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Originally Posted by Maru

Several people have in numbers mentioned they don't like coming to this section for several reasons... a vast majority of them center around a small minority of users. There are other people who use the site too and they feel their enjoyment of it is impacted by a small minority of the user base who can just as easily remove their personal impediments by utilizing ignore. Something the forum has provided actually as the intended solution to this problem. Mods are really just there to keep threads on track and make sure everything runs the way that it is intended... they are not meant to manage personal grievances on here... instead of doubling the mod's work, why not just utilize ignore as a courtesy to the mod team? That way SD can at least a become a little bit more pleasant... maybe then more people will come post and it will be enjoyed by all, not just "justice served" for a small minority... because let's be realistic, the trolling will never stop on some people's ends... at least do this so we can all enjoy SD more. I've been baited too and those go instantly people are on my squished list. It doesn't have to be for any real particular reason other than they bait you .... we filter people in real life all the time... not everyone will get along ... nobody does. It's unrealistic to believe all will.

The problem is that TiBB and especially SD's has a relatively small user base and that creates problems with the ignore function. If two frequently-posting, "high-impact" members have each other on ignore, threads can very quickly become confusing and disjointed. Not just for the people using ignore, but for everyone. If multiple people have multiple others on ignore the effect is even worse. I have had a few people on my ignore list in the past but it literally has to be limited to those who don't post often, and ONLY really post to wind people up... as soon as you stick a member who posts "key" thread-altering posts on ignore, no matter how much their posts irritate you, everything becomes much harder to follow.

Plus if someone else quotes them you see the post anyway .