Why put anyone on ignore?

[Rocinante]

I don't get it.As far as I know I'm not on that list, but why not hear everybody out? I don't care if you believe in the second coming of Strom I would like to hear what you have to say.

[Khephra]

1. How long you been here?

everyone has their limits. I reached mine after two years yesterday. I never used the feature, but then I realized that some people here weren't interested in debate but mudslinging.

And once again, I admit, I wasn't clean on that part either.

[Rocinante]

5. I've been here only a few months

and I try to not lock horns with anyone. When I post or reply to something that actually has to do with politics things get unpleasant, and I'm just going to go with getting an online chess game started for now.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. The only time I ever put anyone on ignore is when

sparring with them further may lead me to say something that may get my happy ass banned. Even then it is a temporary measure.

[Terwilliger]

10. and...

what's the likelihood that you'll get banned?

Oh nevermind...just kidding :)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. Could happen!

:scared:

[JohnKleeb]

14. the chances of you getting banned NSMA

is when I become a freeper which wont happen.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

15. Believe me it can happen

I am not saying anyone is out to ban me..I am saying no one on Du posts at their own pleasure...break the rules and piss on the place enough and you're OUTTA HERE!

[JVS]

16. Yeah. I remember once when a long time poster got real mad

and started a thread called "Irish-americans, is it worth it" out of protest to anti-israeli sentiment. The poster kept spouting off about "potato eating drunks" until tombstoned. The initial post even said that they'd had enough and were going out in flames.

[SoCalDem]

3. I have only ever put ONE person on ignore

and it was not because I did not like that person. It was that after thousands of their posts, I thought my head would explode if I ever saw another one :(

It was Me ...not them ...:)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. Hmmm wonder if socks can read this

[Booberdawg]

17. Ewwwww!

That pic is cool but it gives me the C-R-E-E-P-S!! LOL!

[Rowdyboy]

6. Been here one year...

Have never put anyone on ignore. Put on ignore tonight for the first time to my knowledge (only reason I know is the person took the time to tell me)...

Its what you do when, either

A. Some asshole has worked your LAST GOOD NERVE

or

2. When you're afraid to defend your ideological leaning, whether left, center, or right.

[Ein]

7. I don't.

I love arguuing points. And those that some put on ignore, amuse me profusely.

[Pert_UK]

8. I've not done it but I understand why people do.

There are some people on DU who will make repeated and increasingly emotional dogmatic statements rather than having a reasoned, logical, discussion.

I know that we all have opinions, but I sometimes find myself getting pulled into a protracted slanging match with someone who won't actually discuss the point. I get more and more frustrated and angry, when in reality it would be better to just walk away. If I didn't have the self-control to walk away then I might have to use IGNORE to guard my sanity.

It happens a lot in the Guns discussion, Israel/Palestine, religious discussions. Sometimes people are just so emotionally involved that they can only shout their beliefs, and as someone who loves a good argument (in the true sense of the word) it's draining when logic and politeness go out of the window.

P.

[Ein]

12. I agree with the I/P

only type of people I've had a problem with. I've been hit with accusations of being anti-sematic, pro-terrorism, and have had words blatantly placed in my mouth (and then warned for calling the person pretentious).

I still didn't ignore him, the first time in months I've been harassed like that on this board, and have never run back into him.

[Terwilliger]

9. the second coming of Strom?

No THANK YOU, Jeebus!

[Rocinante]

13. The second coming of Strom

is gonna be a m**&erf**ker. Bush and Cheney have money on it.

[izzie]

18. I go along with you on this.

This does work great when you run into those awful self important people. Forget their name. Drives them nuts.

[Darranar]

19. I have only one person on ignore...

a poster in the I/P forum who posted wild theories with little or no basis in fact.

[Maeve]

20. Because some people are just assholes

Seriously, almost everyone I've ever put on ignore has been banned soon afterwards, so I probably didn't need to bother. However, it keeps me from getting angry and posting something that will just get deleted and/or something that just pleases an attention-craving freep. Once I calm back down from getting in a fight with a fool, I remove the ignore and just skip the idjit's posts.

As I said, those posters usually disappear, anyway....