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Will MNHQ consider installing a 'Hide Poster' function?

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Get0rf · 02/01/2012 19:04

This has been raised a couple of times, just wondering if MNHQ had any plans to make this an option.

Would be nice to hide the couple of Mners who genuinely get me riled up.

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OracleInaCoracle · 02/01/2012 22:23

custy has explained my objections perfectly. I really, really hate the idea. and agree with soapy too.

SoupDragon · 02/01/2012 22:21

But they haven't just said no, they explained why. Also, they don't always agree to delete posts made by people on the grounds that it makes threads read disjointedly.

I think it does completely stuff up a thread when a poster has had all their posts removed. Certainly threads where a certain fish had lots of posts that now read "deleted" are totally ruined.

But, because I think its a bad idea, I've simply clicked hide not his thread and Poof! It was gone :o I do this a lot when I am pissed off with threads or posters on them.

Tortington · 02/01/2012 22:21

i think its mean to do that actually and it feels wrong.

if someone is being dick, report or ignore. certain topics can be hidden - i think eveything that needs to be done is.

the trouble is we do havr people who feel left out as it is - we see them - but we dont answer them becus things move fast and there are a lot of people, so they think they are being ignored
they feel that their opinion isn;t valuable.

so if there was a hide a psoter function it could really enlarge this feeling even if it wasn't happening at all.

i could imagine a gaggle or mold of mnetters gathering ofboard to use this aas a bullying tactic

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Get0rf · 02/01/2012 22:17

Well, the same as all the threads requesting a like poster button. And requesting an overhaul of the topics list. If people only ask once and when told no never ask again, MNHQ would not really feel that it is something that people wanted.

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Get0rf · 02/01/2012 22:16

That may be the case on some threads, soup, but also there are plently of threads with gaping holes where the OP has requested all her posts be deleted, they read perfectly well.

I don't see the problem, personally.

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SoupDragon · 02/01/2012 22:15

No it won't harm them but it must be very tedious.

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Get0rf · 02/01/2012 22:14

Well then, it won't harm them to answer it again. I have not seen more than a couple of request, but of course I cannot claim to have seen every request in the history of mumsnet.

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SoupDragon · 02/01/2012 22:14

"Threads work perfectly well with a few deletions."

But they don't really. There is often a flurry of "You can't say that!" type posts followed by "What was so bad it ended deleting?" by people who missed it. I read a thread today which made little sense where there had been a few deletions because it was unclear what was deleted and why and who was agreeing with who IYSWIM.

OracleInaCoracle · 02/01/2012 22:12

I have to say, a while ago I was coming round to the "hide poster" idea some posters made my teeth itch and every post they made had me frothing incoherently. then I hid AIBU, and all was peaceful again

SoupDragon · 02/01/2012 22:12

It hasn't been raise a "couple" of times. It has been raised more than that ans, IIRC, every single time MNHQ say they have no plans to do it.

LoremIpsum · 02/01/2012 22:11

Mutt, threads aren't linear though. People crosspost, ignore lots of posts and posters, disregard some information and hone in on other bits, post without reading the whoever thread or even the OP. You're already reading posts that aren't informed by every other post.

DharmaCeutical · 02/01/2012 22:09

Am on the fence with this one. I used to be all in favour but I've recently read a few genuinely kind, witty and insightful posts from someone who I'd written off as being a complete noodle.

Mutt · 02/01/2012 22:08

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Get0rf · 02/01/2012 22:07

And I disputed that your reasoning would not make threads disjointed in the way that you say.

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Get0rf · 02/01/2012 22:02

i can't see how it will make things disjointed - how? Threads work perfectly well with a few deletions.

It would hopefully reduce the bitchery - if you can't see someone's inane posts, you are less likely to react to them and get in an argument.

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LoremIpsum · 02/01/2012 21:57

You're assuming it would affect you, maybe it would. I find that it doesn't and is a fairly normal function elsewhere.

Lissielou, again, my experience has been the opposite of what you're suggesting. It seems to defuse conflict and make trolling and derailing harder.

Tee2072 · 02/01/2012 21:57

It does none of the above. You are all speaking from fear, not experience.

You know what? It'll never happen anyway. This is the same conversation we have every time it comes up. And MNHQ agrees with those who think it will make things disjointed.

Too bad. It's a great feature on many boards.

OracleInaCoracle · 02/01/2012 21:53

I agree with mutt. and that aside, it would cause so much conflict and encourage even more trolling and bitchery.

Mutt · 02/01/2012 21:51

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LoremIpsum · 02/01/2012 21:49

Then you would choose not to use it. It's a feature on other forums I visit. I don't use it, but others do and IME it enhances their experience without affecting mine. I just don't see the problem.

UnexpectedOrangeInMyStocking · 02/01/2012 21:49

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Mutt · 02/01/2012 21:41

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LoremIpsum · 02/01/2012 21:34

What's the difference, Mutt? If you ignore them then you'll just respond to other posters, if there's an ignore button you'll just respond to other posters.