"Making Tango Invisible" Topic

Even though I have 'stifled' and 'ignored' Tango, I still have to waste most of my clicks on his forum titles which I can't tell lead to just more vapid links until I actually click on the title. Is there some way to make even his titles invisible? Alternatively, can Tango be given his own forum messageboard, so his fans can go there and he can go wild posting as many irrelevant and unwanted posts a day he wants?

Ignore should have made his post disappear from the main TMP page for you. I think the posts will still show up when going to individual forums.

Do we really have to have another conversation like this? Tango works very hard to bring entertainment to others in this hobby and, however much some folks might find his posts nor to their liking, they should remember that Tango is a giving member of this community before they lodge another complaint.

magical monstrous steve

Is absolutely correct!

Who ordered the Cheese?

I, for one, appreciate Tango's efforts.

*smile* glad you enjoy, boys!

He does not bother me. We disagree on some things and agree on others. There are a few more pompous people on here rather than him.

I appreciate his postings..

TANGO FOR PRESIDENT!

Maybe if you nicely ask him to put an asterix before his topic titles so that it warns you away?

example: *Topic Title Here

He doesn't bother me… ;-)

I like Zephyr1's suggestion.

If you Ignore and Stifle Tango it only works on the front page and I am afraid that you will have to sort through the various titles on the message boards to find something of value.

Its not a debate on who likes Tango, the OP is asking for help so he does not waste his time.

If you can't beat him, you gotta join him.

What did the op write? I can't see it.

Would never want to hide Tango. He does a marvelous job.

While Tango is a special case, is he really the only poster that anyone has an issue with? If we were to go down the road of how to block folks everywhere, what is at the end of that road?
Maybe we should avoid taking a page from the millenials and understand that there are things we don't like in the places that we frequent. We can "embrace the suck" when the issue at question is a few posts we just need to scan over to get to the content we want.

OP Seems not. From the home page you can see who started the post. If you are going to the message boards they don't say who started the post. I'm not sure how you're using the site. I have my home page set to 400 topics and have unsubscribed from all the boards I don't care to follow.

I chose "ignore" in my settings menu and poof he was gone.

magical monstrous steve & Fitzovich!

And to ALL, Tango is one of the few reasons I visit this "joynte" anymore.

Tango gives, while others try to tear down (others here).

Not again! It must be a conspiracy. Tango was sent to this site to up-set some people. I will not give in to "THE PLAN"! I will resist! I will continue to enjoy the posts that Tango has that I am interested in.

Just Joking with you who don't like Tango. Don't take it personal.

54 posts in 10 years and now you're suddenly triggered?

"54 posts in 10 years and now you're suddenly triggered?"

LOL

We have such terrible 1st world problems. Oh my life sucks. LOL

Seems as though my sarcastic, TMP "Safe Space" proposal was not so crazy after all, eh?

Once again I say "Thank you Tango"

If I couldn't make Tango invisible on the front page I would no longer visit TMP.

For me, a forum is a DISCUSSION group, not a drive by and post group…

Tango never discusses the items he finds..

Mike

Though tango does start many conversations.

LOL. First world problems, too bad. So you have to move your pinky and scroll down a little more and spend an extra second; boo hoo. My God, there is real suffering in the world and this is even an issue.

Do we really have to have another conversation like this?

Yes … get it … move on … E.g. I'm not a fan of Zombies so I don't click on posts about zombies.

(Disclaimer: in today's PC/SJW, etc., environment, and not wishing to offend. I've never seen nor met a zombie. I'm sure when they are not trying to eat your face off they are some fine [undead] people.)

If you don't like what he posts why do you bother clicking on his threads in the first place?

It sounds like you could save yourself the time if you didn't bother.

There I things on TMP that I know won't interest me, so I just don't click on them. Easy.

As far as actively posting, I'm newer here, but I enjoy his efforts. I will say that when I first became involved in forums about 15 years ago, I ran a "cyberbar" on the forum that I was so actively involved on. The "cyberbar" was a place for posters who just wanted to BS or see what zaniness was going on that day could go to. The site was for Heroscape, so it was a a combination board game and gateway to miniature war games, so many of the members were 20s and younger; I was in my mid 30s.

That being said, what Tango provides is different. He looks for current affairs, history, and miniatures of interest. I don't comment on everything that he does, but I agree that he does provide a service to the community by spurring conversation.

I can't believe I clicked on this post…what a waste from talking about real gaming stuff!

P.

I've defended Tango in the past, and have no problems with him as an individual. However, his dominance of the front page became too much for me, as so much of it was of no interest to me at all or was exceedingly tertiary to wargaming, so I chose to click the "Ignore" button. Nothing against Tango, it was just establishing my preference for what I want out of TMP.

Though I will agree with Black Hat that it bugs me that Tango rarely engages in any actual discussion on the topics he posts. To me, if you bring something up, you should engage in the conversation.

I wish Tango would also post to Twitter as well. His his posting style is very well suited to the Twitter format and it would be far easier to follow on my phone while at work.
He'd also be reaching a far larger audience.
There's a very active gaming community out there and I follow a whole bunch of well known wargamers and rules writers.

"Though I will agree with Black Hat that it bugs me that Tango rarely engages in any actual discussion on the topics he posts. To me, if you bring something up, you should engage in the conversation."

That right there is the crux of the problem. He has no real idea what he is posting about, can't answer any questions about it, and isn't really interested in partaking in any conversation on what he just posted. A friend contacted me about one of Tango's posts that featured one of my games and mentioned that other gamers had questions about what was there. Wait, were they expecting Tango to answer them? How would he know anything about the games, figs, etc., he just posted about? He just returns to the posts to see if anyone thanks him, which by itself seems to suggest some psychological need for approval.

+1 D A THB

That is exactly the problem I have with all of this.

How about a board just for Tango? If you are big fan then subscribe to the Tango board. If not just don't choose the Tango board.

Oddly enough I found myself thinking about the impact of Tango's posting style a while back. A few people may recall that initially it caused some heated discussion (gosh) because a fair few folks found it a positive impact and a fair few other folks found it akin to spamming.

When all was said and done, and the last desperate cries had faded into the darkness, the result was (sort of); are any forum/site rules being broken? No? Then no sanction or ban or any other intervention is necessary. TMP provides tools that can 'disappear' people you may not wish to interact with, so use 'em. And that was that. Individual discretions (linking to pirated materials, etc.) can and do still result in a suspension for Tango, same as anyone else, and as no one else's posting has to pass an editorial test, nor do Tango's.

I have found myself though becoming jaded by the sawn-off topic titles, the repetitious nature of some postings (twice or occasionally three times in a matter of 6 weeks perhaps), and, as others have mentioned, the lack of connection between the poster and the subject matter. I actually realised I was looking at TMP and seeing it as those click bait links you get down the side of websites, and I was turning off my mental connection accordingly.

No rules are being broken, until rules are actually being broken, then sanctions are implemented. Posting is free, reading is free, viewer discretion is always advised.

I tried the ignore function recently, which does indeed only work on the main page and not the individual boards. A completely non-statistical study suggests that non-Tango posts are in the region of 8 to 20 in terms of new topics per day. Tango can add approx. 80-100 to that count most days of the week. And some of it will light up someone's day, just as some of it will be treated like junk mail by others.

There is no universal solution. Anything that curtails Tango's posting style can be construed as discriminatory, so long as he's obeying the house rules. Anyone who doesn't like this is under no compulsion to use the service, which most of us do for free (if you're a paying member, you may have a different view).

Personally, I would just appreciate properly worded topic titles, nothing that trails off (the parachuting dog that saved…) so you can actually make an informed choice before clicking. And I would too appreciate some connection between the post and the poster on the topic.

Tango is not actually doing anything wrong but I cannot think of any other forum where he could do it without being banned, which I don't want to happen here. If he could make some updates to his posting style, and add a little focus, I think it would answer some of his critics positively.

Gary

are any forum/site rules being broken? No?

Some people have proposed new rules – such as a daily limit on number of topics a person can launch – but the community has said no.

The Philadelphia Experiment in 1943 or so didnt turn out so well according to many people so should we be messing with the time/space/continuum just to try to make Tango disappear?

Tango number 1 colonial nic number 10
(That's Vietnamese.)

His style seems more suited to social media like twitter.com or feedmegames.com

Though I will agree with Black Hat that it bugs me that Tango rarely engages in any actual discussion on the topics he posts. To me, if you bring something up, you should engage in the conversation.

Exactly this.

I have no idea why the feature can't block posts from the forum pages as well. Why the hell would that not be the obvious benefit? Do we really need to have some sort of committee for that?

I click on a lot of posts that end up being a waste of time. Comes with the territory.

Though this site has more tools to control content that I've ever seen.

Is there some way to make TMPers grow up and stop moaning about what one member of the forum posts? This has literally been going on for decades now…

(which should perhaps be a hint that the perpetual-Tango01-moaners aren't going to get their way!)

….perhaps a user guide on how not to click on messages you don't want to read – and how to scroll past them to messages you do want to read. This is pretty basic stuff I know, but it seems a small minority of TMPers still haven't quite got the hang of it.

1. You don't have to read everything!

2. It's YOUR choice!

3. This is such a tedious discussion it's almost funny.

Amicalement (Smile)

I started to read this thread, found it boring & irrelevant, decided not to finish it & will now go to some other boards/posts. Not a problem.

Is there a message in my observation?

Tango invisible(?) … I just don't see it …

Tango for President! Damnation to his critics!

I see the censorship continues…….

I came up with a highly effective system for situations like this. I read the thread title, if I'm interested I click on it, if I'm not I don't. Its a great filter and only takes a couple of seconds.