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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

trust me on this one... it is necessary and useful to ignore some people that might otherwise result in wars and banning

Originally Posted by orlok

Originally Posted by CRussel

Yes, using ignore, even though it is far from perfect, has improved my online attitude significantly. But honestly, I wish that ignore hid the user completely, instead of the partial hiding.

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why do you hate Tux?

Dunno. I have no clue who this Tux is. Just dislike them. You change thye avatars all the time and it is annoying. I am getting used to one face per user. Sometimes I don't have to look at the nick, I see avatar and know who it is.

Originally Posted by Ea

deliberately choose to exercise patience and self control

I am here to have fun, am I not? Why do I have to exercise anything? It ruins the relaxing atmosphere of fun. It becomes a belligerent environment. Then what is a point to come here?
I have no problem with anger management. I had no warning over this issue on any of the forums I have ever visited. It doesn't mean I must endure pricks and their attitude.

Originally Posted by Billi

I dare to disagree. I don't want the programmers behind this site investing their energy, time and wisdom in improving such a negative and destructive function as "ignore user" actually is.

Rising blood pressure when reading some posts is a destructive energy. It is a lot healthier for both sides if they can ignore each other.

Originally Posted by Billi

But in my mind the idea of ignoring certain users contradicts the core sense of a forum. A forum works fine when you have many posts and when you have many lively discussions, that means many different or opposite opinions. And with the ignore function you reduce both for yourself. Is it really such an interesting thing to read only posts with your opinion from members you like?

Unfortunately, every forum has its measure of idiots. Ignore function helps to avoid conflicts. Yes, it is interesting to read opinion of people I either like or indifferent to and have no wish to read posts of people I cannot stand. I am not interested in their opinion, I don't value their posts. So, what is a point of reading their posts and often feel angry? I skip the posts anyway, but it makes the reading of a topic jerky, when if the idiots were ignored the reading would be smooth and enjoyable.

Originally Posted by DMB

I think this is a somewhat naive view of how discussion boards work. I doubt that anyone here would have a problem with reading opinions that contradict their own. The problem arises not from opinions per se but from behaviour

Originally Posted by orlok

with interest. When people are deliberately provacative (or plain immature), why would you want to even be exposed to their input?

Could not agree more