"ignore should hide threads started by an ignored member" Topic

this is a poll suggestion.

ignore currently removes threads started by a member from the front page. i would suggest that ignore also hide the ignored member's thread from the forum(s) that the thread was posted on. this is an individual decision just like ignore currently is.

the benefit of this is, if you don't want to see the member's threads on the front page, you probably don't want to see them in the forums either.

this has all benefits and no downside. if you don't like the idea of ignoring threads, then don't ignore them. you'll then see everything.

but if there are certain posters whose posting habits cause you to have less enjoyment of the forums, ignoring them removes the threads.

this would effectively end the constant tango debates. people who don't like him can ignore him and he's gone from the forums too. so a major cause of disagreement would disappear.

votes:
yes, allow ignore to hide threads in the forums that are started by members i ignore
no, ignore should not hide threads in that way

the hide should not be a greyed box or similar. the threads just don't appear at all. just like they don't appear at all on the front page.

Nope.

Oh, give it a rest.
Some people are never happy.

If it is it so difficult to NOT click on a link, yout meds need adjusting.

What JJ said.

No.

Anybody know of a farm that sells dead horse in bulk numbers?

people complaining about dead horses seem to secretly love them being beat, because if this is adopted there will never be another complaint about tango again…so they seem to love the drama…or is it "i love tangospam so everyone must read it???"

only reason i can think of that people would object is that they are afraid lots of people would ignore them or like mrharold, sellers that tango seems to favor who get duplicate links posted to their previews and such. otherwise, why would they care???

"If it is it so difficult to NOT click on a link, yout meds need adjusting."

you don't seem to even understand the issue, but go ahead with the personal attacks anyway chief…lol

"Oh, give it a rest."

yep, that's what i'm trying to do….

Nah.

because if this is adopted there will never be another complaint about tango again…

Several things.
One, I do NOT remember a single complaint about Tango since the Ignore was implemented and the 400 thread Front Page was put in.

Second: WHY THE HELL SHOULD TMP BE STRUCTURED AROUND YOUR DISLIKE OF A SPECIFIC MEMBER??????

I don't give a damn whether you want to restrict your viewing of Tango or not. Enough has been done, and if you feel unclean because you can still see Tango, then you have a problem that cannot be solved. Give you what you want and you will not be happy then either. You will want Bill to pay an elite ninja hit squad to go and off him, and then you will STILL be unhappy.
You will then want a Poll to have any and all Tango threads wiped out of the TMP site.
And then you will still not be happy…..

Your analysis of my "reasons" is not only totally wrong, but insulting.

The message board tells you who started it, its easy don't click on it, or try not to.

I vote yes.

I have never used the "ignore" feature and was not aware until the recent discussion on the "TMP Talk" forum exactly how it worked. It seems pretty senseless to have such a feature without having it actually hide content from the "ignored" member.

Martin

I don't give a hoot about Tango but I am curious to the detractors:

What is the purpose of the Ignore button, if not to actually Ignore that persons posts?

The current implementation is:

I click Ignore.
The persons posts do not show on the front page.
They DO show on the individual forum. If I click on them there, I now see "Ignored".

Why would I ever want this?

YES

It seems pretty senseless to have such a feature without having it actually hide content from the "ignored" member.

It IS hidden on the front page.
I see absolutely no reason why Bill should put in more work to hide them on the Various Boards because some sensitive flower is horrified to see any of Tango's threads appear. Or mine, for that matter.

I'm in favour. The current situation where you have an ignore feature that works on the front page but not on the forums doesn't make any sense.

John – Why would it be hidden on the front page and not hidden on the actual board?

How is that actually a superior design to just having it work like blocking email?

If they're not there, how do you know the Ignore feature is working?

Perhaps they just didn't post anything.

"If a tree falls in the forest, does it……….."?

YES.

because if this is adopted there will never be another complaint about tango again

If I had a nickel every time I heard that one…

John – Why would it be hidden on the front page and not hidden on the actual board?

How is that actually a superior design to just having it work like blocking email?

It's not a superior design.
I am just sick and tired of making accommodations for the Tango Haters. They will never be happy. So, screw them. I am not in favor of ANY more "adjustments" that will make them happy. Let them stew in their bile, and if they want to leave TMP because Tango posts are not totally hidden, I can live with that.
We can only appease haters so much.

Besides, I view everything from the Front Page, so this does not come up.

Yes I'm in favour.

only reason i can think of that people would object is that they are afraid lots of people would ignore them or like mrharold, sellers that tango seems to favor who get duplicate links posted to their previews and such. otherwise, why would they care???

Just because you don't understand doesn't make your request valid.

Might as well say "the only reason people start these 'more ignoring!' threads is because they are pitiable control freaks and don't have the emotional skills to deal with society." It would be equally valid and just as foolish.

"The message board tells you who started it, its easy don't click on it, or try not to."

Actually it doesn't if you are not on the front page. In the forums all you see is the topic name and the date it was started. I wouldn't object to blocking visibility of topics started by ignored members.

So people are actually saying "I don't care if the topic is interesting to me, if so-and-so started it, I don't want to know it ever existed?" That's actually pretty hilarious.

All the more reason why not to waste time coding such a twisted feature.

Other people post things. Come to terms with it.

At least for me, having a topic name which sounds interesting but is just a hyperlink with no meaningful content is not terribly valuable.

because if this is adopted there will never be another complaint about tango again

Or maybe we could just stop complaining about Tango?

Read his posts if you want to or don't.

Well, I missed ignoring this thread. Shucks!

It would be nice to have ignore work across the entire site, not just the front page.

It's interesting how these trolls tend to stick up for each other. Not suprising…."bird of a feather" and all that…but interesting.

Martin

Why not cut to the chase, and just have the ignore function erase all electronic and physical records of the ignored poster, and dispatch death squads to hunt them down?

It's the only way to match the the grandiose self-importance of the various complainers.

-Kle.

a simple YES

Being in favor of an "Across-the-Site-Ignore" feature should not label someone a "Troll" or "Hater". Requesting such a feature is a reasonable request that many folks have made many times. As has been pointed out, it's really no different from an email filter and similar features exist in other applications.

Slapping everyone who requests such a feature with such terms just muddies the water and doesn't help the discussion.

If this does succeed, the next complaint will be to have individual redirects in case a person gets to the ignored thread through a link in a different thread, a Google search result, a link in a PM, a link in a DH'd user's infraction page, etc etc etc. It will never end because the complainers enjoy complaining.

As JJ says, not everything is about Tango.

These are poor remnants of "The Battle for Our Soul", remember that?
Where is the tsunami of new members who would pay for the "ignore button" ?.
Ask Bill!
Please get a life !.
And stop to mourn.

Amicalement
Armand

I disagree Reb,
You're assuming you know what others are looking for. You don't speak for them anymore than they speak for you. A universal ignore would completely satisfy me (and I suspect many others) in this matter.

That's what they said when ignore was first released, they were happy with it, but the next day new complaints…

To be fair, many folks thought ignore was -or would be- universal until they discovered it wasn't. The desire for a universal ignore has some longstanding on this forum.

"That's what they said when ignore was first released, they were happy with it, but the next day new complaints…"

that's true of the people who read from the front page but many of us read from a few forums we visit regularly and back then said this would not really address the issue. you can look back at the forums if you're saying that "we were happy then" because we werent…..

again, i can't imagine why anyone would care to resist this unless its because the lines have hardened so much in the tango wars that people flip out whenever they see anything that might be related. think about that for a minute. if this has become such an issue that people are manning the trenches, for goodness sake let's just make it go away….

unless some LIKE the drama and an excuse to call people trolls, haters, people on meds, and assorted other personal attacks (shudders)……

tbh I'm not even sure why this needs to be a poll. can't it just be done? then if anyone ever complains about tango or any other divisive poster you can just tell them to go pound sand because there is a way for the divisive poster to vanish from their radar…..

Yes, please.

>>>That's what they said when ignore was first released, they were happy with it, but the next day new complaints…

Um, because it didn't work as advertised, perhaps?

What sort of "ignore" feature does not actually block content from the ignored individual? I will probably not ever utilize such a feature, but it should exist for those who wish to have that option.

Martin

I recently learned of the ignore feature from another recent post and applied it, but then realized that it only works if using the front page. I think the most simple solution should be that the OP name be added to the post title, in this way it is back in the control of the user to decide on opening the post or not, if one chooses without harming anyones feelings.

This is just an observation and a suggestion, please do not make me into a hater or racsist.

Um, because it didn't work as advertised, perhaps?

It was advertised as a way to reduce perceived clutter on the main page. It works just as it was designed, but the goal posts have been moved, as expected.

you're clearly not listening then. the solution offered was to reduce clutter on the front page. that was not the complaint many had… we said back then it would not remove duplicate messages posted by certain persons from the forums…..

and no this is not a poll request about a specific person ofm. this will work for anyone ignored. with this feature, you don't like me, hit ignore and i go away. i don't mind! i don't want people to read my messages if they don't want to so i'm happy to have that function added. then people who want to read can, and who don't want to read don't have to.