My only guess is that you are TRYING to keep the environment in here the way it is so more members can be suspended rather than just letting them ignore posters like we used to be able to do.
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Just dab on the haters, Gaiazhel.
Do you get triggered when people disagree with you?
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Ignore is a bit of an issue when the point of the forum is to engage in discussions
Youāre going to have people who disagree with you, and echo chambers donāt benefit anyone, if you feel a discussion is going south, you have the power to just stop responding to the poster
If a poster focuses you for harassment and threats, use the report functions provided to you, and preferably donāt respond further to the offending party
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I donāt think Blizz gave you muted either, that was probably part of the software.
you want ignored well come to GD and ask for a blue response to anything that isnāt whos got the best waffles or how many cute cat pictures do you own?
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There are people on here whom Iād love to never again see anything they write. I donāt feel that they are capable of adding anything productive to any conversation ever in the entire life unless they have a major life and personality change. There are posters here whom Iāve never even interacted with that I would have absolutely put on ignore so that I never even accidentally read what they pass off as thoughts.
It doesnāt take agreements or disagreements to decide I donāt need to hear a persons behavior anymore.
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I bet itās MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
After one post today, it might be me. 
uhhā¦ I donāt think so. Maybe?
I would definitely have to do it in the moment of reading the persons post thoughā¦ the type Iām referencing arenāt important enough to remember and I forget who they are until I read something else.
Still donāt think you.
I understand that reasoning, and thatās why services like Twitter and the game itself has ways to block other players, as the main focus isnāt to discuss things (although you can if you want)
The forums, however, only has one real function: To discuss things about the game or issues youāre having with it in the proper forums, and trust me, itās all too tempting to get passionate and block whoever you disagree with, and thatās not helpful to anyone
Totally know what you mean by folks who clearly show they are unable or unwilling to have a discussion, but thatās what reporting is for: If people donāt wanna have a discussion, they donāt really have a reason to post on here
It was a half joke based on as big a dick as I can be, Iām surprised everyone doesnāt ignore me.
So when I see something like that I kind of assume it until proven otherwise, especially if that person and I have legit never talked.
The problem is that reporting doesnāt remove them unless they actually broke ToS. Being dumb or annoying isnāt enough. For example, I donāt know if its the same person, but Iāve seen like 15 people today be accused of being triggered by something. Just, instablock that guy. Iāve yet to see anyone use that who has gone on to be able to communicate like a person.
Why not? Iād probably have a dozen people blocked, Iām sure someone would have blocked me too. However, there would be plenty of people left for me and for them to talk to and discuss on here. Andā¦ if I block so many people that the forums are barren to me, thatās my problem, right? I donāt think most people would just block those they disagree with - itās too enticing to keep arguing with that person, so i donāt think it would get out of hand.
Well, if someone is being dumb and/or annoying, take the opportunity to educate instead of playing their game
If they donāt want to listen to your point of view, well, thatās a person you donāt need to post to again and can instead focus on others who are engaging in the conversation 
If itās too tempting to try to get the ālast wordā try focusing on another thread for a bit, or let the discussion develop and focus on other comments
Feel like ignore coming back would cause a lot of fractured discussions, and for a forum, thatās never a good time
They lied when the software went live and weāll probably never get a basic ignore feature back.
āIgnore : We do have a story in for this for feature development. Itās not part of the traditional Discourse offering, but weāre using a modified version that our Web & Mobile team has been partnering on with the Discourse folks.ā
I donāt want to see what they write.
For instance
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Do you get triggered when people disagree with you?
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I would absolutely just block this person. 3rd post in this thread. I donāt think Iāve ever posted to them, or interacted with them in any way. But I donāt believe this person has anything of value to add to the world and wasting even seconds to read what they say in the future is not worth.
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They just want to pretend that itās for ādiscussion sakeā when itās really just āpoor choice of forum softwareā.
So while I agree with your stance on this, thereās little desire on Blizzards part to actually correct this with the creators of the forum software (and it has been like this for over a year)ā¦ so it is what it is unfortunately.
I suppose thatās your prerogativeā¦ but wowā¦ just wow.
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People can no longer cover their eyes
If this disturbs you, then walk away
You will remember the night you were struck by the sight of
Ten thousand fists in the air
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Enough experience with how people communicate enables you to make some inferences about how theyāre likely to continue communicating and how they will interact with people. While, Iām sure Iām occasionally wrong, Iād rather weed out 100 people and risk 1 of them being worth knowing than having to interact with the 99 that werenāt. On this forum, there are certain catch phrases Iāve seen people use and I havenāt noticed much redemption in later posts from people who behave in certain ways.
And there literally tens of thousands of posts to read, functionally not enough time to read them all, that missing posts from people Iām confident will continue to meet their low bar helps get to more of the content from people who are trying.
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