Can we ignore some users permanently???

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David Ey

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D

07/27/2007 01:49:18 PM · #26

Well, I wouldn't be completely happy but, it would help if I could block the pic of that naked "person" with the cheese.

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

07/27/2007 02:11:10 PM · #27

Originally posted by Matthew:

Originally posted by karmat:
Just for the record, we never block posts we "disagree" with, they will only be blocked if more than one SC member feels they violate the forum rules or ToS. Thank you.

Just to be clear, I unintentionally omitted the ;) from my last post - it was intended to be ironic given the thread!

shew. gotcha. :)

fotomann_forever

07/27/2007 02:12:25 PM · #28

Originally posted by David Ey:

Well, I wouldn't be completely happy but, it would help if I could block the pic of that naked "person" with the cheese.

PM mk, she'll tell ya how.

muckpond

Nikon D200

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Nikon

07/27/2007 02:22:42 PM · #29

Originally posted by David Ey:

Well, I wouldn't be completely happy but, it would help if I could block the pic of that naked "person" with the cheese.

god bless adblock

zxaar

07/27/2007 05:01:17 PM · #30

Originally posted by cmeier:

Originally posted by zxaar:
Some body started a thread that he/she does not like personal messages and wishes to ignore them.

Now I wish to ignore some of the people I feel are too cold hearted and I strongly dislike them. And I do not want to read their post or see their post in any thread. And I do not want to see their messages taking space on my computer screen.

I think it's possible that people who don't want to read about other people's problems do so because they are entirely too warm-hearted. It's possible that some people might come to DPC hoping to escape from their real-world problems and think about photography instead, and reading about divorce, infidelity, death, and illness upsets them because it reminds them too much of the divorce, infidelity, death and illness in their own lives.

The new personal forum lets those that want to engage in this kind of conversation to do so, and those who don't want to be exposed to it -- regardless of their motivation -- to avoid it. What's the problem?

Humm,
I agree that someone might not want to read about someone else's personal problems. But the question is do you really need to read it.
I mean think it, most the threads are very clear from title that they are personal.

Or lets take an example thread (a thread that is personal in nature) with title "xxxxx xxxxx" . Now from this title there are two possiblities:
1. The thread is personal and it is clear from title, example 'I am pregnant'
2. The thread is personal but it is not clear from title.

What someone complained was second case, because if it is first case you could directly ignore it.

In second case user clicked it, and read the first message. (in fact you do not read to even read the first message fully to understand that it is personal thread). SOMEONE DOES NOT NEED TO READ THE FULL THREAD TO KNOW THAT IT IS PERSONAL IN NATURE. So the inconvenience caused is matter of 'two click'. First to open the thread and second to go back.

If someone could not even take this much of trouble for another person, who life might be shattered, there is no way I am interested in such a person. I wish to ignore it. And for me there is no way to know in advance that which thread I would find that person is. And I can not even know from first message that if I would find that person's message in the thread further or not. There is only one way , that if I had a option to ignore him/her. So is the request for this option to ignore people we dislike.

Further, as a person who spends lots of time programming, I understand that this could not be possible or even if it is possible it is too much time and effort demanding thing. So I do not wish to press on it further.
I just wished to say what I felt, so I have done it.

(I actually said it in other thread, but my message was removed, apparantly telling another user that it is not a personal attack on him/her breaches some TOS. This time I know it does not breach it, because I have not directly mentioned anybody, just like that other thread, which was very clear about whom it was targeted but never specifically mentions that user's name).

Message edited by author 2007-07-27 17:02:37.

Skyarcher

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

07/27/2007 10:32:50 PM · #31

Originally posted by karmat:

Originally posted by Matthew:
In respect of sites aimed at children, UK regulatory guidelines recommend that this feature be enabled to help children who are the victim of bullying avoid the bully's taunts.

However, I had understood DPC to be primarily aimed at adults. If people are so sensitive that they develop hatred for other people and cannot function where they are present, then perhaps the internet is a dangerous place for them to visit at all...

Matthew, it must be snowing in hell right now. I agree with you totally. :)

I was on a forum where you could ignore users. I tried it just to see how it worked because it had been mentioned here. I lasted about 10 minutes because the thread I was reading had her posts were every second or third one, and I wanted the information in the thread.

It might work if you had one user blocked and they didn't post much, but if you block someone (or several) who post regularly, your forum experience is going to be greatly diminished.

Yes it might diminish forum experience for those that are doing the blocking, but shouldn't that be up to them to decide? Not picking on you Karmat, just didn't want to scroll back to get the other person's post that basically said the same thing. :D

I know that there has been several members that I wanted to block and never see their posts (uhm, Rose was top of list). And if that meant that every other post was skipped, then I was certainly willing and so ready to have blank posts!

So yes, I am all for having option to ignore specific users. Not sure why this is in Rant though, if it is a suggestion, then it needs to be in the correct thread.

klstover

Panasonic DMC-FZ8

07/28/2007 02:04:19 AM · #32

Originally posted by zxaar:

(I actually said it in other thread, but my message was removed, apparantly telling another user that it is not a personal attack on him/her breaches some TOS. This time I know it does not breach it, because I have not directly mentioned anybody, just like that other thread, which was very clear about whom it was targeted but never specifically mentions that user's name).

I'm pretty sure that, given the right context, there does not have to be a name mentioned for something to be a personal attack.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/28/2007 03:25:03 AM · #33

Originally posted by David Ey:

Well, I wouldn't be completely happy but, it would help if I could block the pic of that naked "person" with the cheese.

Something like this?

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

I'd like to be able to block voting on certain people's photos... I hate contributing to some people's success ... LOL

Like that idea!

Originally posted by Telehubbie:

What we need is an un-favorite list, aka... sh*t list. That way people could get an idea how much their posts annoy other people.

As long as it's included in the stats on their profile page, it gets my vote.

Originally posted by Spazmo99:

It might be simpler to have a "destroy this idiot's computer" button. If you don't like their posts, just click the button and their computer bursts into flames.

There's always the Burn Their Village linky

zxaar

07/28/2007 04:15:26 AM · #34

Originally posted by klstover:

Originally posted by zxaar:
(I actually said it in other thread, but my message was removed, apparantly telling another user that it is not a personal attack on him/her breaches some TOS. This time I know it does not breach it, because I have not directly mentioned anybody, just like that other thread, which was very clear about whom it was targeted but never specifically mentions that user's name).

I'm pretty sure that, given the right context, there does not have to be a name mentioned for something to be a personal attack.

(Other than what I have written in this thread).

I think I wrote that :
To user-name
This is not personal attack on you. I have written because I wish to ignore heartless and insensitive people.

And in that particular thread this user-name has also written to someone else the same thing that 'it is not personal attack on you, I am just expressing my feelings'. (that post is not removed). I just wonder if I have a right of expressing my thoughts or not.

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/28/2007 05:04:19 AM · #35

Okay - I got the message. So you ALL want to ignore me, huh? Well go right ahead. I'll just keeping talking to myself as usual :P

zxaar

07/28/2007 06:38:16 AM · #36

Originally posted by ShutterPug:

Okay - I got the message. So you ALL want to ignore me, huh? Well go right ahead. I'll just keeping talking to myself as usual :P

Why would someone want to ignore you. Keep posting.

ClubJuggle

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

07/28/2007 06:44:08 AM · #37

Originally posted by zxaar:

(I actually said it in other thread, but my message was removed, apparantly telling another user that it is not a personal attack on him/her breaches some TOS. This time I know it does not breach it, because I have not directly mentioned anybody, just like that other thread, which was very clear about whom it was targeted but never specifically mentions that user's name).

(emphasis mine)

You should have received an email explaining why the post was removed. If you have any questions about it, you can reply directly to that email, but should explain it quite well when the bolded part of your message is considered in that context.

~Terry

klstover

Panasonic DMC-FZ8

07/28/2007 06:17:26 PM · #38

Originally posted by zxaar:

Okay, I think I got confused about what exactly was said. Sorry about that.

zxaar

07/28/2007 07:46:17 PM · #39

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Message edited by author 2007-07-28 21:17:58.

paddles

Pentax K10D

Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF

07/28/2007 10:53:19 PM · #40

Firefox+Greasemonkey users could probably set up a Greasemonkey script that filters out people on your personal blacklist.

As far as a solution built into DPC would be concerned, there's a fatal flaw - quoting. Suppose I'm on fotomann's blacklist, and cindi quotes something I said in a response. Because fotomann IS reading cindi's posts, he wouldn't be able to avoid seeing what I wrote too, bwahahaha.

Filtering out someone's posts is probably doable, although there'd be a performance hit on the database which might not be acceptable. Filtering out someone's text being quoted in others' posts would be a whole new level of hard. Maybe fun for an IT geek to solve as a thought experiment, but horrible to try and implement in a live system like DPC without having everything slow to a crawl.

Art Roflmao