Winston Smith | 02 Aug 2014 9:11 a.m. PST |
The OFM and I have changed our hive mind about publicizing them in the statistics tables, and putting them in a member's profile. Previously it had been all about amusing ourselves and pointing and laughing. To be honest we could have lived with or without them. However, due to rancor and bad blood over the last few weeks here, it might be a good idea to eliminate those tables and their presence in a member's profile. It MIGHT lower the heat and bad feeling a bit. So, knowing full well our collective stance against continually voting on an issue until we get the "right answer" the OFM and I propose that we keep both the Stifle and Ignore functions but eliminate any easy access to the statistics for "civilians". If it comes to a Poll, we will vote YES. Well, the OFM will. I will abstain for ethical sock puppet reasons. I may be a sock puppet but I do have my standards. Whether sock puppets should be allowed to vote in Polls is another issue altogether. |
Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 02 Aug 2014 9:15 a.m. PST |
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Doug em4miniatures | 02 Aug 2014 9:22 a.m. PST |
A pint of whatever he's drinking over here, please. Doug |
Winston Smith | 02 Aug 2014 9:24 a.m. PST |
Or, Dear Editor in Chief could just do it himself. Thus sparing us all those rumored Frothers sock puppets voting to retain them so we could keep up the bad blood. I favor a tyrannical unilateral decision meself, bypassing the legislature. It would save time. I promise not to vote to impeach him for it. |
morrigan | 02 Aug 2014 9:59 a.m. PST |
I don't see what difference it makes. I have been stifled and ignored a number of times. Doesn't matter to me who sees that. |
Silent Pool | 02 Aug 2014 10:26 a.m. PST |
But …that would kind of be like …the end …of me. My life aim would be fulfilled and I would need exist no more! Oh, do it. Do it! Winnith, you man of venison and wine. Dear Editor, heed his words of wisdom. Perish the Frothers forever!!! Long live TMP and the Emperor!! Now I know how Joan of Arc felt. (I somehow think I'll be back later) |
Broglie | 02 Aug 2014 11:03 a.m. PST |
Normally I would favour removing such tables but since the Ignore function was introduced I have accumulated 33 ignores and I am in 30th place on the table. So after nearly 10 years I am at last in with the Big Boys and I like it. Keep the table I say (but remove the Needs more Boobies board) |
Silent Pool | 02 Aug 2014 11:04 a.m. PST |
blue, I have noticed you mention this several times recently and I think I understand how you may feel. I am always saying something stupid and that doesn't make it right but you seem like one of the Good Guys on TMP. If you think that there is anything I can do to help you while I still have time just let me know. I have apologised to The Editor (as he was in those simpler, kinder, bygone days) before and he was kind enough to include me again on TMP (tee-hee) . He might just listen to me again. I'd do it for you. Good luck fella. |
Doms Decals | 02 Aug 2014 11:31 a.m. PST |
I can't believe you'd suggest removing a source of pointless melodrama, bad blood and rancor from TMP…. |
RavenscraftCybernetics | 02 Aug 2014 2:11 p.m. PST |
i think Dom is on to something here… |
Editor in Chief Bill | 02 Aug 2014 2:31 p.m. PST |
Polls are coming back next week some time, so might as well put these up for community vote and see how people feel about it. |
John the OFM | 02 Aug 2014 9:51 p.m. PST |
I agree with Winston Smith. |
Doms Decals | 02 Aug 2014 11:29 p.m. PST |
You're just his sock puppet…. :-p |
britishlinescarlet2 | 03 Aug 2014 2:36 a.m. PST |
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venezia sta affondando | 03 Aug 2014 2:59 a.m. PST |
Is that fella touching his toes? It's just that his pipe in unlit and I'm trying to make sense of the picture. |
alien BLOODY HELL surfer | 03 Aug 2014 3:42 p.m. PST |
don't care about the count, but I have recently found the stifle option very useful. Bizarrely I also noticed whilst stifling a pattern as to which states most of the people I stifled are from. |
Robert Kennedy | 03 Aug 2014 3:53 p.m. PST |
Its nice to see that we can move on to an old horse that has been beaten to death.
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Stormfather | 03 Aug 2014 6:30 p.m. PST |
I've seen countless debates about this topic, and I'm always left with the same question (that the FAQ doesn't seem to address, no less). What, exactly, is the difference between Stifle and Ignore? |
jpattern2 | 03 Aug 2014 7:33 p.m. PST |
Stifle: All posts by the Stiflee appear as gray boxes. You can't see what they've written in a topic. Useful if you find posts by the Stiflee irritating for some reason and no longer want to read what he or she writes. Ignore: Topics begun by the Ignoree do not appear on TMP's front page. They do still appear if you navigate to a specific Message Board. Useful if you feel the Ignoree starts too many topics for some reason and you no longer want to see those topics. Both Stifle and Ignore are retroactive. They affect all posts or topics from the Stiflee or Ignoree, back to the dawn of TMP, even if the Stiflee or Ignoree has changed his or her login name (but not if he or she starts a new account). |
Stormfather | 03 Aug 2014 8:13 p.m. PST |
Makes sense- thanks jpattern2! |
SJDonovan | 04 Aug 2014 2:58 a.m. PST |
I think it would be a good idea to get rid of the statistics tables They are divisive and create acrimony where none needs to be. |