Is there a limit to the 'ignore list'?

[russian33]

Mine is steadily growing every day, I'm afraid by the time primary season is over, it'll get too full :(

[pbca]

1. Mine is pretty long too

But I think that once the primary's are over alot of the people on it will dissapear anyway.

[liberal N proud]

20. Like dust in the wind, they will disappear

Then maybe we can regain some sanity around here.

[Pawel K]

2. Why do you ignore people?

Isn't that on the same level as sticking your fingers in your ears and yelling "I CANT HEAR YOU!!!!!"?

Don't take this personally. I know how you feel. There are total idiots and dipshits on both sides of the asile but I find confronting their bullshit is much more effective than just ignoring it.

[EFerrari]

6. No. Actually, most dog trainers say that ignoring a bad behavior

is more productive than punishing it. lol

It's also a matter of how much energy you want to invest in something that isn't ultimately that important and you have little control over.

"Let it go" are three great words.

[Swamp Rat]

13. LOL!

[EFerrari]

16. PLEASE WARN ME!

LOL

:hug:

[Swamp Rat]

25. sorry!

:hug:

[Bluenorthwest]

39. Your art is soooo good...

Thanks for posting it. Your work is so good I might let you tell me who to vote for!

[Swamp Rat]

42. Vote for the Democratic ticket for one important reason:

Future Supreme Court nominees.



Thanks! :hi:

[Kurovski]

43. So THAT'S why you've been ignoring me lately...

I'm being trained!!! :rofl:

[russian33]

10. that's what i tried originally

and finally gave up

[EFerrari]

22. Don't think of it as giving up.

Think of it as saving our mods work. :)

[bobbolink]

46. Why do women leave abusive husbands????

Because some things you just couldn't/shouldn't take.

[devilgrrl]

3. I have the people who have me on ignore on ignore

Bunch of pantywaists! :hi:

[EFerrari]

11. I see those people arguing with each other

and they're talking about you. :evilgrin:

[Warpy]

4. Mine's a little longer than it was before primary madness

took hold, but it's still under 10. I fully expect it to be under 5 in the next couple of months after a couple of habitual insulters are among the dearly departed.

Mine isn't growing because I've hidden GDP. I did that the day Edwards was forced out since I no longer had a horse in the race.

[russian33]

12. ahh, that's a thought...i should hide GDP probably

thanks!

[pacalo]

19. Omg...you haven't done that already?! No wonder you're frustrated. Do it NOW!

[kestrel91316]

21. Sounds like something I should do.

[bluestateguy]

5. Anyone who says they won't vote for the (D) nominee in November goes on my list

And the list is growing. I'd say about two thirds are Obama supporters who won't vote for her, but there has lately been a steady rise in Hillary supporters who are now saying that they won't vote for him.

I guess when you lose a primary that's the only way to get even with the candidate you lost to: let the Republican win.

[proud patriot]

7. I don't think so

:hi:

[russian33]

14. thanks, my respect to all moderators

having been one myself on another site, i know how much 'fun' that position can be :)

[mikelgb]

8. I have 0

ignore list:



it is just the internet fer cryin out loud

but to each their own...

[onehandle]

18. That's how I picture people who brag about their ignore list. I also have 0. nt

[EFerrari]

24. If anything, the "cool" thing to do at DU is brag that you've no one on ignore.

Maybe I'm not a good enough person to have no one on ignore. But I know for a fact that having a list has saved this board really dumb stuff. I love ignore and I probably am only still here because of ignore.

/d

[Karenina]

37. Am I missing something?

Praise Elad for the "ignore" function. I am at a loss to understand how some consider themselves somehow "superior" for not using it. I have neither INTEREST nor TIME to discuss quantum physics with 6 year-olds.

Each should make use of it as s/he sees fit. I find it eliminates clutter, shortens page views and makes my DU experience more enjoyable.

[EFerrari]

38. You don't seem to miss very much if anything.

:)

[NoPasaran]

9. If there is, I haven't found it

And it would have to be well north of three hundred

[russian33]

15. lol, wow!

is there a prize for the biggest ignore list then? :)

[NoPasaran]

32. Sanity!

:)

[pacalo]

17. Well, I must admit that I have one person on ignore.

Rabidness in trying to convince others to his/her belief & outrageous claims, with a strong need for attention, will earn an ignore from me.

You might enjoy this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2958991

[Sugar Smack]

23. Just PM a moderator.

[aikoaiko]

26. I still can't imagine putting anyone on the ignore list

la! la! la! I can't hear you! la! la! la!

[TahitiNut]

34. With very few exceptions, those with the longest ignore lists have the least logic in their posts.

ASSertions and posturing and self-righteous rants ... but very, very little balance and weighing of the pros and cons.

[emilyg]

27. I don't have anyone on ignore

I like to read and laugh.

[The Straight Story]

29. That explains all the laughing you do to me on my threads

:rofl:

[burythehatchet]

28. Up to 200. And 50% have already been shitcanned.

If you are in a communityof 100,000+, at a least a small percentage of those people are ones that you wouldn't ever want to interact with.

[Samurai_Writer]

30. Well, I have 291 on my ignore list.

I haven't hit any limit. I'm sure I'll hit 500 before Inauguration Day 2009.

[Perry Logan]

31. I think the ignore list misses the whole point of this place. I have no one on ignore.

Overuse of the ignore list seems like hiding. I can see some uses for it--like if someone is really harassing you or giving you grief. But for the most part, I want to see what everyone is saying, whether I like it or not.

[NoPasaran]

33. But Perry, I know what everyone on my Ignore List is saying

Without having to actually hear it!

Such convenience!

[EFerrari]

36. Ignore is to hiding as umbrellas are to hail.

[Perry Logan]

40. So...ignoring protects you from hiding?

[truebrit71]

35. I wish I could answer you but everyone in this thread is on 'ignore'...

....:evilgrin:

Just kidding....In response to your question though I have no idea...

[Perry Logan]

41. Misuse of the ignore function explains the irrationality of the pro-Obama posts at DU, by the way.

My theory is that the really crazy Obama people (you know--the ones that even the OTHER Obama people think are crazy) have placed virtually everyone who disagrees with them--i.e., all decent people--on "ignore."

They thus remain completely unaware that all of their bullshit accusations against Hillary get debunked five minutes after they've posted them (fresh from having made them up).

That's why so many of the pro-Obama posts seem to come from a delusional Bizarro World or drug hallucination. Let this be a warning to you against overuse of the ignore button.

[BoneDaddy]

44. I have never ignored someone

and I have been in a ton of arguments, some that got personal and heated, sometimes my fault sometimes the other.

I don't say that to come across as better than thou, I just never thought about doing it and now I am thinking why haven't I ever ignored someone. May need to digest this. Maybe cause I never gave it so much power on here. I have in real life, but I guess I never thought I couldn't ever hear someone's opinion no matter how much I may disagree with them.

[lonestarnot]

45. Yes

0 ignores. :snore: :boring: :sleepy:

[Generator]

47. Amazingly I only have one on this thread

Yes, I mean you.