Editor in Chief Bill | 18 Oct 2018 10:09 p.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link – and the top answers were: 17% – "I never Stifle." 16% – "Avoiding people who are consistently mean." 13% – "Not really wanting or caring to hear from or about Person X." 8% (tie) – "Avoiding personal attacks." and "Avoiding people with viewpoints I dislike." |
Cacique Caribe | 19 Oct 2018 1:56 a.m. PST |
I went 13 years without stifling anyone. But some individuals helped me realize that we don't need to subject ourselves to stalking, insults and other abuse. Life is much to short for that. So now I have 10 on my list. A drop in the bucket really, when compared to the total members on TMP. Dan |
ACWBill | 19 Oct 2018 4:08 a.m. PST |
There are too many on the site just looking for opportunities to be critical and simultaneously display their supposed superior knowledge of the subject being discussed. This is one reason I do so. The other is political nonsense which has no business on a site called The Miniatures Page. These are my own views, and I don't expect anyone else to share them. |
Ed Mohrmann | 19 Oct 2018 5:52 a.m. PST |
I did stifle one person once. Removed the stifle since after thinking it over, I felt it was my problem rather than their problem. No stifles since. |
Kevin C | 19 Oct 2018 6:07 a.m. PST |
I have never stifled anyone. |
olicana | 19 Oct 2018 6:16 a.m. PST |
I have done, in the past, but I think my stifle bucket is empty at the moment. I've stifled people when I think they are trying to be superior for the sake of their own ego, or just being plain mean. Both are personality traits I can't abide, especially in others (grin). But, I mellow with time and unstifle them – a life term doesn't mean life, and I'd never hang anyone. One of the best things Bill ever did was to remove the 'number of stifles' people had (on them by others) on their member profile page. I feel a lot better about myself not knowing, and it gives me a positive attitude when posting here. What you don't know about, you don't care about. |
Mooseworks8 | 19 Oct 2018 6:17 a.m. PST |
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Winston Smith | 19 Oct 2018 6:27 a.m. PST |
I only Stifle offensive idiots. Where did the idea that every opinion is worthy come from? Is everyone forced to watch The View, or listen to Rush Limbaugh? Stifling is changing the channel or turning it off. I Stifle and do not remove it. Offensive idiots EARN their stifles. |
Vigilant | 19 Oct 2018 7:11 a.m. PST |
I don't stifle, despite strongly disagreeing with some of the opinions voiced by some members. I'm just more careful about which posts I get involved with and avoid posts that are going to annoy me. |
etotheipi | 19 Oct 2018 7:51 a.m. PST |
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PrivateSnafu | 19 Oct 2018 8:34 a.m. PST |
Is there something wrong with this thread? I'm not seeing anything. |
Earl of the North | 19 Oct 2018 9:12 a.m. PST |
Most of the people I've stifled over the years were banned anyway so I probably didn't need the option. I do have one guy I've had stifled for years, simply because he was looking for arguments and it made my life easier never to bothered by him again. |
Sgt Slag | 19 Oct 2018 9:20 a.m. PST |
I stifled someone around 15 years back -- he was subsequently banned from TMP. Forgot it was even an option. Have not stifled anyone since. |
Earl of the North | 19 Oct 2018 10:58 a.m. PST |
I just checked and I had two stifled who haven't been on TMP in years, they were I believe accounts created to attack Bill so they didn't last long and I stifled them while I was waiting the bans. Also my long term stifling appears to not be on TMP at the moment either. |
14Bore | 19 Oct 2018 12:10 p.m. PST |
Who is this 'we' you speak of? |
Herkybird | 19 Oct 2018 4:13 p.m. PST |
I have always had 1 Stifle, and the same author Ignored, mainly due to their large number of posts which were by and large uninteresting to me, which pushed things I wanted to read off the front page. |
bobspruster | 19 Oct 2018 4:41 p.m. PST |
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Oberlindes Sol LIC | 19 Oct 2018 7:18 p.m. PST |
Private Snafu for the win. |
vagamer63 | 19 Oct 2018 10:09 p.m. PST |
Never felt the need to stifle anyone. I'm comfortable and confident enough with myself not to fear what others may have to say, so what would be the point! |
Legion 4 | 20 Oct 2018 9:05 a.m. PST |
Do what ??!? |
Old Contemptibles | 21 Oct 2018 4:59 p.m. PST |
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