Ignore function

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Ignore this proposal!

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Since The Managementâ„¢ is unable to ban/asshat certain registered members of the forum, I suggest an Ignore function to be added to the DAC forum code. I visited the Codex the other day and noticed they(DU) have implemented a similar system there. Whenever there's a good opportunity to steal something and claim that you were the first to come up with it, I say why not use that opportunity. DAC should continue to be a pioneer in the field of message board technology and be the first forum to ever implement such a system.


Oh, and asshat cazzim77 and sarge123
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Re: Ignore function

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VasikkA wrote:a pioneer in the field of message board technology
I lol'ed
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Re: Ignore function

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sarge112 wrote:
VasikkA wrote:a pioneer in the field of message board technology
I lol'ed
Doesn't take much, huh?

Anyway, that's actually a good idea, Vas - though the question does come to mind whether we're a big enough forum for it to actually be relevant? We are, after all, rather small and exclusive.
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Re: Ignore function

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Tingel Tangel wrote:whether we're a big enough forum for it to actually be relevant? We are, after all, rather small and exclusive.
DAC's D: community, however, isn't.

And it would only be used on a couple individuals every now and then. Or, depends on your preference, I guess.

And you're lucky I still received your comment.:)
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As much as I agree with it, wouldn't such a function make DAC totally boring and maybe even productive?!
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Post by POOPERSCOOPER »

I think the ignore function is a bad idea, since it would just make all conversations a bit lopsided. Even if a person who sucked at posting wanted to become better no one would hear him and he would probably leave after awhile.

I also don't need an ignore function to ignore people, I just skip over some peoples posts unconsciously.
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Post by Redeye »

Using an Ignore function filters the gnarled mess of reality into convenient pabulum.

Why not just go play Oblivion?
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I agree with Scooper. Just don't read their posts.
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Just make Megatron admin
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I wouldn't have thought that you, of all the tumours with smiles, were so seemingly deprived of willpower, vASIKKa. Comparisons always skew <strike>beef</strike> observations. :drunk:
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Re: Ignore function

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Tingel Tangel wrote:the question does come to mind whether we're a big enough forum for it to actually be relevant? We are, after all, rather small and exclusive.
yes, and it's precisely about the power to exclude :yes:
POOPERSCOOPER wrote:I think the ignore function is a bad idea, since it would just make all conversations a bit lopsided. Even if a person who sucked at posting wanted to become better no one would hear him and he would probably leave after awhile.
I get your point, but I still think 'ignore' button would be good, just with a more sophisticated system implemented.
1. you can 'ignore' any member except admins (mods can be ignored)
2. after a month of being 'ignored', any member is 'un-ignored' (this takes care of Poop's concern); then you can only ignore him again after a week.
3. If 50% or more of DAC members with at least 3 years' membership and 1000 posts 'ignore' a particular member at any give moment, he is auto-asshatted for 1 month.
4. If this percentage reaches 90% he is auto-banned.

OR implement only point no. 3 and call it 'asshatting'
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:ignore:
does this work
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Post by POOPERSCOOPER »

I don't think we have enough people to really support the ignore feature even if we wanted it, one person being ignored could effect the whole economy of dack.


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Post by atoga »

i skip over a lot of posts unconsciously too, but the problem with the pervasive level of spam we have now is that i end up opening a lot of topics that have nothing but new posts from sarge or whatever in them. there's no indicator in the main forum display that shows the number of unread posts in a thread. i don't want to open a thread just so i can find out that sarge or caszim found something funny.

an ignore user function is a good idea in principle - for instance, i'd go for pip's elaborate system of checks & balances. however, since we'd all be using it on the same handful of people anyway, wouldn't it be easier to ban ad hoc?
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Post by Subhuman »

What Pooper said about lopsided conversations. We'd have months and months of "He/she never said that, what are you talking about? Oh yeah, he/she's on my ignore list." It would drive me, for one, batshit insane.
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Subhuman wrote:What Pooper said about lopsided conversations. We'd have months and months of "He/she never said that, what are you talking about? Oh yeah, he/she's on my ignore list." It would drive me, for one, batshit insane.
I like the idea of seeing the side effects of an Ignore function.

It would almost be worth doing it just to have an Ignore function.

I oppose Ignore because it smacks of ludicrous "Internet Forum Government".

Like the Order on NMA.

And similar bullshit on TRS.
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Post by PiP »

atoga wrote:i don't want to open a thread just so i can find out that sarge or caszim found something funny.
ditto
Subhuman wrote:What Pooper said about lopsided conversations. We'd have months and months of "He/she never said that, what are you talking about? Oh yeah, he/she's on my ignore list." It would drive me, for one, batshit insane.
I don't think that would be a big issue. Most probably people you care to talk to would ignore the same members as you so they wouldn't refer to something you didn't read.
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