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OmahaBlueDog

(10,000 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 03:03 PM Jan 2014

Do you miss being able to know how many DUers are ignoring you? [View all]

Once upon a time, DUers could look at their transparency profiles, and know how many community member's they'd offended to the point of placing them on "ignore". Of course, no names were provided. But, assuming at least one DUer was ignoring you, a fun parlor game could ensue -- you could attempt to deduce who had eliminated your posts from sight.

Then Skinner, who really spoils most of our fun when it gets right down to it, decided many of us were getting way too insecure about how many people had us on ignore.

Many message boards, like that site with reactionaries-inside-a-hole-in-a-mountain that can't be named, as well as many sports boards built on the same platform, have "reputation". A number resembling a fraction appears near your screen name, and people on the board give you positive or negative votes. But I digress....

My question for my fellow DUers: Do you miss being able to know how many DUers are ignoring you?


19 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
NO - I do not miss being able to know how many DUers are ignoring me?
12 (63%)
YES - I do miss being able to know how many DUers are ignoring me?
3 (16%)
What is "ignore" anyway?
4 (21%)
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I was at 21 and I am sure it grew. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #1
Who is this? TeeYiYi Jan 2014 #5
. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #8
I was at 13 (I think) when Skinner cut off ignore OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #7
Come to think of it, I don't even know how to look for it. Beacool Jan 2014 #37
LOL! Politicalboi Jan 2014 #57
so weird joshcryer Jan 2014 #69
lol I have my haters. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #70
Nah. I don't ignore anyone, either. Ikonoklast Jan 2014 #2
I had posters on ignore, then I took them all off. OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #10
Ignoring someone is a very petty option. Pickeune behavior reserved for Facebook children. nt TheBlackAdder Jan 2014 #13
Dammit, I didn't know it changed! arcane1 Jan 2014 #3
It was sometime late summer or early fall, IIRC OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #12
To much for the transparency BS. nt Logical Jan 2014 #4
They always tell me. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #6
I'm putting your smarty pants on ignore...again! Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #15
Ok, that was funny cyberswede Jan 2014 #75
I don't know that I miss it exactly. LadyHawkAZ Jan 2014 #9
Sometimes, I'd post something I felt was innocuous, and the ignore count would rise. OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #16
I'd rather not know. Shandris Jan 2014 #11
I like pipi_k Jan 2014 #19
No, anyone ignoring me is obviously an asshole, so I don't care. Zorra Jan 2014 #14
Sorry, someone has to tell me what this poster wrote OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #17
Nice! Zorra Jan 2014 #18
Yes, well played! n/t customerserviceguy Jan 2014 #21
Then again, I could have said, "case in point", but I respect OBD too much Zorra Jan 2014 #26
Awww OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #71
you want I should kick some ignoring asshole ass, Zorra? Skittles Jan 2014 #29
That's why I loves me some Skittles! I'm sure you are already kicking their Zorra Jan 2014 #36
"Ignore" customerserviceguy Jan 2014 #20
No, it's the online equivalent Warpy Jan 2014 #30
or sticking your fingers in your ears Niceguy1 Jan 2014 #80
I don't care how many people are ignoring me. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2014 #22
The fun has been over since January of 2005... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2014 #23
I came to DU just after the epic chicken war OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #25
The great pronouncement: yewberry Jan 2014 #43
What's always a little sad is looking at those posts and seeing who is not here anymore OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #60
Nobody puts baby on ignore. NuclearDem Jan 2014 #24
Now you've gone and done it OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #62
Hmmm ??? Wonder why post #24 is missing from this thread. In_The_Wind Jan 2014 #27
fuck no Skittles Jan 2014 #28
No idea who, if anyone has me on ignore. riqster Jan 2014 #31
Nope. Rex Jan 2014 #32
13 star members had me on ignore the last time I saw that. Kaleva Jan 2014 #33
Miss? I don't know that I miss it, per se. Behind the Aegis Jan 2014 #34
But "Ignore " was never that transparent anyway. OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #65
There was a bit of transparency. Behind the Aegis Jan 2014 #74
Would you support some kind of visible reputation system voted by DUers? OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #83
I am not certain what a "visible reputation system" is. Behind the Aegis Jan 2014 #90
No, I never paid attention to nonsense like "ignore", "alert", etc. Beacool Jan 2014 #35
Well said Beacool. Auntie Bush Jan 2014 #47
Hi, Auntie!!! Beacool Jan 2014 #48
I do, Le Taz Hot Jan 2014 #38
I just scroll past posts by certain people. RC Jan 2014 #39
Most people at this party are interesting most of the time OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #85
Yep. Iggo Jan 2014 #40
i like radial tires. pipoman Jan 2014 #41
Your bias is showing. Ikonoklast Jan 2014 #45
That's just how he rolls n/t Fumesucker Jan 2014 #77
Never thought to look when it was available... polichick Jan 2014 #42
I'd get mad, and put a bunch of posters on ignore. OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #86
No point getting upset on a message board - better to be amused. polichick Jan 2014 #95
Nah. There was only one person ignoring me, and it probably hasn't changed. yewberry Jan 2014 #44
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2014 #46
I'm with you. Beacool Jan 2014 #50
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2014 #54
Some here only like a discussion if you agree with their views. Beacool Jan 2014 #55
The ignore feature is good when someone harasses another to some extent. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #56
I've taken to asking people to ignore me BainsBane Jan 2014 #63
I always invite people who dislike me to use the ignore function. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #64
Thank you. I thought I was getting dumber ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2014 #49
I always thought it was hilarious to check, especially after contentious threads riderinthestorm Jan 2014 #51
I want "People who are ignoring you are also ignoring X, Y, and Z". JoePhilly Jan 2014 #52
Yes -- that would be interesting OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #67
No, because I don't use DU as my personal Facebook page theHandpuppet Jan 2014 #53
I didn't know it was gone, but.... femmocrat Jan 2014 #58
The real question should be: why would anyone care whether or not they were being ignored? Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #59
Some of us have strange obsessions. One of mine is "who is ignoring me?" OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #61
Meh. Solly Mack Jan 2014 #66
it was amusing to watch the number fluctuate, tho i couldn't figure out why so many had KG Jan 2014 #68
Were ignore lists from DU1 automatically carried over to DU2? ? ecstatic Jan 2014 #72
I'm not sure DU1 even had ignore lists hfojvt Jan 2014 #81
Interesting. OK, I didn't realize this is DU3 ecstatic Jan 2014 #89
Can someone tell me what this poster is posting I cant see I have him on ignore... Drew Richards Jan 2014 #73
Since Drew Richards has me on ignore, feel free to talk about him in this subthread. OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #84
LOL :) Drew Richards Jan 2014 #92
I am not cool enough for anyone to ignore. LisaLynne Jan 2014 #76
I think you have to be more obnoxius hfojvt Jan 2014 #82
I use rolling ignore. defacto7 Jan 2014 #78
At one point I had almost every regular in the gun lobby on my... Walk away Jan 2014 #79
Fights regarding dogs are becoming more commonplace OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #87
With me it's always actual behavioral science vs anecdotal.... Walk away Jan 2014 #97
I never really gave it much thought. I was a tad bit confounded when I looked it up and saw there Douglas Carpenter Jan 2014 #88
Is this worse than unfriending? Sognefjord Jan 2014 #91
I simply assume that everyone is ignoring me Orrex Jan 2014 #93
Perhaps it's your sig....oh never mind! OmahaBlueDog Jan 2014 #94
i kinda knew you could look but was never that curious dembotoz Jan 2014 #96
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