Blocking Members?

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: Kreeate

originally posted by: dug88
a reply to: Kreeate

Is it possible to block/ignore certain members?

Block no. Ignore yes. It's a pretty simple method. When you see the name of someone who's post you don't want to read, keep scrolling until the next username pops up. Done.

That's what I've been doing. Good advice and thank you kindly.
Would just make my life easier to simply "eliminate" those "mad-putz" threads but alas...

I feel your pain... I can't stop myself when I see trolls post though. Sucks me right in like a tractor beam no matter how hard I try to fight the urge not to click.

Aye, that's part of the problem... It's an addictive thing. I have to make a conscious effort not to comment on complete bullsh#¤% posts/threads. Would've been so much easier to simply being able to eliminate them. (for myself)

Makes for interesting reading though. In the end.

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe
Nope. Not possible. ATS wants open debate and all voices heard regardless of irritation. If it were possible the conversation around here would not be nearly as... entertaining. They did have the option a very long time ago. They removed for the reasons above.

I just hold my hand over DB's posts. Low tech answer but it still works.

I use electrical tape across the screen. Sometimes it blocks other people's posts. c'est la vie

Dammit. You beat me to it.


DAMMIT!

I mean it was a good idea. Why wouldn't two very intelligent good looking people think of it at the same time?

originally posted by: jjkenobi
That type of censorship exists on Facebook and Twitter and most liberal places.

Thankfully not here on ATS. Yet.

Am pretty sure ATS once sported an Enemies List.

originally posted by: Snarl
Am pretty sure ATS once sported an Enemies List.

It had both, an 'ignore' feature and a 'worthy foe' feature.

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe
Nope. Not possible. ATS wants open debate and all voices heard regardless of irritation. If it were possible the conversation around here would not be nearly as... entertaining. They did have the option a very long time ago. They removed for the reasons above.

I just hold my hand over DB's posts. Low tech answer but it still works.

I use electrical tape across the screen. Sometimes it blocks other people's posts. c'est la vie

Dammit. You beat me to it.


DAMMIT!

I mean it was a good idea. Why wouldn't two very intelligent good looking people think of it at the same time?

Good to see that attention span is not a key requirement in these forums

Just a cheap shot of course

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: LSU2018
I have several spare rolls I no longer need and don't mind sending you one.

Wow. First DB gives me crabs and now you want to give me blue tape.

I'm blessed...

That's what you get for wearing the old briefs he gifted you. I hope you didn't purchase his hair plugs.

a reply to: LSU2018

Troll posts can be fun to engage with. Though, there seems to a be group of dedicated trolls on ats intent on derailing threads. Being a conspircy site and all, one has to wonder if it's not for purposes such as

Topic dilution is not only effective in forum sliding it is also very useful in keeping the forum readers on unrelated and non-productive issues. This is a critical and useful

technique to cause a 'RESOURCE BURN.' By implementing continual and non-related postings that distract and disrupt (trolling ) the forum readers they are more effectively stopped from anything of any real productivity. If the intensity of gradual dilution is intense enough, the readers will effectively stop researching and simply slip

into a 'gossip mode.' In this state they can be more easily misdirected away from facts towards uninformed conjecture and opinion. The less informed they are the more

effective and easy it becomes to control the entire group in the direction that you would desire the group to go in. It must be stressed that a proper assessment of the

psychological capabilities and levels of education is first determined of the group to determine at what level to 'drive in the wedge.' By being too far off topic too quickly it

may trigger censorship by a forum moderator.

originally posted by: Kreeate

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe
Nope. Not possible. ATS wants open debate and all voices heard regardless of irritation. If it were possible the conversation around here would not be nearly as... entertaining. They did have the option a very long time ago. They removed for the reasons above.

I just hold my hand over DB's posts. Low tech answer but it still works.

I use electrical tape across the screen. Sometimes it blocks other people's posts. c'est la vie

Dammit. You beat me to it.


DAMMIT!

I mean it was a good idea. Why wouldn't two very intelligent good looking people think of it at the same time?

Good to see that attention span is not a key requirement in these forums

Just a cheap shot of course

I could read to the bottom of the page before commenting but I'm 38 for the 4th time, sit behind 3 computer screens as bored as I can be at work, and if I read all the way down, I'll forget what I was going to say.

I don't mind cheap shots

originally posted by: dug88
a reply to: LSU2018

Troll posts can be fun to engage with. Though, there seems to a be group of dedicated trolls on ats intent on derailing threads. Being a conspircy site and all, one has to wonder if it's not for purposes such as

Topic dilution is not only effective in forum sliding it is also very useful in keeping the forum readers on unrelated and non-productive issues. This is a critical and useful

technique to cause a 'RESOURCE BURN.' By implementing continual and non-related postings that distract and disrupt (trolling ) the forum readers they are more effectively stopped from anything of any real productivity. If the intensity of gradual dilution is intense enough, the readers will effectively stop researching and simply slip

into a 'gossip mode.' In this state they can be more easily misdirected away from facts towards uninformed conjecture and opinion. The less informed they are the more

effective and easy it becomes to control the entire group in the direction that you would desire the group to go in. It must be stressed that a proper assessment of the

psychological capabilities and levels of education is first determined of the group to determine at what level to 'drive in the wedge.' By being too far off topic too quickly it

may trigger censorship by a forum moderator.

Nice! Is it unacceptable that I'm a grammar nazi?

SNIP

mods... kindly delete this pic if it's not conforming to forum policy. Thanks.



Mod Note:

Since you asked, deleted it.

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ETA:
New image, now with no profanity...

I’d love to have an ignore button. I’ve gotten to the point where when I see certain names, I don’t even bother reading their drivel and just skip. Self censorship is not censorship if it affects no one but yourself, it’s a choice. It would be nice to have that choice.

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: Kangaruex4Ewe
Nope. Not possible. ATS wants open debate and all voices heard regardless of irritation. If it were possible the conversation around here would not be nearly as... entertaining. They did have the option a very long time ago. They removed for the reasons above.

I just hold my hand over DB's posts. Low tech answer but it still works.

I use electrical tape across the screen. Sometimes it blocks other people's posts. c'est la vie

Dammit. You beat me to it.


DAMMIT!

I mean it was a good idea. Why wouldn't two very intelligent good looking people think of it at the same time?

I always knew I was your huckleberry...

originally posted by: mtnshredder
I’d love to have an ignore button. I’ve gotten to the point where when I see certain names, I don’t even bother reading their drivel and just skip. Self censorship is not censorship if it affects no one but yourself, it’s a choice. It would be nice to have that choice.

Exactly! That was my whole point. I guess it's different strokes for different folks.

a reply to: Kreeate

My old avatar was removed because some members were offended by it. I, too, am a Grammar Nazi. I guess the G symbol looked too much like a swastika.




BTW, I love that coffee cup.

originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: Kreeate

My old avatar was removed because some members were offended by it. I, too, am a Grammar Nazi. I guess the G symbol looked too much like a swastika.

That made me chuckle out loud. Thank you for that

ETA: "could of" is my favorite...

a reply to: LSU2018

I missed that avatar while I was away I guess. That is hilarious! I started to save it and then remembered just in time that I am sneaking ATS on the work computer. Probably not a great idea...

a reply to: projectvxn

Problem is it's an old tape Echo-Plex Jimmy Page used.* Breaks and goes out frequently

*Emphasis on "old", "tape"...and "out frequently"...and Led Zeppelin

originally posted by: mysterioustranger
a reply to: projectvxn

Problem is it's an old tape Echo-Plex Jimmy Page used.* Breaks and goes out frequently

*Emphasis on "old", "tape"...and "out frequently"...and Led Zeppelin

At this point, any stairway would do, be it to "heaven" or someplace else...

Used to have an ignore button a long time ago. You could have three people on it and you could buy more slots with ATS points. So there was a massive incentive for people to contribute with better posts because, as many people in this thread are aware, you lost ATS points every time staff had to remove a post.

Then somewhere along the way...probably when someone had accumulated enough ignores to be satisfied (because you could edit your ignore list) the site really started slowing down as it filtered all those ignores and well, what incentive would there be to behave if you could ignore 1000 people? Of course had the expanded ignores had been a monthly point buy like RATS was...it might have solved a few things.

But in the end, it used to be a feature but how could you be a better person if you ignored things for petty reasons? I mean you might not like my politics but enjoy my contributions to the funny pic thread or the Survival forum. Of course as staff, you couldn’t ignore my posts...and I had to read everything AM posts...so it kinda works out in the end.

originally posted by: Ahabstar
Used to have an ignore button a long time ago. You could have three people on it and you could buy more slots with ATS points. So there was a massive incentive for people to contribute with better posts because, as many people in this thread are aware, you lost ATS points every time staff had to remove a post.

Then somewhere along the way...probably when someone had accumulated enough ignores to be satisfied (because you could edit your ignore list) the site really started slowing down as it filtered all those ignores and well, what incentive would there be to behave if you could ignore 1000 people? Of course had the expanded ignores had been a monthly point buy like RATS was...it might have solved a few things.

But in the end, it used to be a feature but how could you be a better person if you ignored things for petty reasons? I mean you might not like my politics but enjoy my contributions to the funny pic thread or the Survival forum. Of course as staff, you couldn’t ignore my posts...and I had to read everything AM posts...so it kinda works out in the end.

Thank you for the explanation and perspective.

Whilst I don't necessarily agree with all of it, I do see the logic in most it and can therefore agree that things are as they are right now for a reason.

Cheers!

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: Kangaruex4Ewe

That made me laugh more than it should have.

I can't say what it did to me. I have gotten in trouble before for telling cat stories.