How many DUers are on your "ignore list"?

[onehandle]

Poll question: How many DUers are on your "ignore list"?

I've had a couple of people say, "Welcome to my ignore list" in the past. There's no one on my ignore list because I don't fear words like Republicans do.

[napi21]

1. Why do I need an ignore list? I just cruise on past the posts I don't

want to bother with.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. I agree...

And if they do say something important or funny in future, you're gonna miss it.

I prefer not to live in a bubble.

[NJ Democrats]

17. Yeah that's what I do.

I have zero. I did have one for a few days.

[file83]

2. Ignored

[swag]

3. Just one.

[Broken_Hero]

4. zero...n/t

[ellenfl]

5. why should i curtail another's right to speak? eom

[file83]

9. Because some people are consistently irritating.

LIKE ME! O8)

[WilliamPitt]

21. How is putting someone on Ignore curtailing their right to speak?

Psssst....you're not that powerful...nor is the Ignore feature...just sayin'...

[ellenfl]

24. if everyone put the same person on ignore, then we would be

silencing him/her. of course, if we all did that, he/she would probably be eligible for banning by the admin.

ok, i don't know much about the ignore feature . . . and would not use it if i DID know more. it just seems to me to be a form of censorship . . . albeit only to the censor. just doesn't seem very open-minded.

ellen fl

[Caoimhe]

39. I think you are confusing

their right to free speech, with others rights not to listen. I ignore people in chat rooms all the time because they come in ranting BILL CLINTON CAUSED 9/11 and LIBRULS ARE BABEE KILLERZ!!! in giant red fonts. If I were standing on the street and some lunatic walked up to me and began yelling insanities in my face, I'd turn my back and walk away. To me that is what the ignore feature is. But in here, I don't use it because I've found that idiots either get tombstoned or I can enjoy watching fellow DUers rip them a new one. Then the next day, those same people may be in complete agreement on another issue. Freedom of iggy! It just means you aren't listening to them. It doesn't mean they can't speak.

[JohnnyRingo]

7. I've never used the option

I can't imagine anyone offending me so bad without getting themselves banned.

[Mythsaje]

8. Zip, nada, none...

Even when I run into someone who doesn't agree with me, the debate is usually interesting enough to keep going. At least here on DU. There have been times I've needed to reassess my position, and how could I do that if I didn't at least listen to what someone else had to say?

[deadparrot]

10. None. nt

[JohnnyRingo]

11. 50-100?... hahahaha

Someone's sensitive, huh?
That's a tough list to organize.

Oops...I probably just put him/her in the next bracket.

[TAPat]

12. I don't have the option yet, but even if I did

I haven't seen anything, yet, that would lead me to do so.

[brainshrub]

13. 86,765

You are the only person I have not put on ignore.

Yes, I'm lonely.

[Caoimhe]

40. LOL! n/t

[Kingshakabobo]

14. Zero. I was told "welcome to my ignore list" for the first time last week.

I guess I got too snarky with some jack-ass defending that cop who shot a suspect while the suspect was in the prone position.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Katherine Brengle]

32. Whoaaaah... does DU tell you if you are being ignored?

Or could people be irritated by me and I don't even know it?

[NanceGreggs]

15. Zero.

I'm amazed at how many times I am arguing a point with a fellow poster on one thread, and then, five minutes later, we're in total agreement on another thread, another issue.

This site, to me, represents an exchange of ideas. How can you exchange ideas, if you cut yourself off from hearing the ones you may not agree with?

Quite frankly, that sounds so ... so... so ... dare I say it? It sounds so Republican.

[Greyhound]

25. Exchange is a two-way street, some people are a waste of time and space.nt

[NanceGreggs]

30. Yeah, but it's like TV ...

... you can simply change the channel, if you don't want to look at what's on it. I don't think it's so terribly onerous to start reading a post and then just visually 'ignore' it, if I don't want to read it, whatever the reason may be.

[Greyhound]

43. It is like TV, I (used to) have faux blocked so wouldn't be inadvertently

subjected to their assault on intelligence, same thing here. I've succumbed to the temptation to just check it out, and find in every case, the time I spent reading it was wasted.

[Marie26]

16. Zero

I'd feel like I'm missing something. Everyone's got their own perspective to offer, even if I don't agree with (or like it) 99% of the time. Wouldn't it get confusing to try to follow threads?

[uppityperson]

18. none, I can ignore people on my own.

[mongo]

37. LOL!!!!

Here we agree...

[acmavm]

19. Why bother? If you know that a thread is by someone who's absolutely

annoying or that you feel is just a waste of time, skip it. Once in a while this same person may post something that would be a shame to miss. Something important, some tidbit of information that enriches your DU (and political) experience.

The odds of someone being wrong (or an ass) all the time have to be astronomical.

[WilliamPitt]

20. One

The mods made me do it a year ago. Funny, I'd forgotten this person was on Ignore because she didn't post much anymore...and then a few weeks ago, I started seeing "Ignored" popping up on threads. I had to go look in my options to remember who I was ignoring. :)

[hfojvt]

47. was it

yo momma?

[Crunchy Frog]

22. I've had a few people on ignore at various different times

but none currently. It's not that I fear words, it's just that there are occasional posters who really raise my blood pressure and I sometimes choose to do without the aggravation.

[Greyhound]

23. Only one, in my opinion he is the pseudo-Democratic version of

hannity, the democrats have done/can do no wrong. My head just can't take the wall banging anymore.

[Greyhound]

34. to get to the lounge from My Posts. n/t

[lonestarnot]

26. None.

[in_cog_ni_to]

27. Zero. I wouldn't want to miss anything.

:P I like reading EVERYTHING on DU. I've never used the ignore button.

[Renew Deal]

28. Ignore is a convenient way to ignore opposing points of views.

I think that people that use ignore for ideological disagreements are cowards.

[Nutmegger]

29. Two "disrupters"

The ignore feature saves me from freaking out. :+

[WePurrsevere]

31. Zero - If I were to ignore everyone whom I disagree with or that raises my

blood pressure I'd imprison myself in a very narrow world and never learn or grow.

[flvegan]

33. Who is the wiseass that voted for over 501?

For the record, I don't have anyone on Ignore.

[mongo]

35. The people who I would put on my ignore list

are also people whose words I don't want to get posted without being challenged.

Too much BS, lies and propaganda gets posted, esp. about adult materials.

So, my answer is zero.

[bigwillq]

36. None

I have never put anyone on ignore.

[Caoimhe]

38. Nobody

It's different than in a chat room in that you don't have to read posts if you don't want to. Plus, I figure if someone is annoying enough, I will grab my :popcorn: and see how many posts the troll can get in before his "pizza" arrives.

[ismnotwasm]

41. Zero

Even the most irritating comments/opinions I don't ignore. I may not respond, but I certaintly don't ignore them. I'll do my own research If I need to.
I'm not really a great "one-line community" person
I'm a better communicater in "real" life-- if I see arguements here that I see out "there" I'm better prepared to make my point. Or even to offer an opposing view from my own, to help 'em out if they need it. Anything to get people off their asses and CARE. That irritates me worse than people who don't agree with me. The ones with no passion, no caring, no knowledge, and no desire to get any-- except to watch fox news maybe

Of course RW nuts are excluded from all consideration, since they make no sense, not that I haven't tried to see where they're coming from. It gives me a brain burn though. No logic. No compassion.

[Ron Mexico]

42. Zero

The only ones I've seen here who were worthy of such a drastic measure have been tombstoned.

[tjwmason]

44. None.

I did intend to use it permanently once - but I kept wanting to know what said person had written...

I've used it temporarily on a couple of occasions, but mostly to allow tempers to calm a touch.

[Gold Metal Flake]

45. Zero, but I know I am on a few lists.

Oh, well.

[Benfea]

46. OK, which joker answered "500 or more"?

I'm too lazy to read the entire thread. :P

[Renew Deal]

49. Is there a message here?

What is this person saying? :shrug:

[Benfea]

50. Dunno.

I assume the "500+" vote is a joke. I'm just curious who did it. ;)

[Kingshakabobo]

52. I think Benfea is saying he/she can't see your post.

:hi:

[Benfea]

53. No, I'm too lazy to read really long threads.

<--- bum

;)

[In_The_Wind]

48. None

[no name no slogan]

51. All of you

I can't stand any of you fuckers

[graywarrior]

54. I put myself on my ignore list.

[Mz Pip]

55. A couple during the primaries

but they are long gone. There were a couple of serious Wes Clark trashers. Got sick of it so put them on ignore.

Mostly I just don't respond to posts that drive up my blood pressure. Life is too short for that.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Dem2theMax]

56. There are some people who just HAVE to argue, no matter

what the subject. They have fits when no one agrees with them. They don't know how to have a discussion in an adult manner.
Those folks are on ignore. (And believe me, I don't put people on ignore the first time they drive me nuts. The ones who get that honor have earned it.) ;)
Then there are the 'screamers.' The people who post in capital letters, always in bold, with a font size that makes Texas look small.
I'm not talking one sentence. I'm talking paragraphs. Those people are on ignore. I got sick of being blindsided by the screaming posts. LOL. So poof, gone.
I love the ignore button. I'm not afraid of 'words.' It's not about censorship. It's all about rude people. I wouldn't put up with them in real life and I don't have to put up with them on any message board. The ignore button. It makes DU a much nicer place.

Funny thing is, for all the names I have on ignore, it's rare to see the 'ignore' pop up in a thread.
So I'm not missing much. :)

I'm kinda thinking there are a LOT of people on ignore on DU. I'm just brave enough to admit I put people there. LOL.