Ignoring Users Option

Mr. A · Trick Member Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Location: INTERNET

Just curious - has anyone ever considered the idea of allowing users to have an ignore blacklist for users? People placed on the list would be, for all intents and purposes, an "unperson" to that user. Topics would not be seen, posts would not be seen, and no PM communication would go between them. That sort of stuff.

There are clearly pros and cons of this idea (which could result in some hillarity/problems.) One question would be if the ignored user would know who is ignoring them.

Edible Bondage Tape · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: Kerri

its been suggested in the past but all the ways that ive seen PHP do it nativly are lackluster though i miaging that if they were so compelled to add it they would make it better but remeber everythign done to the code needs to be checked to make sure that it dosnt mess up whats here already and an ignore option would be huge so basicly wait for the update to the new php and see what happens then
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Mr. A · Trick Member Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Location: INTERNET

Plus if someone wanted to really be a systematic pain in the ass they could circumvent things by using stuff to cloak their IP when browsing. I know of sites that allow that sort of stuff but those could probably be blocked.

VxJasonxV · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:06 am Post subject:

If you block a single user, then ip cloaking doesn't matter.
As long as they're logged in as joe user, then you block the user and (assuming the functionality is present) you never see their posts.
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Mr. A · Trick Member Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Location: INTERNET

Nah, I mean like circumventing an IP ban, that sort of thing.

Edible Bondage Tape · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: Kerri

they almost never ban IPs beacuse its fruitless to do so

and besides radix means well when he picks on you he is trying to get you ready for the real world where their are no warning points for picking on people
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Synaesthesia · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:03 am Post subject:

This sounds good at first, but I think I'd end up blacklisting so many people I'd have no idea what the hell was going on in just about any thread.
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Radix · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Location: çå£«

Mr. A · Trick Member Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Location: INTERNET

There's no way I would put Radix on an ignore list. He is an endless font of bitter antagonism and an efficient drama catalyst.

EBT - same but to a lesser degree.

Radix · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Location: çå£«

Baiting in Feedback is a curious move for someone as petrified of warning points as yourself.

tekkie · Trick Member Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Location: Albuquerque

Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

All right kids...Time to pull the car over and threaten to turn around.

Suggestion made, noted. It is something I think would be useful, but as Electronic Bank Transfers pointed out, phpBB is rather hackneyed when it comes to mods of this class. It'd probably put in a pretty big hit to the performance of the boards, and right now that's the most important thing, in my mind.
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