Ignore User Feature

[cindy123456]

Perhaps the feature exists but I can't find any documentation on it. 
We have a couple jubilant users that post things that only they find relevant. 
Is there a way to put another poster on ignore? If not, this would be a useful feature. 

[Patrick [ASE]]

Go to the profile of the member you want to ignore, hit the gear icon, and select block member.
Though i'm not sure if that hides the members posts from being displayed to you.

[Thomasss]

Dec 14, 2012 8:20:48 GMT -8 Patrick [ASE] said:

Go to the profile of the member you want to ignore, hit the gear icon, and select block member.
Though i'm not sure if that hides the members posts from being displayed to you.

You can choose what you want seen and hidden, so he is able to hide posts from the user, as long as he chooses that option. 

[Ryan Roos]

Go to the Privacy Tab of your Edit Profile. You can control exactly who and what you want to block.

[User 180565 is taking donation]

There's not much of a point in a block feature if you can still click on display this post, shows users quoting them, and shows last updated topic they post in.

[Stinky666]

No point in me making my own topic for 1 question, but Ryan Roos, why are we able to block staff and blocking staff, does that mean everything does work the same? I mean, for example, we can stop you from sending us messages.. I assume the main admin account can't be blocked from people, right?

[Former Member]

Dec 14, 2012 17:50:40 GMT -8 Stinky666 said:

No point in me making my own topic for 1 question, but Ryan Roos, why are we able to block staff and blocking staff, does that mean everything does work the same? I mean, for example, we can stop you from sending us messages.. I assume the main admin account can't be blocked from people, right?

Stinky666 Your changes have been saved. However, you may not block conversations from a staff member.


But I can block everything else.

[AshFR]

It's black text in the Err.Bear skin.... "Your changes have been saved However you may not block conversations from a staff member"

[Ryan Roos]

Dec 14, 2012 17:46:38 GMT -8 User 180565 is taking donation said:

There's not much of a point in a block feature if you can still click on display this post, shows users quoting them, and shows last updated topic they post in.

We aren't going to break the flow of a conversation/thread just because you want to block someone. First big thing about quotes is that anyone can make one up. There's no way to guarantee that a quote is by the original author. So we do display quotes. Also 99% of the time, when someone quotes another person, it's because they are responding to things directly in that quote. If we blocked it you would have no context at all. The block is a way for you to avoid members that you may not enjoy reading the posts of or receiving messages from. It's not a black out of the entire forum anywhere that someone might be. If you don't like someone that much you probably shouldn't be on the same forum as them. The Display Post option exists for the same reason. Maybe there are 3 replies in a thread all saying something interesting, but you have no way to know what they;re referring to. Now you, the user, have a choice to make. You can weigh your dislike of a certain member against the curiosity you have for what may have caused these replies. No one is making you click on it. But if you did want to know what was posted, then you have the option. If we just removed members threads and posts from your screen there would be holes everywhere, both literal and metaphorical. The same logic applies to why threads are still displayed in the board. No one is forcing you to click on them. That's a choice you make if you are interested enough. Overall you will not receive content from the member (unless you choose to), however it is not your own personal ban list to remove members from your view of the forum.

Dec 14, 2012 17:50:40 GMT -8 Stinky666 said:

No point in me making my own topic for 1 question, but Ryan Roos, why are we able to block staff and blocking staff, does that mean everything does work the same? I mean, for example, we can stop you from sending us messages.. I assume the main admin account can't be blocked from people, right?

You cannot prevent staff from having a conversation with you, even if they are blocked.

[Stinky666]

Ryan Roos ok well, at least that's good then. =D

[User 180565 is taking donation]

Dec 17, 2012 7:21:32 GMT -8 Ryan Roos said:

Dec 14, 2012 17:46:38 GMT -8 User 180565 is taking donation said:

There's not much of a point in a block feature if you can still click on display this post, shows users quoting them, and shows last updated topic they post in.

We aren't going to break the flow of a conversation/thread just because you want to block someone. First big thing about quotes is that anyone can make one up. There's no way to guarantee that a quote is by the original author. So we do display quotes. Also 99% of the time, when someone quotes another person, it's because they are responding to things directly in that quote. If we blocked it you would have no context at all. The block is a way for you to avoid members that you may not enjoy reading the posts of or receiving messages from. It's not a black out of the entire forum anywhere that someone might be. If you don't like someone that much you probably shouldn't be on the same forum as them. The Display Post option exists for the same reason. Maybe there are 3 replies in a thread all saying something interesting, but you have no way to know what they;re referring to. Now you, the user, have a choice to make. You can weigh your dislike of a certain member against the curiosity you have for what may have caused these replies. No one is making you click on it. But if you did want to know what was posted, then you have the option. If we just removed members threads and posts from your screen there would be holes everywhere, both literal and metaphorical. The same logic applies to why threads are still displayed in the board. No one is forcing you to click on them. That's a choice you make if you are interested enough. Overall you will not receive content from the member (unless you choose to), however it is not your own personal ban list to remove members from your view of the forum.

Dec 14, 2012 17:50:40 GMT -8 Stinky666 said:

No point in me making my own topic for 1 question, but Ryan Roos, why are we able to block staff and blocking staff, does that mean everything does work the same? I mean, for example, we can stop you from sending us messages.. I assume the main admin account can't be blocked from people, right?

You cannot prevent staff from having a conversation with you, even if they are blocked.

"No one is making you click on it"

So in other words members will continue to be allowed to be as much as smartalics as they choose to be.

[RedBassett]

Dec 17, 2012 8:46:42 GMT -8 User 180565 is taking donation said:

Dec 17, 2012 7:21:32 GMT -8 Ryan Roos said:

We aren't going to break the flow of a conversation/thread just because you want to block someone. First big thing about quotes is that anyone can make one up. There's no way to guarantee that a quote is by the original author. So we do display quotes. Also 99% of the time, when someone quotes another person, it's because they are responding to things directly in that quote. If we blocked it you would have no context at all. The block is a way for you to avoid members that you may not enjoy reading the posts of or receiving messages from. It's not a black out of the entire forum anywhere that someone might be. If you don't like someone that much you probably shouldn't be on the same forum as them. The Display Post option exists for the same reason. Maybe there are 3 replies in a thread all saying something interesting, but you have no way to know what they;re referring to. Now you, the user, have a choice to make. You can weigh your dislike of a certain member against the curiosity you have for what may have caused these replies. No one is making you click on it. But if you did want to know what was posted, then you have the option. If we just removed members threads and posts from your screen there would be holes everywhere, both literal and metaphorical. The same logic applies to why threads are still displayed in the board. No one is forcing you to click on them. That's a choice you make if you are interested enough. Overall you will not receive content from the member (unless you choose to), however it is not your own personal ban list to remove members from your view of the forum.

You cannot prevent staff from having a conversation with you, even if they are blocked.

"No one is making you click on it"

So in other words members will continue to be allowed to be as much as smartalics as they choose to be.

If this is the case, it is an issue for the forum staff.  If they aren't doing anything about it, then as Ryan Roos has stated, you may not want to continue frequenting that forum.

[Ryan Roos]

If a member is being disruptive then that is for forum staff to deal with using their tools. The block list is your own personal block list for you to ignore members. It is not for removing members from your forum if you are staff. There are completely separate tools for dealing with disruptive members.

Search members to block their interaction with you on the forum.

It is not for removing them from the forum itself. User 180565 is taking donation perhaps you have mixed up what this feature is for.

[AshFR]

Aren't you suppose to just report they're post if they're disruptive?