Ignoring people

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I understand some of the changes here to the forums, but there is one thing that we seriously need to have back and that is the ability to ignore someone. (Unless I’m completely missing where it’s at)

There are several people that are routinely toxic, post just to disagree, or just spam. I rather not ultimately see what they say at all. Had a few people like that on the old forums for me.

And since there isn’t a downvote anymore, can’t even hide that toxic, spammy, or whatever post in the first place. So why can’t I just ignore that person anymore? That’s actually suggesting more toxicity and people being tilted being passed around.

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Well at least we found the guy that likes to go around downvoting posts to “ignore” them.

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Uh huh, again like I said, toxic and spammy type post. Why would I want to see these all the time?

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So there’s your downvote for not reading it. It’s not downvoting because I don’t want to listen to their ideas. I generally always responded to good or bad ideas. It’s completely to ignore the people that are toxic towards others or that spam post.

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Really? That’s bad. There’s one person that I absolutely cannot stand, and I never want to see them again as I feel they harass me and everyone else everytime I see them and yet the mods have done nothing about them.

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Exactly. There are people that just naturally get under other peoples skin. Just from the way they act. I had 3 on the forums before. I never downvoted them because I didn’t even read what they said in the first place.

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Here’s a bit of a twist on your ideology:

You’re being “toxic”, by your own terms, if for no other reason than you like to downvote posts to ignore them.

Maybe have an opinion to disagree with every once in a while.

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Again, you’re missing all of what I’m saying entirely.

This has nothing to do with peoples opinions. If there is someone on the forums that frequently gets under your skin, that has the ability to tilt you, then you should have the ability to ignore them.

Again as well…“I DO NOT DOWNVOTE PEOPLE I IGNORE.” So, that pretty much throws what your saying out the window. I don’t read what they say in the first place since the 3 people I did ignore did nothing but harass other people. I’m not going to be that person that would open up the post of what they say (since ignore automatically hid it) just to downvote it. I would just skip it and move on.

Not having the ability to ignore someone is encouraging those people to cause others to tilt.

And yah, people can say the whole “suck it up and move on” scenarios, but everyone has things that just naturally get under their skin and it’s better to ignore the person altogether and move on without engaging or creating confrontation.

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…So, if I’m reading this correctly and am not a complete idiot, then you’re telling us that you need a tool to help you ignore someone as opposed to just ignoring them?

Have…Have you simply tried just…ignoring them? I’m seriously confused and am completely missing the point here, clearly. I’ve actually even seen others just typing in “downvote” as well. Its a slight bit unsettling, yet pretty funny tbh.

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This right here. Some people just need to be on an ignore list. I myself dont waste time reading just to downvote. And what does it matter downvotes are gone now… give me the option to ignore. I do not like running into the same trolls or toxic people every other day.

When you post enough you collect plenty of folk that just automatically want to get under your skin. I usually ignore them and move on. I can do so now without the button but I cant remember all these tags so if I put them on my ognore list when I come across them again their post is auto muted.

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I don’t know why people are taking a request for a functionality as if it’s a personal insult to them.

Whether it gets re-added or not doesn’t affect anyone who doesn’t want to use it, there is no reason to try to argue against it or pretend to be offended at the idea of a suggestion for a functionality.

Also, the ability to ignore/hide entire threads exists, so returning the ability to ignore a person probably isn’t out of the question for any reason, more likely an oversight or something they’ve found difficult/impossible to implement into the new forum so far.

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Let’s use an example here. You’re reading through a topic that you’re engaged it. It’s a nerf topic of your favorite hero. Player Bob (no player particularly, just random place name) frequently post all over the place how X character mains all suck, character sucks, they should kill themselves, or whatever nonsense. That person NEVER actually adds anything to the discussion at all. And then just makes fun of all the other people.

Yah, you can report Bob there, but with the new system you still see it. The old forums, I could ignore that person and Bob would still talk all his smack, but it wouldn’t tilt me at all. I could always be the better person and not respond, but it still puts you in a bad mood just to read it.

Again, this has nothing to do with just people that disagree with you. People that are trying to have a constructive argument, but people that continuously harass other people. That find joy in it themselves.

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One, it is incredibly unclear to everyone what your version of a “spammy, troll” post is.

Is that a post that only gets under your skin? Do my posts get under your skin? Does someone else get under your skin? In what way does that merit downvoting their post or ignoring them?

Hitting a nerve with someone usually means you say something they may or may not realize is truthful, in every sense of the phrase.

Secondly, this is in your own words:

Implying you would just as soon downvote posts you don’t want to see if you’re not given an opportunity to ignore them.

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Problem with people thinking about “implying” is that they always take it wrong.

I apologize that you thought it was completely different from what I said.

No one else has really questioned it yet on it’s “unclear” state. Only you have. Just look at my example.

Let me make another example to make it a little clearer for you. You have a bully in school. He makes fun of you because, say, you’re redheaded. No other reason. Just for that. He’s in your class of say, History, but there are other history teachers.

What’s better? To stay in that class and just not pay attention to him? He’s still going to be there. He’s still going to harass you. Berate you. Put you down.

Or, to “ignore” him by switching classes? You could goto another Teachers class.

This doesn’t hurt him as he’s not being “downvoted” for what he’s doing, but you’re completely taking him out of the scenario altogether.

Again, I’m not saying this is for someone that’s disagreeing with you. This is for people that frequently HARASS AND BERATE others without offering constructive feedback.

It does not hurt the individual doing it. They aren’t downvoted. In fact, it probably actually helps them because that’s one less person that see’s their post to report it.

You avoid any confrontation or situation by just not seeing what the person says in the first place. There are still hundreds, if not thousands, of other people that can interact with that person.

Stop trying to put words into my mouth. Why would it matter if I ignored someone? It definitely merits that. Again, it does not hurt the abuser. I didn’t downvote them. I didn’t have a confrontation with them. I ignored the name completely so I don’t even see (unless I click on it) what they even say.

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Perhaps you could equally avoid further confrontation by reporting the individual to authorities who have the distinct privilege to handle situations such as the ones you are describing?

Why is it completely necessary for you to avoid confrontation altogether and do nothing in turn?

As you said - the bully is still there.

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And why is it unreasonable to just be able to avoid said bully altogether? It doesn’t affect anyone for me to have the ability to ignore someone.

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