week, while ignore, I could go back and remove the person in question

... mostly as a kind of "time out" when things get too hot between individuals. It's better than throwing crockery.

I saw a potential thread hijacking/flame war stopped in its tracks by the OP poster blocking the individuals involved.

... one can continue to throw crockery.

They can't hit someone who isn't there.

Correct

thank you for the sentiment.

I have some folks on ignore, but none on block.

:hi:

So raise the candles high
'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the sky, oh
Oh, raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain.

You made me go find my Melanie stuff.

Maybe I'd have added more lines, but DU allows only three now.

In the good old/bad old days of DU some people had sigs that took up entire screens.

"You made me go find my Melanie stuff."

And you saved me from scratching my head and googling when I couldn't quite place it. ;)

and it's usually just before the ignoree becomes the dear departed.

I can't imagine using anything to prevent an ignoree from expressing a counter opinion, venting, or being abusive enough that the mods step in.

After all, people around here are known by their words.

kidding

... I'm glad you were kidding!

But I keep coming back, like heartburn. :)

:evilgrin:

But watch out.

:nuke:

I prefer diplomacy.

"the dungeons"?

In houses with actual bullet holes in them.

or where? Iraq? Afghanistan? Drug-ridden area in the good ole USA?

This is a great country! You don't even have to leave home to get shot at.

I get my toes stomped occasionally. And the stomper then blocks me, so I can't give me side of the issue. Real enlightened, uh?

oh wait...you said REPLIES

Oops..my bad

:) ;p

We have an alert button and we have moderators. That's enough. No reason we should all carry guns around here. We got laws, and we got cops. Don't we?

I don't block replies, I don't put people on ignore, and I only alert if somebody is clearly disrupting...maybe three times in the year and a half I've been here. I sit here and watch the fights, bemused. :)