OT: Is it possible to block individual posters?

Hemingway · Post #1 » by **Hemingway** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:46 pm

If you are routinely getting fed up with the posts of a particular poster can you block him? I am pretty sure you can but I don't know how. Also, if I do, will it make threads he posts in not make sense to me anymore? What happens when people quote him to respond to his comments?

It seems like every so often we get someone who really takes the fun out of these boards. I think it happens when someone crosses some line in their posts. When they no longer are stating their point of view but have created a sort of character just to get a rise out of people. Its like an unfunny virsion of Steven Colbert.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #2 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:48 pm

Yes you can, there should be an "ignore" button by the poster's post...if you press it you will not see their posts nor will they see yours...

edit: Well there USED to be an ignore button...

Rocky5000 · Post #3 » by **Rocky5000** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:51 pm

Go to your user control panel and manage friends/foes, then add the user names of the people that you want to block.

campybatman · Post #4 » by **campybatman** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:04 pm

Any poster on your ignore list won't show anything besides his or her user name stating that you've this particular poster ignored. However, you can click and show the message if you like. It doesn't remove them once you've added them. If not, the only way you'll see what this poster has written is if he or she are quoted in a message by a poster that you don't already have on your ignore list. However, if you're typing... You could still see this poster's message if you scroll down at the bottom. So, don't look down there, I guess.

Celtsfan1980 · Post #5 » by **Celtsfan1980** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:05 pm

This is slightly related so I figured I'd ask. How do you send private messages? Every other message board I've been on allows me to send PM's but I've had problems doing that on this board.

campybatman · Post #6 » by **campybatman** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:08 pm

You can't... The moderators have completely disabled the option. Beginning last year sometime, I think. I reckon they've done so due to a high volume of complaints or personal attacks toward them.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #7 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:09 pm

We should all try to guess who Hemingway wants to block...

Celtsfan1980 · Post #8 » by **Celtsfan1980** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:18 pm

bonsaiflipflops wrote:You can't... The moderators have completely disabled the option. Beginning last year sometime, I think. I reckon they've done so due to a high volume of complaints or personal attacks toward them.

I was thinking that may be the case. That's a shame.

tombattor · Post #9 » by **tombattor** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:23 pm

MyInsatiableOne wrote:We should all try to guess who Hemingway wants to block...

Shhhhh! Do you want all your bones crushed?

tombattor · Post #10 » by **tombattor** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:25 pm

bonsaiflipflops wrote:You can't... The moderators have completely disabled the option. Beginning last year sometime, I think. I reckon they've done so due to a high volume of complaints or personal attacks toward them.

Is that right? I thought you just couldn't PM non-mods... I've definitely gotten in trouble here and been sent a PM from a mod and responded to him/her via PM.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #11 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:30 pm

tombattor wrote:
MyInsatiableOne wrote:We should all try to guess who Hemingway wants to block...

Shhhhh! Do you want all your bones crushed?

To be fair, he's posted that he wants to move on (in another thread)...

tombattor · Post #12 » by **tombattor** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:46 pm

MyInsatiableOne wrote:

To be fair, he's posted that he wants to move on (in another thread)...

Yeah, but it was still funny.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #13 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:32 pm

^It was!

Post #14 » by **wetsthebed** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:40 pm

bonsaiflipflops wrote:You can't... The moderators have completely disabled the option. Beginning last year sometime, I think. I reckon they've done so due to a high volume of complaints or personal attacks toward them.

The moderators don't have control over that. And PMing between regular posters has been turned off since before I even signed up. Since the board update, posters can't even PM mods. They've talked about fixing that, but it hasn't happened yet.

Kefa461 · Post #15 » by **Kefa461** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:41 pm

Ps....West......you slid in....... 8-)

campybatman · Post #16 » by **campybatman** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:42 pm

westthebest wrote:
bonsaiflipflops wrote:You can't... The moderators have completely disabled the option. Beginning last year sometime, I think. I reckon they've done so due to a high volume of complaints or personal attacks toward them.

The moderators don't have control over that. And PMing between regular posters has been turned off since before I even signed up. Since the board update, posters can't even PM mods. They've talked about fixing that, but it hasn't happened yet.

I see. I know I'd PM'ed a few moderators before, last year. And then I was going to PM a poster from another team's section recently and couldn't...

MyInsatiableOne · Post #17 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:37 am

I wonder why the "ignore" button was removed? That made it much easier than the current system...

Athanacropolis · Post #18 » by **Athanacropolis** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:49 pm

MyInsatiableOne wrote:I wonder why the "ignore" button was removed? That made it much easier than the current system...

Why bother ignoring or blocking? To me, that's very Orwellian.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #19 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:42 pm

Athanacropolis wrote:
MyInsatiableOne wrote:I wonder why the "ignore" button was removed? That made it much easier than the current system...

Why bother ignoring or blocking? To me, that's very Orwellian.

I personally don't ignore anyway...I say bring it on, but certain posters *do* get on my nerves immensely and I either gloss over their posts or skip them altogether (unless they're really being dipshits, in which case I fight back)...