I agree. I wish nobody thought it was necessary.

Nov 18, 2017
5:44:13pm

El Jefe Get off my lawn!

I think dilbert's post on the subject was a good summary of the situation:
https://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=18873354

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NEW FEATURE: Block interaction with ignored users

CougarBoard Sentient Forum

11/18/17 10:52am

Love it!

UberDeek

11/18/17 10:59am

"I'm shocked"

unctoothman

11/18/17 11:06am

How are you replying to my post? I must've screwed it up already

UberDeek

11/18/17 12:15pm

Looks like it...you replied.

unctoothman

11/18/17 12:20pm

I was able to smiley it too, so #brokencode..

Bert609

11/18/17 12:45pm

More importantly, can we block Mods? 😎

CougarThug

11/18/17 10:59am

How sad that this feature is (assumed) needed...

billyrust

11/18/17 11:03am

So basically half a safe space? I'm fine with not allowing people to reply

unctoothman

11/18/17 11:03am

Just keep it FO in that case, if you just can't help but reply to that comment

KingDave

11/18/17 11:06am

It's not an issue of "I can't help reply". It's an issue of 'hey, ______ made

unctoothman

11/18/17 11:08am

I think this feature is in place because certain people have a long history of unproductive communication

KingDave

11/18/17 11:12am

Bingo. unctoothman, you are suggesting that there is a lot more good faith in

dilbert

11/18/17 11:29am

If you have them ignored, how would you even know? Why do you care anyway?

macaroni

11/18/17 11:56am

What if you have a comment for the board related to the OP?

The Dude Abides

11/18/17 11:10am

I want to know who is actually going to be keeping track of ignores well enough

unctoothman

11/18/17 11:11am

The ignorer not seeing posts should be enough. Beyond weird that they worry about something being

The Dude Abides

11/18/17 11:16am

Usually, it will be fairly obvious that someone's attempting to skirt the block.

El Jefe

11/18/17 11:17am

For blatantly obvious or unkind responses, that seems fair. What I suspect

unctoothman

11/18/17 11:28am

Despite Bernard dragging us down in IQ, collectively I think we can figure out when it's legit.

El Jefe

11/18/17 11:36am

*And cougfanblue

benny1982

11/18/17 11:54am

I believe some would classify that comment as internet bullying.

AndyDwyer

11/18/17 12:07pm

His opinion doesn't count.

El Jefe

11/18/17 1:40pm

Then keep it in FO. You can still continue a productive conversation with your FO.

KingDave

11/18/17 11:18am

“It’s up to you how many ignores you get”. I guess so? I mean if I never talk about

The Dude Abides

11/18/17 11:22am

It really isn't about what you say. It's about how you say it.

dilbert

11/18/17 11:35am

How do you come up with the conclusion that very, very few people

The Dude Abides

11/18/17 11:40am

There really is a lot more attitude beyond just disagreement

Breaded Hamster

11/18/17 2:42pm

You have a point. Some do as you say. I take dilbert as meaning that he himself

roseyscenario

11/18/17 5:12pm

Sorry for the slow reply--I saw your post just before I left for the game and

dilbert

11/18/17 5:24pm

I’m in the group that doesn’t see the need to ignore anyone. I honestly don’t understand the purpose.

The Dude Abides

11/18/17 6:23pm

Eliminates clutter. If i could prevent jerks from reading my posts, i'd block 50

roseyscenario

11/18/17 7:01pm

I disagree with almost everything you say but I have not ignored you. The ones

shatter2

11/18/17 3:42pm

You are a really good example actually. You do disagree with almost everything I say which is fine. But from time to

The Dude Abides

11/18/17 3:45pm

I agree with what you are saying. Jefe said that this was not a cure all. It

shatter2

11/18/17 3:51pm

Oh I agree. I think it’s a fair compromise. I just think it’s too bad it’s necessary.

The Dude Abides

11/18/17 4:14pm

I actually do think that is what they want

JOPE

11/18/17 4:05pm

Somehow, ignoring someone only causes some to worry about what that person is

The Dude Abides

11/18/17 11:08am

We're not saying you can't participate in the discussion. That would be stupid.

El Jefe

11/18/17 11:15am

Just have to respond to another responder in the thread I imagine. It makes sense.

The Dude Abides

11/18/17 11:20am

Is this like when Newman decides to split the bike down the middle as some type

nashty

11/18/17 11:07am

Video:

nashty

11/18/17 11:08am

Better. Still not thrilled, but a reasonable compromise.

SoCalCoug

11/18/17 11:27am

I can still respond to you - so we're still good?

ClackamasCoug

11/18/17 11:30am

I don't understand what the last paragraph is talking about

Ulysses14

11/18/17 11:37am

Will it give you a notification or some other indication when someone adds you

benny1982

11/18/17 11:42am

It will notify you when you view their messages.

El Jefe

11/18/17 11:55am

Imo this will be a terrible feature. Part of what makes the board

Roko's Basilisk

11/18/17 12:13pm

Can’t wait for people to block everybody that gives them thumbs down!

TCuz

11/18/17 1:08pm

Best thing about this new feature? See who’s ignoring

Troy McClure

11/18/17 2:29pm

I'm slow but don't see how to execute feature on Ignore filter nor Manage Ignore

roseyscenario

11/18/17 2:36pm

If you have someone ignored you can go to “Manage Ignores” and

garyfan

11/18/17 3:33pm

Thanks.

roseyscenario

11/18/17 3:35pm

It's the same feature teams have been using with our offense this year.

Metallicat

11/18/17 3:23pm

This will lead to more ignores, because some people who want to see an

garyfan

11/18/17 3:36pm

You won't be able to see their posts if you've ignored them

El Jefe

11/18/17 3:45pm

I know. But I suspect that’s a price some will be willing to pay in order to

garyfan

11/18/17 3:51pm

Quick question. Sorry if it's been answered already. How will this affect

OneUpper

11/18/17 3:47pm

It will not.

El Jefe

11/18/17 3:51pm

Not directly. But perhaps indirectly if people ignore posters so they

garyfan

11/18/17 3:57pm

If they do use it their ignores will also carry less weight too. It'll be

OneUpper

11/18/17 4:00pm

Good point

garyfan

11/18/17 4:02pm

Good explanation. Sad to see that this happens on an anonymous sports board

BIG XII Coug

11/18/17 3:52pm

This feature is stupid

JOPE

11/18/17 3:57pm

I agree. I wish nobody thought it was necessary.

El Jefe

11/18/17 5:44pm

Yes! I'm going to block all the mods.

Byron McNertney

11/18/17 4:03pm

The ban hammer isn't included in the blocking, sorry...

El Jefe

11/18/17 5:45pm

Why require Poster A to ignore Poster B in order to block Poster B?

garyfan

11/18/17 4:06pm

I don't want it to be free.

El Jefe

11/18/17 4:32pm

That’s fair. I agree.

garyfan

11/18/17 8:09pm

I suppose there's still potential to abuse it

Northwest Cougar

11/20/17 9:39am

The only thing I have ignored is byu lacrosse, because they spam the board. Will

Sandy Lyle

11/18/17 4:14pm

Seems hard to enforce. Definitely a lot of idiots here who deserve to be

Resurgens

11/18/17 4:53pm

I've never liked the ignore feature, IMO it should just be axed...

So it goes...

11/18/17 4:59pm

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East1999

11/18/17 8:30pm

I will never use it....

CoachSpeak

11/19/17 8:53am

This should make any reasonable person question why they participate on this board at all. It’s already embarrassing

messi

11/19/17 2:57pm

"It's similar to how Twitter works". Done.

El Jefe

11/19/17 3:07pm

Based on that I have no doubt you’ll....

CoachSpeak

11/19/17 4:51pm

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CoachSpeak

11/19/17 4:51pm

That explanation would go something like this:

garyfan

11/19/17 5:54pm

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