Disabling BellGab's "Ignore User" Feature

[MV/Liberace!]

I've been thinking about doing it, for a couple of reasons.

1) I get a lot of complaints about it, and it's just gotten tiresome fielding them.

2) The feature's implementation isn't very effective anyway.

3) I just have this gut feeling that everybody should have the opportunity to see everything that's posted.  I think allowing people to ignore this user and that user just rips a lot of the character and flavor out of the forum.


My reason for posting this is to see what all of you think. Will you soil yourself if this feature is disabled?  Comment here, vote above.

[ksm32]

19.5 HUGE THUMBS UP!


Dreams, DO come true!

[GravitySucks]

19.5 HUGE THUMBS UP!


Dreams, DO come true!

The only person I have thought about using it on left on his own accord, so I am fine with eliminating it.

Then Falkie might actually answer some of my questions.

If you leave it on, I may change my avatar to Gravity,Sucks

Praise MV

[coaster]

I use a tablet when I read the live Art thread. there is a member who posts nothing but animated gifs and youtube videos and when there are a million of them being posted it lags like hell. It ruins the experience and it's frustrating as hell.

[Eddie Coyle]

    I'm not sure. What did these mooks above me say about it? 

[MV/Liberace!]

I use a tablet when I read the live Art thread. there is a member who posts nothing but animated gifs, and when there are a million of them being posted it lags like hell. It ruins the experience and it's frustrating as hell.

this isn't your "polaroid" tablet, is it?

[coaster]

this isn't your "polaroid" tablet, is it?

no, its a galaxy tab.

[MV/Liberace!]

no, its a galaxy tab.

how old?

[coaster]

I'm not the only one who has complained about it either.

[coaster]

how old?

Tab 2.

[Richard Groyper]

I use a tablet when I read the live Art thread. there is a member who posts nothing but animated gifs and youtube videos and when there are a million of them being posted it lags like hell. It ruins the experience and it's frustrating as hell.

Gas station tablet? 99¢ bin?

[PB the Deplorable]

I've been thinking about doing it, for a couple of reasons.

1) I get a lot of complaints about it, and it's just gotten tiresome fielding them.

2) The feature's implementation isn't very effective anyway.

3) I just have this gut feeling that everybody should have the opportunity to see everything that's posted.  I think allowing people to ignore this user and that user just rips a lot of the character and flavor out of the forum.


My reason for posting this is to see what all of you think. Will you soil yourself if this feature is disabled?  Comment here, vote above.

I only recently started using it, but once I had that one person on ignore I quickly added more. 

Sometimes I click to see what they've posted, but usually not - mostly depends on what thread it is.

I agree it reduces character and flavor, but still vote in favor of keeping it.  But don't think it's that big a deal

[MV/Liberace!]

Gas station tablet? 99¢ bin?

that's what i was wondering, because i've been using the forum on mobile devices for years, going back multiple generations of hardware, and i've not found gifs to be a problem.

[coaster]

that's what i was wondering, because i've been using the forum on mobile devices for years, going back multiple generations of hardware, and i've not found gifs to be a problem.

Maybe its a browser problem. I dunno.

[coaster]

Gas station tablet? 99¢ bin?

Do gas stations sell 99 cent tablets or are you just trying to be a dick?

[GravitySucks]

I use a tablet when I read the live Art thread. there is a member who posts nothing but animated gifs and youtube videos and when there are a million of them being posted it lags like hell. It ruins the experience and it's frustrating as hell.

If you get enough of those comments, I would say keep it.  The embedded animated gifs bug me too, but I live with them. And I use an iPad with a slow internet connection.  The StarWars avatar thread won't even load for me.

[Richard Groyper]

that's what i was wondering, because i've been using the forum on mobile devices for years, going back multiple generations of hardware, and i've not found gifs to be a problem.

Hee hee. I know, right? Coaster must still be using dial-up... I do love the tones of dial-up. *sigh*

[Richard Groyper]

Do gas stations sell 99 cent tablets or are you just trying to be a dick?

Both.

[coaster]

Hee hee. I know, right? Coaster must still be using dial-up... I do love the tones of dial-up. *sigh*

Dial up on a tablet. You are 0 for 2.

[Richard Groyper]

Dial up on a tablet. You are 0 for 2.

[GravitySucks]

Sounds like you need to add "Maybe" to the poll

[coaster]

Not a big deal I guess. I'll just have to figure something else out. Maybe find a way to block animated gifs. Meh.

[3OctaveFart]

I can't believe the amount of babysitting you have to do here, a young father and businessowner.

If somebody wants to ignore a user, then damn well ignore them. You don't need an implement.

[GravitySucks]

Not a big deal I guess. I'll just have to figure something else out. Maybe find a way to block animated gifs. Meh.

Even if they could just be disabled in quoted copies. Besides, why are we wasting time discussing it.  MV is going to do what he wants anyways...😎

[ItsOver]

No problem here.  If want to ignore a post, I don't look at it.

[zeebo]

No problem here.  If want to ignore a post, I don't look at it.

Sure but seriously some posters just get off on posting things like tasteless pics which cannot be un-seen, over and over and over.  It can become quite distracting to all the good stuff on the site.  These folks are obviously either oblivious to the most basic social decorum or they're just intentionally trying to provoke a response - in either case, if they become un-ignorable, the flame wars shall burn with the heat of a thousand suns.

[MV/Liberace!]

You are 0 for 2.

heh heh

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I'm all for it, because it hurts to be ignored.

[PB the Deplorable]

By the time a poster puts someone on ignore, they've likely had more than enough of their posts and gotten all the character and flavor they need. 

[BobGrau]

I'd say keep it. There are problems either way, so 'do least harm' applies.