WARNING: If You Make It To My Ignore List...

[arwalden]

you have a 20% chance of eventually being banned.

Not that the two are officially connected in any way, shape, or form... it's just that 20% of the names on my ignore list have been tombstoned.

I was bored. So... I clicked to view the profiles of everyone on my ignore list and when I started seeing so many tombstones, I started over and kept count. --- Then I did the math and found out the percentage. (Actually it's a fraction OVER 20%, but I rounded down.)

I guess I'm getting better at judging which users to add to my ignore list... at only a 20% accuracy rate, I can definitely see room for improvement.

-- Allen

P.S. Check your ignore list and see how many are gone forever. Trust me... you'll get a great deal of satisfaction. You'll find yourself grinning and saying things to yourself like "I just KNEW that sonofabitch wouldn't last long!"

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. allen

how many people do you have on your list? and am i close to being on it?

[arwalden]

5. There Are About 80 Usernames On It...

LOL... no... you're not close to being on it.

-- Allen

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. i only have one

and i feel kinda bad about it...ooh my gay stars! i happy to see i aint one :)

[Blue-Jay]

26. EIGHTY?!?!

That's amazing! I don't have anyone on mine. Of course, there are a few people whose threads I just stopped opening because I didn't want to be infected with "teh dumm".

(If Allen doesn't reply, I guess I'll know I've been put on "ignore" and can wait for my day on the DU chopping block)

:D

[arwalden]

37. LOL... ya nut!

I'm definitely selective. I don't just put someone on ignore because they've pissed me off. They have to have demonstrated that they are beyond all hope (in my estimation) or that their maturity level has not developed beyond that of a 13 year old.

-- Allen (knowing full well that my OWN sense of humor is about par with that of a 13 year old. Oh the IRONY!)

[Blue-Jay]

43. Ya know...If I were a betting man, I'd bet that I could name a few

of your "ignores" who were banned. However, doing it in public would be a huge DU no-no.

[arwalden]

49. It Would Be An Even-Money Bet...

because the ones who have been banned were pretty obvious and easy to pick out.

ONE was a surprise (and a delight) because I thought he/she would NEVER get banned, but he/she was. But that's all I can say about that.

-- Allen

[ronnykmarshall]

2. I don't have any on ignore.

[terrya]

4. Neither do I.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. as a mod

can you really have people on ignore?

[terrya]

10. I think so.

We have the same kind of user accounts as everyone else.

[youngred]

15. No, you can't

[terrya]

17. "slaps hand on forehead" We get alerts, of course.

The brain is frazzled right now.

:-)

Terry

[La Lioness Priyanka]

24. lol!

[terrya]

29. Allen will probably put ME on ignore after that bit of stupidity....

:-)

Terry

[arwalden]

39. Stupidity is endearing...

being willfully idiotic and mean spirited and narrow-minded is a prime consideration. --- I suppose I could keep clicking the boxes to hide the threads (on the off chance that someone MIGHT have something worthwhile to say) but that only works on threads that they START themselves.

And after awhile, it's abundantly clear that some folks are determined to show their asses no matter what.

-- Allen

P.S. Besides... that's an added perk of being a hot-shot moderator. Nobody can ignore you.

[terrya]

41. Well, thank you.

My endearing trait is just that. There isn't an willfully idiotic, mean spirited, or narrow-minded bone in my body.

I don't know if I'm a "hot shot" or not. Being a mod is an interesing experience so far.

Terry

[arwalden]

44. And Being Modest Is Endearing Too...

-- Allen

[terrya]

47. Awwww....

I'm sort of misty now.

Thank you.

Terry

[izzie]

30. I don't either. Maybe we are on them all?

Is it like bad breath?

[rumguy]

3. put me on it

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. Nope, all mine are still there and if they weren't

I'd probably have a 100% chance of being banned.

[arwalden]

36. Well That's A Healthy Way Of Looking At It...

It's a form of "self-defense" and self preservation, right?

-- Allen

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

48. Yes...because I have a habit of ripping people a new asshole

so large that they are now able to dig their head out of their frame of reference.

[arwalden]

50. OUCH!! That Is NOT (Repeat *NOT*) A Pretty Mental Image...

you do have a way with words! :hi:

-- Allen

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

51. Kinda gives your rectum a headache, eh?

[RandomKoolzip]

8. Can you read this message or does it just say "Ignored?"

I have exactly one (1) lil' pr*ck on my ignore list and he's staying there. He's got well over a thousand posts too, so I know he's not a troll, but good lord I can't stand that guy....

I hope I'm not on your ignore list, Arwalden. I always enjoy your posts....

[arwalden]

14. It Says Ignored.

Just kidding.

Yep... that's how I started too. "Just this one asshole" I told myself. I thoguht for certain that I would never put anyone else on ignore. But I was wrong.

Before I knew it, I was addicted to the Ignore-Button. I'd find myself venturing into the seedy forums just LOOKING for a fight and looking for assholes that I could put on ignore.

I knew I had a problem. But I couldn't stop. I didn't care. I liked it. I LIKED IT!

-- Allen

[RandomKoolzip]

20. It's been over six months this dude's been on the list.

And I still see the word "Ignore" after some of my posts. And after six months, I haven't been tempted to add another. I'm limiting myself to JUST ONE and showing, I'd say, an admirable amount of restraint.

I wish there was some way of finding out who has ME on ignore, though. That'd be neat. Mods, can we get that function anytime soon?

[SmileyBoy]

18. I've got only one person on my ignore list as well.

And he/she's gonna stay on for a REALLY long time.

[arwalden]

21. It's Like Crack Cocaine... You Think You Can Stop With Just One...

but before you know it, you're picking fights and LOOKING for excuses to ignore someone. There is NO cure for it.

-- Allen

[TXlib]

58. It's not me, is it?

:7

[camero]

9. I thought I was already on it.

But as soon as I find out that the ones on my list were tombstoned I took them off. All of the ones on it now are still here. But one hasn't posted in a very long time.

[SmileyBoy]

11. I'm on it, aren't I???

I bet I am...

[DrWeird]

12. Alright, list them.

I'll be able to read it just before the mods notice.

[arwalden]

40. No Way...

I'm not falling for that. ---- Mentioning one's intention to ignore someone (deserved or not) or actually confirming that someone has been ignored (deserved or not) is considered a personal attack.

And I happen to agree with that rule since I'm already on many ignore lists myself. I know it... I just don't want to hear about it.

-- Allen

[Lars39]

16. I just put somebody on mine.

He/she is the only one. After the thread he/she is starting to spout off in is sunk, I'll take he/she off ignore.

I've only had to do this with one other person. It's topical, too. I can't stand to see he/she denigrate a certain poster. It's all done within bounds, but it's a cruel thing to see.


on edit: :hi: Arwalden! Hope I'm not on *THE LIST* :)

[arwalden]

46. I Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny Who Is (Or Isn't On My List)

D'oh!

[Lars39]

53. Oh! I wasn't trying to finagle an admission!

You're one of my favorite posters. I'd just hate to know I was on your list.

[sybylla]

19. 0% accuracy on my ignore list

unless the one whose profile came up disabled is actually tombstoned. Then I'm 1 for 3 with a 33% accuracy rate on choosing disruptors.

[Nlighten1]

22. I have no one on ignore...

But I am sure I am on someone's... :)

[Snow]

23. The DU epidemiologist wonders

what the rate of being tombstoned is for people not on your ignore list?

[arwalden]

62. Pretty Low, I'd Imagine...

... so that should be an incentive for everyone to be nice to me and NOT piss me off... EVER! LOL. (Yeah right... like THAT's gonna happen... EVER.)
:hi:
-- Allen

[rumguy]

25. I said PUT ME ON IGNORE!!!!

[arwalden]

35. La la la la

[HuckleB]

27. I don't have an ignore list.

Don't see the point.

Hey, am I on your ignore list?

[HuckleB]

55. Just as I figured. I AM ON YOUR IGNORE LIST.

Hmmm.

[arwalden]

59. And Don't You Forget It Either.

:hi:

-- Allen

[HuckleB]

66. Dang. That's just what I was gonna do.

With the help of a few ounces of liquid agave, of course.

:toast:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

28. Can you remember who you had on ignore who is now tombstoned?

And what for?

Inquiring minds want to know! (for some reason)

[dweller]

31. ignored

:shrug: worth it just to see it here.

:P
dp

[arwalden]

38. Clearly A Forgery... That Should Have Been With A Capital "I"...

trust me.

-- Allen

[dweller]

52. Made ya look

at least i wasn't on the ignore list.... :)

yet,
dp

[Droopy]

32. I don't have anyone on ignore

I've had my disagreements, but nobody has yet pissed me off to the point that I would ignore them.

[shanti]

33. i do this too

on a regular basis. amazing how many of them were tombstoned.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

34. I haven't ignored yet, but I "X" a lot of threads

I was a mod on a site where you're a mod for, like, forever unless you request to be a regular citizen again. Mods can't ignore users...they have to read every post in every thread in the subfora they're assigned....and after awhile I couldn't take it anymore and resigned so I could put soooooo many assholes on ignore.

I love the invisible thread feature on DU. :D

[NightTrain]

42. There's just one problem with checking my Ignore list.

I don't have anybody on it! :shrug:

[arwalden]

45. Hey Kid... C'Mere... Try This...

First one's free.

-- Allen

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

54. Oooo!

But you'd never ignore me :)

I have nobody on my ignore list!

[foreigncorrespondent]

56. I don't have...

...anyone on my ignore list. But I am sure several have me on theirs. LOL

[Kadie]

57. I hope I'm not on your list.

I kinda like it here and would like to hang around for awhile anyway.

:hi:

[arwalden]

60. I Have A Policy Of Not Ignoring Cats Who Leave Pawprints On My Screen...

:hi:

[Skittles]

61. four out of the eleven I have on ignore got tombstoned

the others are fly-under-the-radar trolls and coward hunters.

[arwalden]

63. WOW! That's Just Under 40%... FORTY PERCENT!!! I'm Impressed...

very much!

-- Allen

[Nevernose]

64. Just how much free time do you really have?

Just how much free time do you really have? Your "one out of five" calculations are really quite remarkable. Unless, of course, you can't read this right now, in which case: go to Hell! You go to Hell and you die!

Am I being ignored yet?

[arwalden]

65. LOL!!!

Too funny!

To answer your question though... Obviously I have much too much time on my hands. (Hey... I ought to write a song about that... "too much time on my hands" it's got a good ring to it.)

-- Allen