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Original poster

alternative to hiding single posters.

22 replies

OuchPassVodka · 30/09/2010 23:59

would it be possible to hide threads started by inidividual posters? We're not talking missing random posts so the thread doesnt make sense. we are just talking of a way to hide the threads started by a specific poster.

It would be a compromise to the not hiding a single poster thing that you seem so reluctant to do. And it would also be easier to implement.

I am sure others have a view on this so i will invite them to add comment too.

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Northernlurker · 01/10/2010 00:02

But if you see the thread started by the evi poster on active convos you can just go in and hide it yourself? You never know they might say something interesting - seems a bit 'off' to want to hide all threads without so much as seeing them

LowLevelWhiingeing · 01/10/2010 00:02

Crikey, someone/some people, are really bugging you!

Surely you can just not read stuff by someone who bugs you? or does the two clicks you've wasted to get there bug you too?

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OuchPassVodka · 01/10/2010 00:03

i have issues with the hide button as it often fails to hide the requested thread.

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Northernlurker · 01/10/2010 00:03

Tbh I think if you're that bugged by a poster you need to get away from mnet for a bit.....

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OuchPassVodka · 01/10/2010 00:13

oh now northern there are lots of posters that bug me. sometimes it is nice to have a hide functions that works and soemtimes it is nice to see the other threads.

Not sure why i am attracting all the venom as i am not the first person that has raised the issue of hiding single posters recently. It has been mentioned a couple of times and the answer from HQ was if you started hiding posts only from a specific poster then threads wouldnt make sense.

Now if you could fix my hide button i would got break it again hitting it a lot and finding the thread that i am looking for.

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NotanOtter · 01/10/2010 00:15

really

Original poster

OuchPassVodka · 01/10/2010 00:19

maybe i should have put this in AIBU. i thought this was site stuff.

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NotanOtter · 01/10/2010 00:20

yes - maybe you should then we could have said ... well 'yes'

c0rns1lk · 01/10/2010 00:22

Northernlurker · 01/10/2010 00:26

That won't work - if you post on something you can't then hide it!

Ouch - come on - this is site stuff but people may still disagree with you!

c0rns1lk · 01/10/2010 00:27

NotanOtter · 01/10/2010 00:29

northern yes is that so...? i had posted on something i wanted to hide the other day and it seemed to work

Northernlurker · 01/10/2010 00:32

Oh crumbs - have just tried it and it does work! It didn't the last time I tried it - I had to change my interval on threads I'm on to one day to avoid being annoyed!

LastOrdersAgain · 01/10/2010 00:33

So who is bugging you? I bet it's the same person that bugs me You IM me yours and I'll IM you mine!

Northernlurker · 01/10/2010 00:33

Of course now I can't see this thread anywhere.......it definately works.

Tee2072 · 01/10/2010 06:46

My hide button always works. Perhaps the fact that your's doesn't is really what you should be asking MNHQ about.

In fact I'm not sure I understand what you are asking for instead.

Flighttattendant · 01/10/2010 07:36

Brilliant, SOMEONE ELSE started this one so ner to you lot who probably assumed it was me

Ouch, I think it is an excellent idea and we talked about it on another thread a few weeks ago.

MNHQ didn't comment on that particular idea so perhaps they will now you've started this.

Hope so.

Flighttattendant · 01/10/2010 07:39

...and my hide button does work...it's just a hassle having to hide every thread someone starts. Especially if you have already clicked on it not knowing it's one of theirs.

It would make life easier, that's all.

SkylineDrifter · 01/10/2010 08:27

I am full of nosiness and am wondering who anyone would want to hide. Can't be me - I've only ever started one thread and that was yonks ago.

BecauseImWorthIt · 01/10/2010 08:30

Gah. It's me, isn't it?

Sorry.

TrillianAstra · 01/10/2010 09:44

How about in Active Convos (or in topic lists) each thread should say not just who the most recent poster was but also who the OP was.

So, for example, I might be more interested in Reality's SIL than anyone else's SIL, but at the moment I can only see that a thread is about somoene's SIL

Flighttattendant · 01/10/2010 10:37

Yes but then you would still have to see the thread titles before you hid them.

I dunno - yes in the scheme of things it is pointless and pandering but OTOH people got worked up about being able to hide topics, and that's all been done so why not this, as well.

I do really think it would lessen the warfare on here...people who hate each other just wouldn't SEE each other.

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