Using the 'Ignore" button...

[Tim.243]

Hi,
The number of replies you get to this thread might be an indicator.
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Who wrote that? The "key" is an un-coded one

 

[kenbro]

Why is everyone talking about me?

 

[kenbro]

On a lighter note……. Anyone else have to do this….
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[Pedro]

It takes all sorts to make the world go around. Stands to reason that some of those sorts are not going to be your sort of people.

However, those that suffer from The Dunning-Kruger Effect can be especially hard to reason with.

 

[Foxyboy43]

@Dalua

I promise you this was from my school report by my Latin teacher.


"It relation to Latin - we have both failed. I have failed to teach him Latin, and he has failed to learn Latin - but at least I tried".

That brought memories to mind of my Geography master’s end year report:-
“Mr and Mrs FB must be delighted when FB manages to find his way home…”.

 

[JTO]

Is it possible to see a list of people who are ignoring you?

 

[Mr. Gain]

I never use the ignore button, it seems somehow weak. Better to understand why people have different views.

I find it's not the views that have me reaching for the "ignore" button, but rather the manner in which they are being proffered. Although, that said, I do think there are some views you can only hold if you haven't yet learned not to be a total *rse.

 

[JockStalk]

I prefer to genuinely ignore rather than use a button, it’s so much more satisfying

But honestly, you’d think a bunch of folk with similar interests could rub along without such features.

I’ve had one occasion where I was contacted as I had apparently put the ignore button on for a member who was genuinely troubled by the fact they were being ‘ignore’ buttoned and they could not understand why. Understandably they were bothered as they didn’t know what the ‘crime’ was they had committed.

The ignore button was switched off promptly, when I found out how to, and thankfully this was the only person affected.

No idea how that came to pass but likely pressed something I shouldn’t have at some point.

The point being, use of such tools isn’t without consequence and it’s maybe better to just agree to disagree and disengage with someone who is hard of listening.

 

[Rake Aboot]

Nope
It’s definitely more pleasant when you cannot see the dirge that some post.

 

[Utectok]

I used the ignore button then after a couple of years mental training I unignored everyone and it was fine but perhaps the unignored people have since ignored me??

 

[willie_gunn]

 

[kenbro]

That brought memories to mind of my Geography master’s end year report:-
“Mr and Mrs FB must be delighted when FB manages to find his way home…”.

Mmm; one of my teachers told me (Pre 12 years old) Kenbro, when you leave school you won’t even be able to get a job making the holes in muffins. (Not far wrong actually )
Had I been vindictive and held a grudge I would have gone back a couple of years later and knocked the snot out of him for embarrassing me before the whole class of 42 kids.
That around ‘54.
These days he would have been accused of assault, or possibly sexual assaul.
In those days we couldn’t even tell our parents such stuff.
Not in our family anyway!
Oh.

 

[Cootmeurer]

I place people into quartiles
First level are people diametrically opposed to my core beliefs - often they are outspoken and annoying and play this same record and nothing else. These get ignored as long as I can but eventually formally blocked/ignored

Second level are people that i am in disagreement with - but they do so in a much less annoying way. Have your opinion/belief, share your opinion/belief - but display a somewhat multifaceted view of life. We may disagree on something’s, even most things, but there is at least a civility and occasionally some areas of agreement

Third level are those that I can probably find equal amounts of things to agree and disagree on, and much of that is rather tertiary (sure you love your 6.5 creedmore, Tesla, Linux OS, etc) and their point really has no bearing on my life day to day, and occasionally is interesting and generates a reassessment of my own perspective. These I can even spend a day or weekend with hunting/recreating

Fourth are the people that I enjoy being around and are “of my tribe”. Agreements are many, disagreements are few and easy to resolve. These are those I actively enjoy spending time with and look forward to the next time to see them

 

[marineboy]

Having reflected on a few posts this year, I have filtered out people who have annoyed me, by judicious and liberal use of the "Ignore" button.

The down-side to this, is that I can now only read what "Derek" from Pocklington in North Yorkshire posts; (and he only wants to sell 'twice-fired' brass in .223).

Have I overdone it?

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The irony that none of you can read this, because you yourselves are "ignoring" me, is not entirely lost on me...

We missed a trick here if nobody even acknowledged this post it would have been so funny

 

[finnbear270]

On a lighter note……. Anyone else have to do this….
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Yup.

 

[JTO]

I’ve had one occasion where I was contacted as I had apparently put the ignore button on for a member

Is there a way of knowing who is ignoring you, then?

 

[Stalker62]

Is there a way of knowing who is ignoring you, then?

Message them...


If they get back to you, then it's all good.

If they don't...



...then that's a clue.

 

[Dalua]

 

[finnbear270]

Anyone have the FOMO button?

 

[Stalker62]

Anyone have the FOMO button?

No. But now I want one...