Ignore poster button

There is a mn saying Ssargassosea, the famous parallel universe, I've done it myself. In RL I'd say I don't agree, on mn I live in a parallel universe if I think op and several other posters are wrong.

I must be on some parallel universe Mumsnet - I don't have a problem with irritating goady posts, I can ignore them.

If it's always on the same topic then isn't it just that they've got a different opinion? Or is there something in particular they are doing that's unacceptable? There's one particular topic that I know some of the responses will wind me up about (from posters that have an opposing view to mine) So i just hide those threads before reading them. I've seen people being accused of being goady when really they just had a different (perfectly valid) opinion to the people accusing them of being goady.

Mine are aware, I said it in the flow of their "make this thread MINE" tirades.

Don't=can't stand.

I don't gf who come on a thread with an op who genuinely asked for advice and make it about themselves. There are a couple at present who, if real, published most of their life in days and have blown up a handful of threads in the process.

Id like to block someone who really irritates me with her endless boasting. She name changes a lot so i can't ignore her posts until I have read them. iyswim

As we are allowed to change our usernames you couldn't have it set up to block a particular poster as that would let posters have a way of linking a users different nicknames.

i think the only way it would work would be if you could block a nickname but only on a thread by thread basis. It would be a bit of a half way house solution but I think it would work for me.

Meh. I've got two posters hidden using Firefox/greasemonkey and I don't have any Swiss cheese issues (although, one of the posters has left so she's not an issue any more in any case). Even on threads where the posters are prolific it is no bother - I know the sort of shit they will be saying so I know I'm not missing anything :)

The first person I hid was because she was pissing all over my chips whenever I posted, and I reacted every time so it was that or be banned, the second person was simply because they are so blinkered and unswerving (and disingenuous) on a particular subject that I could not be bothered to read their tripe any more.

Sadly it only works when I am on the PC rather than the twatphone, so I'm still in the 'beg MN for this' crowd...

Are the posters being referred to that people want to hide always winding people up on the same subject? Or on various different subjects?

It would be quite a funny moment when a GF realises that the majority of MN has them hidden cos NO ONE is replying to anything they say. "I guess I am a bit of an arse."

Someone can probably write a app that could be customised for this very purpose. I've got one that blocks any mention of the Kardash1ans - very satisfying to see thread titles or posts simply vanish before your eyes.

I can understand the desire to do this, but I think it would be unworkable in practice and possibly make the site more unpleasant.

I would much rather have a "hide threads by", or "hide threads with the word...." in them, especially the latter.

Vivennemary, the block function would only work for your own personal preferences- you wouldn't be blocking for anyone else, just yourself.

One person's enemy could still be someone else's' friend, see?

It's a greasemonkey script extension we need if HQ don't want to do it.

I can't see how on a site as large as MN how one poster can get on your nerves so much. On a small forum with a few posters yes. But if most people wanted this then fair enough. But somebody's bestest friend might be someone else's worst enemy.

If you feel so invested in the site you feel posters must be hidden, it's time to step back and have a break from MN

You can just not read posts by certain posters, idea?

Hide the posters as is or all their sock puppets usernames?

Hide everyone with the same IP address? Or just each poster as is, from multiple IPs? Some have fixed IP addys, some don't....

It's a bit of a nightmare, but could be done if you hid each poster as they came. You might find that all the posters you hate are indeed the same person.... using different sock puppets. Then you could nominate them as is and as they come.

Personally I can spot who's who even if they change their name during the thread... Posting styles are more difficult to change than names, and of course if they're sockpuppeting it's even easier to identify them

I think an unlimited hide poster function is an excellent idea and less work to manage from MN's point of view than a limited hide poster number.