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Ignored posters being quoted

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  • 10-02-2011 11:38pm
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    pablomakaveli
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    I've noticed that when a poster quotes someone on my ignore list i can then see the ignored posters post in the quote box in the other posters post.

    Is there any way to make the quoted part vanish? Like maybe have a blank quote box or something similiar.
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    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    No unfortunately, and I always find it too much hassle to ignore people, threads end up missing chunks and making no sense.


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    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    No unfortunately, and I always find it too much hassle to ignore people, threads end up missing chunks and making no sense.

    I agree which is why i'm usually reluctant to put people on ignore. (Although you at least have the option to view a post from an ignored poster if you really want to read it)

    But the ones i do put on ignore are usually WUMs or just post crap all the time and it's annoying when i can see their post when quoted. It'd be nice if something could be implemented to fix it.


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    Dudess
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    What does WUM mean?


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    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    Wind Up Merchant.


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    Necronomicon
    Registered Users Posts: 11,589 ✭✭✭✭Necronomicon


    I've read that there's a Firefox extension that allows you to completely ignore people, quoted posts and all. I've never used it but a quick Google gives me this:

    http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/ignore-users-firefox-extension-6694/


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    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    Never quite understood the ignore feature.. i see the perceived merits of it, but i tend to read all posts, if the person is a gob****e i tend to tell them that to their face by staring their avatar in the eyes and shouting obscenities at the screen and then move on


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    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    It's not really an ignore feature anyway. It's more akin to sticking your fingers in your ears and shouting lalalalala. How can you ignore something without first acknowledging it to be there?

    It's a pointless feature on a site like this, imo


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    Morag
    Registered Users Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭Morag


    It's handy you can roll your eyes seeing there is a post by that pleb/tard/tosser who you cant' stand atm and not read it as you scan down the page. It's awesome like a mute button for idiots.


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    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    My name is URL wrote: »
    It's not really an ignore feature anyway. It's more akin to sticking your fingers in your ears and shouting lalalalala. How can you ignore something without first acknowledging it to be there?

    It's a pointless feature on a site like this, imo

    Well luckily it's optional so you don't have use it if you don't want to, but there are some posters on boards that deserve to be put on an ignore list.


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    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    pablomakaveli wrote: »
    Well luckily it's optional so you don't have use it if you don't want to, but there are some posters on boards that deserve to be put on an ignore list.

    Fair enough, but I disagree about hiding quotes from people not on your ignore list. Sure it's optional, but so is simply disregarding what people write.

    It's a forum for discussion at the end of the day. I just don't see why it's any easier to have something hidden away from view rather than simply ignoring it on an ad hoc basis.. broken clocks and all that. And besides, the people replying to the hidden quotes will still be replying to those posts, whether or not it's visible to you, so why bother?.. why not just block all replies made to people on your ignore list.. or block the entire thread in question?


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    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Fair enough, but I disagree about hiding quotes from people not on your ignore list. Sure it's optional, but so is simply disregarding what people write.

    It's a forum for discussion at the end of the day. I just don't see why it's any easier to have something hidden away from view rather than simply ignoring it on an ad hoc basis.. broken clocks and all that. And besides, the people replying to the hidden quotes will still be replying to those posts, whether or not it's visible to you, so why bother?.. why not just block all replies made to people on your ignore list.. or block the entire thread in question?

    Well it's still possible to view an ignored posters posts individually. Theres a "view post" button that reveals a blocked post. So if i theres a post from an ignored poster that i do have to view than i can view it but at my own discretion. I prefer this to having to see all their posts in a thread especially if they mostly post crap anyway.


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