AIBU to wish

[Alisvolatpropiis]

That there was a "block poster" option?

Who has pissed you off???

Who has pissed you off???

YANBU.

There are three people I would block.

Obviously, I won't name them. It's nothing to do with their arguments as such; from time to time I agree with them. But they are inevitably aggressive in how they put these arguments across.

Yabu because threads won't make sense with posts missing

Apparently there's some secret way, only on a desktop though. I read a post about it a while back, but now have forgotten where!

Oh dear velvet hope it's not me! I don't nc but read alot that ppl do.

I wouldn't use a block poster button because the nasty arses usually get put in their place and it's quite satisfying.

I find it genuinely interesting reading posts from people who have very different perspectives to me. My friends and I are a pretty homogenous group and it's fascinating to see how people interpret things differently. Mostly I laugh sometimes I fume and very occasionally I change my mind.

Yes I would love to block a few twats on here.

Would it block all future NNs too?

I think it's better to call twats out when they are being twatty rather than leaving them to it.

Apparently adding the Greasemonkey script while using Firefox does the trick. Is that what you mean, Janine?

No one in particular and I don't doubt I piss people off!

But sometimes I see threads deteriorate rapidly and wonder if it wouldn't be easier to just block posters. Because it always seems to be the same posters.

Sometimes though even a polite disagreement gets them unbelievably riled.

It puts me off contributing to some threads (views not particularly controversial) as some will make out you're attacking them personally.

So for example (and I really am using this as an example, views not my own!)
'Some people on benefits do live lives that aren't poverty stricken, so in some cases the government could do with making cutbacks.'
Why do you want my children to starve?

Hard not to be drawn in especially when abusive terms and language are used to address you. Easier to ignore.

The only problem is that threads would make less sense if you blocked certain people. Then you'd have to further enrage yourself by going to the bother of unblocking them to see what the feckers were saying.

That's it hooby! Haven't done it myself though.

The thing is squoosh, I know almost verbatim what the posters I'd like to bloke would say.

Some posters do seem out to either goad others or just wanting to throw insults, I always wonder whether they're like this IRL or whether they get all their rage out on MN.