For those who do use the "Nuclear Blocking Option," what has made you use it?

[Kerrytravelers]

You don't need to be specific, but what, in general, made you go for it?

Me, at first I didn't like the idea, but then, there was someone who I have never been wild about being extremely insulting to someone who I do like very much. They then were quite unruly about my profession and I decided that enough was enough, so I blocked them.It felt great.

Another was just being ridiculous on another thread and I though, every time I see this poster, they are being ridiculous.

Right now, there is a bit of a snarky response and I'm considering, if it doesn't drop, just to block 'em. There is no need in being snarky for no reason. It was just one of those things where snarkiness is silly.

And now, I'm reading another thread by a friend. I find one poster to be incredibly asinine. Perhaps I should just block them, too.

Am I getting block-happy? :bounce: :bounce:

[LeftyMom]

1. I have one.

Because he's a threadstalking, shit-stirring jerk, I have no clue why he's not banned and no desire to deal with his bullshit until he finally gets his long-overdue and inevitable cookie.

I have no current plans to use UltraReplyBlocker300 on anybody else.

[Kerrytravelers]

2. I didn't think I would either, but I have found that not having the contentious

nimrods to deal with really makes DU more enjoyable!

[LeftyMom]

4. I've found everyday ignore works for them

After two and a half years or so on DU, I have a grand total of four people on ignore. I've only had one that needed further restraint to avoid making an ass of themselves, but that person makes me glad the reply blocking feature exists.

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. As I predicted...

I keep forgetting the option is there.

[L A Woman]

5. one weirdo

who was stalking me around from thread to thread because he didn't agree with something i said in a thread in a completely different topic forum several days earlier.

no one else.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

92. That's pretty creepy.

Good option to have, methinks.

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[Kerrytravelers]

7. Yeah, it does suck when it's used to keep someone from disagreeing.

I'm never shy of a little discourse, I'm just tired of some of the overt snarkiness that isn't met with a cute emoticon to know all is well. The hateful stuff isn't fun and it totally drives me crazy! :crazy:

[JackBeck]

9. Yeah, this discourse got a bit out of hand.

And I totally was respectful while the attacks flew. But I never was disrespectful in the face of such nastiness. There are still threads that exist to prove it. One of which is pinned up above. I guess it was a miscommunication issue.

But to be completely locked out of a thread when I never once attacked a poster seems rather ridiculous.

[BarenakedLady]

15. I have no clue why I'm super blocked...

I never did anything or said anything nasty to this person. Heck, I don't even think I posted more than once or twice with the individual? Certainly nothing to warrent my entire existence being ignored. :shrug:

I don't care a whit whether this particular person hates/loathes me (not worth the bother imo) but it is totally frustrating when I have something to add to a conversation and can't.

I can't imagine anyone doing that to you JackBeck, you are so sweet! :hug:

[JackBeck]

17. Aww, right back at you, my friend.

:pals: :hug:

I'm on the ridiculous end of this new policy. PM me if you wanna know the gory details.

Those are the rules and I'm one of those who chooses not to use them but there are those around these parts that feels the need to exert their right. So be it. My feelings aren't hurt. But I wish I could respond to friends who do participate in those threads.

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[BarenakedLady]

22. Actually no

I had no idea who he was talking about, what the circumstances were, and I was not aware of your connection nor any knowledge of the thread you are referring to. I'm sorry that you are so upset. :hug: I can't make any judgements on this situation, since I am not privy to all the information, nor do I want to be.

Peace.

[Midlodemocrat]

24. If you can't read the posts, how do you know this poster is

talking about you? :shrug:

I'm confused.

[Phillycat]

28. Because I've had to un-ignore him when it became obvious he

was talking about me, then re-ignore him afterward. Just as Skinner said, it's almost impossible to not want to know what someone is saying about you in a public forum. He's said that I'm unstable, insane, all this bullshit.

Anyway, it's time-consuming and incredibly irritating. It's clear he loathes me as much as I loathe him, so why doesn't he mutually ignore and just GO AWAY? Unbelievable.

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[JackBeck]

32. For the record, I never once said a poster on here was unstable or any of those other things.

A simple search of all my posts would prove that. And I don't loathe anyone here.

Look, I respond to this topic when it's started by other DUers. If I was that spiteful, I would have started a thread of my own and complained to my hearts content. I never outed this poster and have followed all the rules.

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[Midlodemocrat]

20. Maybe it is an error?

I inadvertently put someone on ignore about a year ago and was horrified when I realized it because it is someone whose posts I really enjoyed.

:shrug:

[BarenakedLady]

30. I don't think it was an accident...

But I still don't quite understand it. I'm not very controversial in the least. LoL.

[Hugin]

46. I did that once as well...

It was only a couple of hours before I noticed it, tho.

She was a pretty prolific poster and I eventually saw an "Ignored" show up.

I was very... :wtf:

[KitchenWitch]

88. It was me, wasn't it?

:rofl:

[crispini]

74. Haha, that happened to someone I know on here.

He mistakenly put someone he really liked on ignore and SHE figured it out and was worried that he was mad at her. He didn't even know he had her on ignore and we had the worst time explaining it to him! :rofl: It was quite funny.

[idgiehkt]

75. LOL

I have done that SEVERAL times. I don't know why I always hit the wrong buttons, but I've done it enough to be really careful.

[zanne]

21. How would you know if you were super-blocked?

I never really understood the whole "ignore" thing to begin with. How does a person know they're being ignored?

[BarenakedLady]

27. Well to know if you are just being regularly ignored

Try to send them a pm...if it says poster is not accepting pm's, it either means you are on ignore or that person shut off the pm feature altogether.

Now super delux ignore, means you cannot reply to any thread started by that poster, nor anyone else who responds within that thread. You will see instead of a reply button on the bottom right hand of your screen you will see cannot reply.

[zanne]

48. Ouch!

I bet that hurts. I think I feel intimidated.

[Midlodemocrat]

19. I enjoy your posts.

I can't see you as being insulting or rude. I think that is unfortunate that that happened to you.

[Phillycat]

25. Read my post #18. nt

[Midlodemocrat]

26. I did. I responded.

[JackBeck]

29. That's because I wasn't insulting or rude.

And thank you. I enjoy your posts as well.

[LostinVA]

47. Agreed, Midlo

I've never seen JackBeck be overtly nasty to another poster, and he's someone who's posts I enjoy reading.

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[JackBeck]

52. Thank you, LostinVA.

And for the record, I've never had a single post deleted. Someone else is partaking in a bit of revisionist history.

[LostinVA]

53. No worries, Jack

Even if you ARE a smoker.


:spank:

[JackBeck]

55. Only 5 a day. But I'll quit soon.

I swear! My husband quit four years ago and I know my time will soon come.

:pals:

[LostinVA]

56. I'm just teasing you

I smoked two packs+ a day for ten years, so I know how it is.

[JackBeck]

57. Wow.

I was that way when I bartended. Congrats on quitting.

[LostinVA]

60. Twelve years in April

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[LostinVA]

44. I agree, Jack

That's the first thing I thought of re: Super Block, that it could be used in this way -- out of spite, not to protect yourself from a threadstalker. And, voila! You've proved my point, unfortunately.

[Phillycat]

45. Yes, the only difference is, HE'S stalking ME.

I never bring him up or reference him in any way. And yet he CONSTANTLY brings it up, all over DU. How am I in the wrong here?

[LostinVA]

50. Then he should eb reported to the Mods ASAP N/T

[Phillycat]

51. I've been trying to ignore it.

Hoping that wouldn't fan his interest, but today I finally took him off ignore and started alerting his posts. However, he's subversive enough that he knows not to name me, and he takes it to PM to spread his lies. The mods hate having to unravel these personal vendettas, which is one of the reasons they created Super-ignore in the first place.

I'll leave you with this question...if he didn't do anything wrong, and he's NOT stalking me, why does he keep bringing it up, in every single thread about this topic that's been posted? (I searched his posts after taking him off ignore today). Why doesn't he just ignore me back and go about his life? He is deliberately trying to make my DU experience miserable.

[Little Wing]

8. The most-mindbendingly dumb things I've ever seen

The "I'm more liberal than you" types
The "Flood the lounge with endless flirtation" types
Chronic bad copycatters
"Look at me, I'm outraged" posters

[KitchenWitch]

10. Looks like I hit three out of four on your list.

:shrug:

[BarenakedLady]

13. I only hit one...

:rofl:

:hug: Don't change a thing about yourself KitchenWitch. You're perfect! :loveya:

oops...was I flirting again?

[KitchenWitch]

14. LOL

:rofl:

;)

:evilgrin:

I am outraged beyond believe.

Hubba hubba baybeeeeeeeeee.

Copycat copycat.

[Hugin]

23. I'm four for four...

Eeep!

[BarenakedLady]

31. That's a perfect score!

Good for you! :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

59. LOL - Time to go NUKULAR!

:rofl:

:yoiks:

[Quantess]

11. I don't know. I guess you need to ask yourself,

What do you "get" out of blocking people?

(okay, now I'll know whether Kerrytravelers has me on super-block)

[Kerrytravelers]

12. Well, I know why I did. And I don't regret it.

I was just curious if others are using it and how they're using it.

[mentalsolstice]

16. I dunno?

I had a little infraction a couple of months ago, I chalked it up to a bad night...hopefully s/he did too. So far I posted "very" recently on a relevant thread by the same person and wasn't blocked...maybe I just wasn't shitty enough? However, I agreed with what they were saying.

I wish I could be more of a bitch to test this thing out...I guess I need to stay up later!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

33. I have been blocked

by five people. The thing they have in common is that they are "no planes" MIHOPers. In this case I was blocked because those people didn't want to debate with me, or have me post in their threads.

I won't be using super-block in the foreseeable future. I understand legitimate uses of the feature, but many will not be using this feature for the purpose for which it was designed.

[BarenakedLady]

34. What is/are...

"no planes" MIHOPers?

:shrug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

36. People who believe the World Trade Center was brought down by explosives.

[BarenakedLady]

40. Ahhhhh gotcha

Thanks for the explanation. :hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

38. MIHOP - made it happen on purpose

LIHOP - let it happen on purpose.

No planes MIHOP'ers believe that explosives brought down the towers on 9/11.


It does make for some very interesting reading in the 9/11 forum.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

39. People who hold a particular belief system about

how the 9/11 attacks were carried out, Specifically that no planes crashed into the WTC. No-planes MIHOPers generally theorise/believe that planes were simulated by holograms, or did not appear at all (and witnesses were paid to say they saw planes crash into the WTC). They also specifically believe that footage of planes crashing into the WTC were faked by the media working for the Bush administration in a huge media-Republican co-conspiracy. There are other technicalities too but I won't go into them now.

[BarenakedLady]

41. Okie dokie

That explains it... Thank you...:hug:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

43. You're welcome doll!

:hug:

[crispini]

71. You are SHITTING ME.

:wow: That's real Alex Jones stuff right there, pure :tinfoilhat: CT.

On DU? Sheesh.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

89. Yes, the said group tend to agree with Alex Jones n/t

[Midlodemocrat]

37. I figured that the MIHOP/LIHOP ers would be the first ones blocked.

Mainly because it is speculative in so many ways. And, some folks just can't discuss without attacking, especially anonymously.

[Kerrytravelers]

58. After reading this thread, I feel bad that I started it.

I am also rethinking my super-blocking. Perhaps I was being a bit hot-headed (us redheads can get like that, you know.)

In six days or less, I can make the corrections and unblock.

[ChoralScholar]

61. I guess if I saw a pattern of obnoxiousness by someone, I would use it

but I really haven't seen that yet. Maybe I should venture into GD more.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

93. There's one poster that I've considered using it on

who fits that bill, in my opinion.

The person consistently interprets posts using "facts" which have come from his/her imagination, rather than the original post. To top it off, s/he uses inflammatory language to bully his/her non-existent point..."jesus", "it's pretty shitty of you", etc.
I can't understand why his/her nasty posts haven't been banned more often.

At the same time, I'll occasionally read something this person has wrote which is not so bad...sometimes even kind and appealing.

I'd much rather suggest to the person that s/he calm down before replying to posts with arrogant presumptions. But s/he almost never replies once s/he's taken a nasty swipe at someone. Apology is not in this poster's repertoire.

[RetroLounge]

62. Only used it on one person

and he's not a Dem, not a Liberal, only here to disrupt, and was thread stalking me. Plus PM'ing me shit, and now he's PM'ing others about the same beef he has with me.

Now if I could put him on ignore from my cell phone and house phone too, that would be great.

:eyes:

RL

[Phillycat]

63. OMG, how does he have your phone numbers?

Take care of yourself. :scared:

[RetroLounge]

65. Well, I'm not exactly all that anonymous on the web

Not to worry...

RL

[Phillycat]

67. Eek, is that him below?

Yikes.

[RetroLounge]

68. That would be him, I guess.

since it comes up for me as "ignored" and I can't read it...

and it's not worth my grief anymore to read it...

funny I never mentioned him, but he outed himself...

RL

[Phillycat]

70. I know what you mean...

I'm trying very hard to ignore my own PITA. It's hard when someone's talking about you in a public forum, you know?

He said he had your myspace email, BTW. I'm only telling you for information in case you need to do anything about it. Want me to alert?

[RetroLounge]

78. No, he's harmless...

Like I said, I don't hide on the internets.

Besides, I have no idea what a MySpace email even is.

My Myspace page is linked at the bottom of all my poetry threads, so it isn't like he had to look very hard.

Ah, I see he's been TS'd... Thank you Mods... :yourock:

:9

RL

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[Midlodemocrat]

69. Contact the mods and tell them what the deal is.

You shouldn't have to put up with that, RL. :hug:

[RetroLounge]

79. He's been TS'd

thanks

:hug:

RL

[BarenakedLady]

83. Oh thank goodness!

I was really getting freaked out for you RL. :hug: Please be careful!

[RetroLounge]

85. ...

:hug:

RL

[GoddessOfGuinness]

94. For a monthly fee, you can have certain numbers blocked from your phone.

Call your phone company.

[Evoman]

64. I've never used it....to my knowledge, only one person has me blocked.

But I sort of deserve it because I was a flaming asshole. The thing is, when people block you, its hard to send a PM to apologize for your behaviour.

[uppityperson]

80. Yup, hard to ask why also.

sometimes it is obvious, others less so. So, for people I've offended in the past, I am sorry if I have been a flaming asshole or taken things too far. For the 1 I put on superblock, I apologize for not telling you first, though you can pm me and I will take you off when I can. For those who just don't like me, oh well.

[idgiehkt]

82. true that

I'm a jerk sometimes; it's why I don't put other people on ignore, (excluding cases where there is psychotic harassment), because I am the way I am sometimes.

The only person I know that has me blocked is all piss and vinegar all the time anyway, so it's mutual...I wouldn't use ignore except in extreme cases because it annoys the crap out of me.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

72. calling me a whore on random threads.

also the second person on it...i just dont like.

[Phillycat]

73. I thought whore was a compliment?

J/K :D

[idgiehkt]

81. that REALLY pisses me off

they should be banned. :hug:

[crispini]

76. I don't have anyone even on ignore at the moment.

I went through a spate about six months ago when I was burning up the ignore, using it on everyone who, IMO, was being an irrational arguer, you know, they didn't even have to get into an argument with ME, just if I saw someone in a thread who I thought was being an ass, ZOOP, there went the ignore! I decided I just wanted a kindler, gentler DU experience all around, and I have to admit, it really did help with that.

But I issued a blanket amnesty recently because I was curious, and I haven't had the urge yet to start again.

[enigmatic]

77. Never used it

never will.

[JackBeck]

91. Agreed.

Not gonna do it.

Although I say that now...who knows in the future.

But it's an option that I've clearly never considered when someone has disagreed with me or been offensive. It's not part of my character, but anyone else who wants to partake I have no problems with them. I throw no shade their way.

[NewJeffCT]

84. Only on people who start threads about the new "ignore" option here at DU

just kidding.

I've never had a person on any sort of ignore here on DU.

[JackBeck]

86. LOL.

I try to never say never, but I can't see myself ever using this option.

[Kerrytravelers]

97. Bwwwwaaaaahhhhh !!!!!!!! You got me!

:rofl:


Yeah. I've done it. I didn't think I would, but then, I found my blood boiling and thought- why the hell not? I come here to be around fun people. I work from home. I get bored and like a little contact that is on my terms meaning I can partake in discussions of my choice and for as long as I want. I don't mind disagreeing, but when someone is being a complete jerk, I don't want to spend my fun time dealing with someone else's emotional shortcomings. The two I have blocked are people who were insulting to a large number of DUers or who were clearly writing racist rants and just so disingenuous I couldn't stand it. I know I'm not the only one to block these particular posters, so I don't feel as if I'm being unfair- they're mean to everyone!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

87. Well, someone keeps riding my ass no matter what I do...

So I used the Nuclear Block Option. Someone can only ride your ass for so long before you either get pissed or call them Daddy. :evilgrin:
Duckie

[GoddessOfGuinness]

95. Your comment reminds me of

a conversation I once had with a coworker...a totally fucked-up guy with serious misogeny issues.

He and a friend of his told me about how his mother rode his ass for the entire 2 hours of a car ride.

So I asked him, "Well...Did you tell her to go to hell?"

And both guys, horrified that I would suggest such a thing, said simultaneously, "Of COURSE not!".

I guess I'm a bad daughter; because if my mom treated me like that, I'd tell her to go to hell. :evilgrin:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

100. I really love being a member of DU...

So, I haven't told her to go to hell. I wish I could, though.
Duckie

[Oeditpus Rex]

90. Threads like this one:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6072697

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

96. I'm so fucking cynical.

I can't even say what I think about that here.

[mongo]

98. I've been making a list and checking it twice

and one of these days I'm gonna drop the bomb and many of those that championed this change and now keep me from participating in their threads are going to get a dose of their own medicine...

[LSK]

99. in 3+ years I never used even the simple ignore

:shrug: