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Is there a "hide/block poster" option?

112 replies

coolbeans · 15/02/2009 13:03

Maybe I'm being a bit dim, but I can't see it. pl. could you point me in the direction if it exists?

If not, wouldn't this be a good idea? Lots of other forums have this function - it's no biggie, it is not as if the other poster knows that you have hidden them.

Have MNHQ looked into this and already dismissed it?

OP posts:
PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 15/02/2009 15:30

how very horrid

FairLadyRantALot · 15/02/2009 15:29

cockblocker....what is that then simply?

cuntwhacker I assumed it would simply be another term for a cock...but what do I know....I have defintely let a far to protected life...[rofl at the thought of the latter]

oh and cocklodger is priceless...

Simplysally · 15/02/2009 15:20

Love cockblocker .

Cuntwacker sounds painful .

BennyAndSwoon · 15/02/2009 15:11

I think Custy might have used the word the first time I saw it.

No idea what it means, but a fantastic term of abuse.

solidgoldbullet4myvalentine · 15/02/2009 15:07

Fairlady: cocklodger = bloke who homes in on desperate single women so he can get fed, have his laundry done, sit on her sofa all day watching the telly in return for the occasional shag or reluctantly-performed bit of DIY.

Actually I don't know what a cuntwhacker is (apart from a BDSM implement but I don't think that was what was meant in this case).

FairLadyRantALot · 15/02/2009 15:05

mind still boggling about that cocklodger...and rofling at cuntwacker...

fattiemumma · 15/02/2009 15:04

not sure about cocklodger but i was called a cockblocker recently.
had to call my brother for an explanation.

apparantly this person was upset as i had prevented him from sjhagging a friend of mine by informing her he had a wife.

BennyAndSwoon · 15/02/2009 15:04

And cuntwacker

That was a new one to me (not sure it was solidgold who used it)

mollyroger · 15/02/2009 15:03

and the 'objectionable' poster could just keep namechanging anyway...
No, sorry OP, I think it's a fairly horrible idea which could end in tears tbh.

FairLadyRantALot · 15/02/2009 15:01

rofl at "cocklodger"...
[pondering what that might be...anyone willing to enlighten me???]

expatinscotland · 15/02/2009 15:00

and imagine if you put a brilliant poster like solidgold on hide.

you'd never learn such incredibly useful and awesome terms as 'cocklodger'.

solidgoldbullet4myvalentine · 15/02/2009 14:53
daftpunk · 15/02/2009 14:49
solidgoldbullet4myvalentine · 15/02/2009 14:43

Oh, no thanks. That would be no fun. Far more satisfying, if someone is being horrid to you, to read all their posts and thank them for the free publicity they are giving you, or give the abuse marks out of ten or something.

MerryPonymum · 15/02/2009 14:39

It just gives people an excuse to stamp foot petulantly and sweep off in high dudgeon, having played what they think is the trump card - puts MeanOlePoster on Ignore

Like MeanOlePoster will care! And anyway I bet FeelingGotAtPoster sneaks back for a look after the red mists of rage clear away.

FairLadyRantALot · 15/02/2009 14:36

lol Simply...indeed.......you's been in your own virtual reality....

Simplysally · 15/02/2009 14:31

Anything that coudl dissect the threads is a poor idea. Imagine only being able to see your own responses to a thread . At least you'd never get dissent.

oggsdog · 15/02/2009 14:28

Coldtits, how did they kill each other?

Wouldn't they have had to have done it simultaneously? Did they have a countdown?

FairLadyRantALot · 15/02/2009 14:25

Simply...Facebook is different though...isn't it?

As for just enabling the direct contact....well....I suppose as I don't have cat...it would not make any difference to me...
as long as you can't block people in the way that you can't see them/they see you on threads...because well...I think it would make rather confused reading material then, lol

Simplysally · 15/02/2009 14:17

I belong to a couple of other sites, one of them Facebook. On FB you can block someone and you'll vanish completely to them so it looks as though you have suspended your account.

The other site which is a chat site similar in layout to this one, you can block someone from contacting you which equally stops you from contacting them (I pointed out to them it was frustrating that someone could block you and still email you, so they tweaked it) but you can still see them on the site/read their profile. You just can't contact anyone whose blocked you and vice versa.

I rather like the no-block function as it could be used to bully sometimes by someone writing a contentious email or CAT then blocking so they can't reply. This stops all that.

Coldtits · 15/02/2009 14:12

SD, she did , 12 minutes ago!

Coldtits · 15/02/2009 14:12

there's a science fiction story about a child who was raised alone, by a robot, and he meets another child who was raised alone, by a robot.

They kill each other because neither of them has ever had to deal with a conflicting view or a need that isn't their own.

SoupDragon · 15/02/2009 14:11

Why hasn't the OP come back?

[childish]

southeastastra · 15/02/2009 14:08

omg you want to hide me don't you

daftpunk · 15/02/2009 14:06

maybe we're all too nice on here?