How many people are on your MacRumors 'Ignore' list? V2

Hell I have to pipe in here I think... I actually get up the morning sometimes just to see if AD stayed up late lighting candles. That beats starting my morning with what the press has to say about... stuff. The great thing about reading over the top posts before a cuppa coffee is that they can seem right on the money.

Fascinating that the poll leans so heavily to people not using the ignore button. We may be more tolerant than we choose to let on, else we're either incredibly lazy or amazingly well adjusted in being willing to at least glimpse-read a lot of things that don't jibe with our own views.

 

Don't take it too seriously, he's hilarious and entertaining.

 

Think of the money you could be making with that obsession those skills, instead of so generously entertaining us for free.

I've discovered a few MR gear subforums that almost make me change my vote in here. I most often just lurk in them, but sometimes trying to scarf up serious opinions of some gear (at least serious as indicated by a sober thread title) can get really annoying if you have to wade through pages of one-line snark. I'm sure the answer is not to bother to set up ignores on those members, but just keep scrolling... still, dozens and dozens in a row can make me bookmark the page I'm on and bail sometimes.

Not sure if they need some good gifs over there to break up their monotony, or just a 2x4 upside the head. Anyway they seem be be in transmit mode, not really reading and replying to stuff in the threads, so it would be a waste to drop gif bombs in there.

 

Sweet golem. Love is a powerful word. And accurate.

EDIT: that’s a vintage reference about the beautiful daughter princess. Boy does that take me back.

EDIT 2: the vintage reference I mention above was about a thread half a year ago that got deleted but which we were both involved in.

EDIT 3: I may also have told AD on several occasions that he’s my princess and he’s forgotten all about that other thread.

EDIT 4: ****. Forgot I said anything.

 

Great to see so many people on here not blocking people. It’s healthy to engage with people who you disagree with. They may give a well constructed agrgument that may change your view point. Only engaging with people you agree with, just reinforces your own views. Obviously if someone is continuously offensive, then I can see the reason to block them.

 

Don’t mistake “not blocking” for “engaging with.”

 

*meekly suggests the new MacBook Pro might have some positives over the earlier generation*

“You goddamn Apple apologist Kool-Aid drinker, you’ll burn along with Tim CROOK in the very depths of Hell”

I love a healthy discussion on MacRumors.

 

Doesn't beat the casual racism I saw the other day. Apple and Tim Cook are a slippery bunch. I've relegated them to just above Dell in the early 2000s with all the mess they've wound themselves up in. Brings a new reason to use the phrase "Christ on a bike."

Just utter useless tomfoolery at Cupertino.

 

I... I don’t know if you’re quoting a post or making a point. Somebody please help me.

 

Is there a specific quote taken from a post? Or is an expression used to amplify the current state of Apple and how it may impact opinions members may have?

 

Life is too short to allow certain internet users to clutter my forum topic list or any threads I may be engaged in. I have my best day when I don't have to see, hear or otherwise deal with the negativity or BS drama these people generate.

 

Mostly I ignore people who use stupid ass fonts.

That crap is good for instant ignore from me. On any forum.

 

Understandable position. I just try ignore the ones I think are here and appear to not be here to help, be productive, or contribute anything rational. Like you, I have my moments where I wish I could step through the screen and have a come to Jesus moment with the other person. The forum is easy to traverse without using the ignore list. It is daily life that can be hard, as a lot of BS and drama (read: meaningless drivel) is often thrust upon me and some of the dysfunctional particulars (people) leave me no choice but to confront.

Come to think of it, I do use the ignore option when MR gets a foreign spammer.

 

I try to do that (ignore certain people) too. There are plenty of people I 'ignore' without actually putting on my ignore list.

On the other hand though, there are certain individuals who are prolific about certain things and I'd rather not deal with that.

I generally spend most of my time in three or four different areas so while it IS easy to navigate I am usually bouncing around those areas to see what's new.

I respect that you and a lot of the others here can just tune out and move on, and quite frankly, I could too. But while this forum is a shared personal space, sometimes people consistently crowd your little slice of that space. That's when "talk to the hand" comes out. For me anyway.

 

So this gets me wondering... Am I on anyone's ignore list?

Is there any way we could add "Members who Ignore you" as a statistic? Come to think of it, it might become a contest, and that wouldn't be good.

 

Heh I use that other button when I see one of those. I report one and figure the mods realize there are 200 just like it scattered around the boards somewhere. They must have a macro to deal with them by now... ban member, nuke posts, all good, next case...

 

@chown33, @Doctor Q was tracking users' friends lists for a short time, but not the ignore list.

 

An important and key distinction drawn here.

 

None, everyone has a right to there opinion.

 

Very often, the issue is not "their opinion", rather, it is how they choose to express what may be "their opinion."

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Yes, I always report such posts (and threads) as well.

 

I’ve had only one person on my ignore list from awhile back, forgot about them until reading this thread, so decided to have a look.

Sure enough, “Suspended.”

My ignore list is back to zero, and will most likely stay that way. But it’s nice to have options.

 

Even when their opinion revolves around you and all your faults (perceived or otherwise)?

 

It's easy to just scroll by.

 

Personal attacks are against the rules of the forum. Simple.