Is there a way to set the system to ignore the posts of certain people? This function is available on some other boards I'm on and it is a fairly useful way to deal with the trolls.
Please!
I would like one.
^ So if hit this button, does your post just "not show up" in a thread??
Is it really that tough to skip posts that you know are "trolls"?
Am I a "troll" because I don't place my name in the signature line?
Honestly, I am not a member of that many forums, and never saw this before.
Generally an "ignore" button means that you won't see any of the person's post. Others will, but you won't.
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2299
Here's what Wiki says about trolls
QuoteIn Internet slang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang), a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum), chat room (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room) or blog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog), with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion) response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion
I can think of a poster that is inflammatory because of his overly vague posts asking questions that don't really have an answer and complaining when we don't do his research for him. I don't think his intent is malicious, merely clueless.
I can think of another poster that is intentionally inflammatory and goes on off topic rants using nearly every post to discredit CAP. I don't know if he is malicious or he just has an attitude problem.
And then there's Eclipse.... >:D Kidding Major. ;)
Quote from: davidsinn on February 16, 2010, 05:51:31 PM
Here's what Wiki says about trolls
And then there's Eclipse.... >:D Kidding Major. ;)
Hey, we all go ad hominem once in a while.
Quote from: MIKE on February 16, 2010, 05:49:24 PM
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2299 (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2299)
So it's doable then. What's the going rate for bribing admins?
If you can add this feature, I will buy you lunch 8)
Can you make it "selective'? As in ignores all anonymous posts?
Quote from: davidsinn on February 16, 2010, 05:51:31 PM
Here's what Wiki says about trolls
QuoteIn Internet slang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang), a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum), chat room (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room) or blog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog), with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion) response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion
I can think of a poster that is inflammatory because of his overly vague posts asking questions that don't really have an answer and complaining when we don't do his research for him. I don't think his intent is malicious, merely clueless.
I can think of another poster that is intentionally inflammatory and goes on off topic rants using nearly every post to discredit CAP. I don't know if he is malicious or he just has an attitude problem.
And then there's Eclipse.... >:D Kidding Major. ;)
Or can the mods just suspend/ban these two individuals (Pretty sure we can all guess who they are)? They're the only two I'd use this feature on... while I may find others occasionally annoying they're certainly not trolls.
Quote from: PHall on February 16, 2010, 07:15:02 PM
Can you make it "selective'? As in ignores all anonymous posts?
This board doesn't allow anon posting in that sense. But once you push ignore, you wouldn't see anything by that person
until you un-ignore them.
It solves a few things, allows the board to remain "open" for those who think that's a plus, and unclutters the nonsense from those that
aren't interested in the posts of particular members. A pretty common feature.
What about replies to the ignored postings; do you see the rest of the thread?
Maybe a "most ignored" listing accessible to everybody?
:)
Quote from: EMT-83 on February 17, 2010, 01:54:19 AM
What about replies to the ignored postings; do you see the rest of the thread?
On most boards only the "ignored" are left off, you'd still see replies to them, though I'm not sure of properly quoted text.
Considering the reason most people "ignore" someone, you don't usually miss what they have to say anyway.
I ignore people with my brain. >:D
Whatever happened with this?
Can we still consider it or it is a non-option for this board?
Until they fix it so you can lock out "ignore" administrators/moderators posts for normal users... Pretty much. It's not that I will not be ignored, but we need some sort or override/control to moderate effectively.
Quote from: MIKE on March 31, 2010, 04:18:17 PM
Until they fix it so you can lock out "ignore" administrators/moderators posts for normal users... Pretty much. It's not that I will not be ignored, but we need some sort or override/control to moderate effectively.
You mean as written that module allows us mortals to put the admin gods on ignore? When can we start? >:D
Kidding.
That is a pretty poor design choice on their part though.
Quote from: MIKE on March 31, 2010, 04:18:17 PM
Until they fix it so you can lock out "ignore" administrators/moderators posts for normal users... Pretty much. It's not that I will not be ignored, but we need some sort or override/control to moderate effectively.
Well, even if we were silly enough to put a mod on ignore, any lock actions would still take effect, right? So it would be use at your own risk
of being smacked on and not know it?
Correct. I think the warnings system is technically independent of PMs also.
Why not just ignore people the old fashoned way...and not read anything by the offending persons? It seems to me that the problem is one on a personal level within one's own mind rather than a feature on a forum.
And, really, if you can't handle some people's ideas because they are different than your own why on earth come to a discussion forum to begin with. I come here so I can test my ideas against everyone else's...sometimes there is conflict but, in the end, my idea is made either valid or not in my mind based on the discussion. A "virtual proving ground" in every sense of the metaphorical word.
I can't see what anyone would find so offensive to their beliefs and values here that would require ignorance, the act of ignoring..