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"Ignore" button should be removed from the site...
2010 Nov 9, 2:26am 10,215 views 26 comments
by kentm follow (0)
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elliemae
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2010 Nov 17, 3:11pm
how do you know I didn’t mean ’serious’ as in ‘going steady’?
Oh, you're breaking up with yourself? Did you offend you? Did you not put out soon enough (supposedly 3rd date, although for my kid it's the 25th date)? Are you bored with yourself? Maybe you should take a chance and surprise yourself with flowers. Just a thought.
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I'm beginning to see the value in an 'ignore' button... ...
And as an aside, I've found there's no discussion, however light, that can't be completely thrown off by the mention of masturbation...
elliemae
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2010 Dec 1, 10:25am
I wonder what happens if you ignore yourself?
After awhile, you just go away...
Wasn't there a cheesy 70's Helen Reddy song about being a best friend to yourself?
marcus
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2010 Dec 1, 12:11pm
You do know he was asking a software question right ? I'm observing that it doesn't give you that option.
If you meant it in the more existential kind of way, I would think the serious answer would be, "good things."
curious2
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2015 Jan 14, 7:17pm
Not that many people use it anyway. There are only 64 "ignores" in the database so far.
The count runs now into the hundreds, including many that have become moot due to Users leaving. (For example, Homeboy ignored 10 users and then left.)
I suggest an automatic expiration date. For example, Ignore should expire automatically after 1 year.
lostand confused
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2015 Jan 14, 7:37pm
I think it was Bellingham Bill or someone who posted that they ignore 60 or 70 people!! I wonder how you do that in real life-live in a coccon??
I read the thread & all comments. I think I'll ignore all of it. LMAO
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All we end up with is a bunch of people who have 'ignored' half the conversation, people they disagree with, basically talking at themselves into threads that get longer and continually more off topic. I think the ignore button degrades whats generally usually a pretty low grade level of discussion anyway and I'd like to suggest that it be removed from the site.
A discussion is a discussion and I say 'in for a penny, in for a pound', in or out. Its not fair to those who are contributing or to the topic being discussed when anyone can choose to view only the parts that they like.
It was a valiant attempt at non-moderation and placating the extremes, but I don't think its helping any discussion or keeping anybody mollified, its just contributing to a more fractured & unworkable series of threads.
Just sayin'...