In your User CP (link above left), there is a control bar on the left side of the screen. Down towards the bottom is a link where you can flag people as buddies, or add them to your ignore list.
If there is someone you don't like, you don't want to hear what they have to say, you want to experience this site without their influence, then use this tool. Admins and mods are not going to step in and dictate how you should talk unless they absolutely have to. You're responsible for your own words and thoughts, as are all the rest of the visitors here. If you don't like someone else's so much that they are ruining the experience here, then ignore them. It's really that simple.
If you don't want to ignore them, but do want to have a civil conversation on an issue and don't want them involved, then start a thread with the private thread feature, and elect to block them from participating. You can still see them elsewhere if they're not on ignore, but you can have your convo your way, without having to be threatened by their point of view.
I don't like everyone here. But I'd be bored to tears if I didn't listen to and debate with them. I'm not going to dictate to you how you should experience this site, but I am going to say that YOU are the one with ABSOLUTE CONTROL over it. Petulant posturing like "I don't like X, so I'm going to go to Y site instead of here...", lol, feel free! This is a website where people can come or go as they please. No one is doing me a favor by being here, and despite that, I appreciate everyone's presence anyway. But I'm not going to lose sleep if some people don't like the community and atmosphere we allow here.
If you prefer things a little more stifled, regulated, controlled and constrained -- then by all means, use the tools I've provided you, and limit your exposure. You could reasonably come here and only see and hear from 3 other people. lol, you could ignore everyone but the people you like. I don't care. Good for you, I sincerely hope you get something out of that.
Enjoy it and experience it the way you like. If even THAT offends you, then by all means, find something else that makes you happy.
--edit--
And before anyone assumes they prompted this, and take it as a personal attack, lol, I have been virtually flooded over the last week in a variety of ways with people who are unhappy about other people. It's cool, it's going to happen. We're all used to mods and admins swooping in and carpetbombing everything when there's a problem. Stick your head in the sand, lol, it will go away. Even if it fails, my plan is to let people say their bit, and give everyone the tools to decide what they want to hear and when. Give individuals the tools -- well, there I go again. I can think of 7 people who will think they individually prompted this notice. Not one of you did by yourselves.
If there is someone you don't like, you don't want to hear what they have to say, you want to experience this site without their influence, then use this tool. Admins and mods are not going to step in and dictate how you should talk unless they absolutely have to. You're responsible for your own words and thoughts, as are all the rest of the visitors here. If you don't like someone else's so much that they are ruining the experience here, then ignore them. It's really that simple.
If you don't want to ignore them, but do want to have a civil conversation on an issue and don't want them involved, then start a thread with the private thread feature, and elect to block them from participating. You can still see them elsewhere if they're not on ignore, but you can have your convo your way, without having to be threatened by their point of view.
I don't like everyone here. But I'd be bored to tears if I didn't listen to and debate with them. I'm not going to dictate to you how you should experience this site, but I am going to say that YOU are the one with ABSOLUTE CONTROL over it. Petulant posturing like "I don't like X, so I'm going to go to Y site instead of here...", lol, feel free! This is a website where people can come or go as they please. No one is doing me a favor by being here, and despite that, I appreciate everyone's presence anyway. But I'm not going to lose sleep if some people don't like the community and atmosphere we allow here.
If you prefer things a little more stifled, regulated, controlled and constrained -- then by all means, use the tools I've provided you, and limit your exposure. You could reasonably come here and only see and hear from 3 other people. lol, you could ignore everyone but the people you like. I don't care. Good for you, I sincerely hope you get something out of that.
Enjoy it and experience it the way you like. If even THAT offends you, then by all means, find something else that makes you happy.
--edit--
And before anyone assumes they prompted this, and take it as a personal attack, lol, I have been virtually flooded over the last week in a variety of ways with people who are unhappy about other people. It's cool, it's going to happen. We're all used to mods and admins swooping in and carpetbombing everything when there's a problem. Stick your head in the sand, lol, it will go away. Even if it fails, my plan is to let people say their bit, and give everyone the tools to decide what they want to hear and when. Give individuals the tools -- well, there I go again. I can think of 7 people who will think they individually prompted this notice. Not one of you did by yourselves.
Last edited:
How dare the mods at this site give us the option on what to read, and not read.
I'm going to go to "Y" now, and have "the man" censor everything for me. That way, I don't have to think for myself.:(