"Ignore"

Godslayer Jillian · 10-12-2008, 06:30 PM

I'm curious:
How many of you around here are that much of a pussy that you actually have someone on Ignore simply because you cannot cope with conflict?

Duane · 10-12-2008, 06:38 PM

I don't use the ignore function.

Cicero · 10-12-2008, 06:39 PM

Everyone who's mentioned putting people on ignore so far has ended up responding to posts they were supposedly ignoring.

What a wasted feature.

I'd just get annoyed by the holes in conversations caused by not seeing people's posts. No ignorance for me.

Saya · 10-12-2008, 06:49 PM

I have poisonedblueeyes on ignore, just because it does annoy me to try and decipher meaning. I suppose I could just glance past it but I'd rather just not see what it has written.

I also apparently have someone named gruel on ignore, I think it was a troll from years ago. I can't really remember.

TheBloodEternity · 10-12-2008, 06:52 PM

Sometimes I put trolls on ignore because I'd rather not see their stupidity.
As for conflict, no, I don't do that.

Solumina · 10-12-2008, 06:53 PM

I'm to overly curious to stand having anyone on ignore

Saya · 10-12-2008, 06:57 PM

I remember now! gruel was reject_bunnies attempt at trollish revenge after he got banned, he would say some really nasty shit. Oh the memories.

onedarkly1 · 10-12-2008, 08:21 PM

LOL, Godslayer I have often thought the same thing. I don't use the ignore function either.
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Duane · 10-12-2008, 09:08 PM

Putting people on the ignore, doesn't make them disappear. If it did, I would not be making this painfully obvious statement for the fun of it.

Underwater Ophelia · 10-12-2008, 10:36 PM

I feel the same way about ignore as Mollymac does.
If you're weak, use it.
If you have self-control, don't.

raggedyanne · 10-12-2008, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Solumina

I'm to overly curious to stand having anyone on ignore

Same. I had Ducky on ignore for a bit before I realized that he wasn't going anywhere and was pretty damned funny

MollyMac · 10-13-2008, 06:13 AM

I only ever had one person on ignore, way before I was Molly, but that was the guy with the borderline kiddie porn, aborted fetuses in bath tubs and the likes back when we could just post images. That was less fear of confrontation and just not wanting that on my PC at all.

Deadmanwalking_05 · 10-13-2008, 06:18 AM

I don't get the point of it myself.

I mean if you put them on ignore,you're just handicapping yourself,from any sort of conflict resoultion.

jack_the_knife · 10-13-2008, 06:25 AM

I don't use the ignore function because I don't like ignoring people, even if I despise them and want to hit them over the head with a brick every time I read their posts, and sometimes you get holes in the argument/conversation.

MollyMac · 10-13-2008, 06:35 AM

People need their crutches to create what they think is their own reality where people love them and poop rainbows.

I ignore people constantly without the function- I have the self control to read what I choose without mommy shielding my eyes.

But christ, if you cannot handle conflicts on the interwebs, I shudder to think how sad your real life (if it can be called that) must be.

Underwater Ophelia · 10-13-2008, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by MollyMac

poop rainbows.

That seems painful.

Tam Li Hua · 10-13-2008, 09:16 AM

I love the ignore feature.

I've used it before when I wasn't getting along with folks, just to save myself a bit of trouble and sanity.

If you don't like it, then don't use it. But calling people names for using it seems pretty silly to me.

Ah well; continue on, Jilly.

Tam Li Hua · 10-13-2008, 09:20 AM

MollyMac: Self-control has nothing to do with it. If I'm having a conflict with someone IRL, I leave the room so I don't say or do something I may regret later. I don't stick around so the person can continue to insult or hurt me.

Same goes for the ignore feature. Why would I continue submitting myself to insults and hurtful words when I don't have to? [Sure, I could leave the site, but there's some really cool folks on here that I still enjoy communicating with.]

In essence, using the ignore feature -is- exercising self-control. To continue submitting oneself to insults and to continue getting into fights because of the insults is just foolish pride.

Mir · 10-13-2008, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by MollyMac

People need their crutches to create what they think is their own reality where people love them and poop rainbows.

I ignore people constantly without the function- I have the self control to read what I choose without mommy shielding my eyes.

But christ, if you cannot handle conflicts on the interwebs, I shudder to think how sad your real life (if it can be called that) must be.

I was thinking exactly that. Especially that last part. Spooky.

Tam Li Hua · 10-13-2008, 09:54 AM

Hmm. I really wonder, though, if how a person handles conflict online is an indication of how they handle conflict IRL. It seems to me that I can handle conflict IRL better than online. I tend to let all my vindictiveness come out when I'm typing than when I'm face-to-face with someone. If someone's actually standing there in front of me, I tend to feel a little more tolerant, for lack of a better word.

I think that, when you cut out 60% of human communication [hand gestures, body language, tone of voice, etc.], then it just may be possible to make things a little more confusing and irritating than they would be IRL.

Noumi · 10-13-2008, 09:57 AM

So there´s really an ignore function ?
I thought it was a myth

*laughs*

Tam Li Hua · 10-13-2008, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Noumi

So there´s really an ignore function ?
I thought it was a myth

*laughs*

Yep, it's real.

Just go to anyone's profile, and it will have two buttons where you can add that person either to your ignore list or your friend list.

Conversely, you can also just go to User CP and add/remove people to/from your ignore list manually.

Solumina · 10-13-2008, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Tam Li Hua

MollyMac: Self-control has nothing to do with it. If I'm having a conflict with someone IRL, I leave the room so I don't say or do something I may regret later. I don't stick around so the person can continue to insult or hurt me.

Same goes for the ignore feature. Why would I continue submitting myself to insults and hurtful words when I don't have to? [Sure, I could leave the site, but there's some really cool folks on here that I still enjoy communicating with.]

Or you could just, you know, skip over their insults but still not block out everything that they say

Mir · 10-13-2008, 10:27 AM

I find it deeply satisfying, reading and willfully not responding to posts.

Noumi · 10-13-2008, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Mir

I find it deeply satisfying, reading and willfully not responding to posts.

exactly.....!!