Would ignore work when the user commented while logged out without using the same name? I suppose a problem anyway is the tendancy for some of these fellows to mispell their own name when they comment while logged out. I would only use it if harrassed and getting nowhere, or if they didn’t speak the same language. Actually the option to ignore whole topic categories might be useful for those who lurk only in specific parts of the SEB topic spectrum

I don’t think I ever use an ‘Ignore’ feature. I tend to get confused as to what people are replying to.

DC, I don’t know as I’ve not used it before. My assumption is that it bases it off the screen name so as long as they use the same screen name regularly it won’t matter if they have an account or not. If you don’t have an account, though, then you can’t ignore people and all comments would show up.

Anyone who ends up repeatedly changing their screen name to get around the ignore function, however, will quickly find those names banned from being used at all.

I probably won’t use it either, for the reason LH mentioned and also because even people who irritate me give some context to the range of thinking about a story.

I may not use it either - since the comments that I’d likely ignore are those that I find to be the most fun.  Mmm ... Rose tastes like chicken.

I won’t be using it either, but it’s there for those that want it. If everyone decides in the end not to use it then I’ll take it out.

MP: Mmm ... Rose tastes like chicken

Ah so that’s why I havn’t seen a comment from her for a while…

Well that and the fact that I pretty much banned her from the site because she was pissing me off.

There’s only one person that I’ve added to my list, and I don’t expect ever adding any other regulars.

The new layout looks even nicer. Now can we get the URLs or email addresses for the screen names back?

Mmmmm - ignore feature.

I’ve always found the ignore option to be a bit juvenile. If you don’t want to read someone’s comment, don’t read it, or read it if you’re curious, then forget it.

I’ll read every comment no matter what. I may wonder about the psychological health of the writer but reading his or her comment won’t damage me for life.

I forgot about Rose. And Don.  They added nothing new in any post, so we would no have missed anything if we had iggy’ed them.  I miss L4T though.

Top job so far Les.  Can’t help feeling you spend too much time on us.  Hope Mrs Seb and the Sebettes don’t mind.

(Please note Sebette and the grammatical derivatives are (c) me.  I just thought of that, and dammit, I want the credit!)

New site rocks! (And who says I’m not still cool?)
By the way what’s with the ignore button, I’ve been doing it for years and don’t need no “stinkin button!”

Hey Les!!! Since when did I become “Amurican?”

I prefer to let stupid people talk.  I find that life is more interesting with all the stupid, ignorant, and annoying people.  Can you imagine how boring and bland life would be without them?

Can you imagine how boring and bland life would be without them?

*Imagining life without Pat Robertson, George Bush, Ann Coulter, and a long list of others…

Humming pleasantly to self...*

I’m sorry; what were you saying?  I was just daydreaming a little, there

If everyone decides in the end not to use it then I’ll take it out.

Unless it’s interfering with something else I’d leave it in place. You went to all the effort, it’s worth it even if only one person uses it.

Imagining life without Pat Robertson, George Bush

GW visits the Queen at Buck House. He says “How did you get to be head of state?”

Her Maj replies she inherited the title from her father.

“Hey that’s a coincidence” says the Shrub “Does that mean I can be a King?”

“No, you have to be head of a Kingdom”

“How about a Prince”

“No, you would have to be head of a Principality”

“What about a Duke?”

“No, that would be a Dukedom” sighs HM “You just stay as head of a country.”

I tried ignoring myself just for the hell of finding out if that would work- but nah

I don’t plan on using it myself but Moloch has a point- might as well have the functionality if it’s no extra work or drain on resources

DOF’s idea of quoting ‘number ignored’ would be too fun and spur a kind of competition between some, but I guess not everyone would like the feeling of knowing they’re ignored - but that may be just what’s good for them. Newbies may be less likely to take seriously someone with a high number

A kind of temporary ignore would give a commenter the chance to change as/if they learn