Hide Poster (again!)

[UltraBOF]

Hide me, hide me!

I think that it's time to revisit the arguments for this again: the site is much bigger and full of wankers than it used to be, and there is a lot of unnecessary conflict. Given that civilian moderators have been discounted, and that the community team's workload is practically Dickensian, don't you think that anything which will reduce personal attacks and thus the need for deletions would be a good thing?

I understand that Justine is worried that threads "won't make sense", but given that a) people mostly talk shite anyway and fly off-topic (eg Larkers in the face of Po-some OPs etc); and b) the hide button would be individually activated by choice and not compulsory, I don't think this argument really holds water.

There are many posters mature enough to never need to shield themselves from the profoundly irritating, and some folk are naturally imbued with a zen-like calm in the face of fucknuggetry, but for the rest of us, please please please give us the option to simply never have to read the posts of people we know invariably get on our last nerve.

I am convinced that spats will reduce; people will participate more widely and constructively in threads, instead of having to hide them once their nemesis appears; goading will become much less sustained; and the bill to MNHQ for gin at weekends will be slashed to pre-2005 levels.

What's not to like?

A knee jerk reaction maybe but at the moment I'm for.
After just reading the David Cameron live feed thread, yes absolutely for.

However, I might return to my usual ambivalence in time

Hully: maybe everyone is hiding you already?

I think you're right Dumble.

Tho that's not a bad thing cos look! I can do the naked shimmy and waggle my arse at people and they don't know.

I wouldn't get paranoid.

You is all just words onna screen, innit?

parsing and ed etc you are right, the "hide poster" option would only help an individual's blood pressure, not anyone else's. Not everyone is annoyed by the exact same things as me. Other posters are bound to be irritated by me too.

I try to just ignore some posts/ posters, don't open certain threads, have started to look at who started the thread, rather than just looking at the thread title, but still haven't customised MN to block some topics yet. I don't want the Google experience of my leanings being honed until I only see things I approve of. Sometimes righteous indignation at someone else's post, just means I have to ignore it. I don't hide threads.

Reporting a thread/ particularly offensive comment doesn't mean that it will be deleted, as said earlier, some posters are just within Talk Guidelines; I'm not so perfect that I've not been deleted either (NB don't comment on other threads about threads) but I know I feel better for reporting something, even if MNHQ, don't think it warrants deletion. It was cathartic though

I'm either changing my mind or sitting on the fence now.

I think some people are exaggerating the impact of a hide button. It wouldn't be about "sculpting" the entire site and never bring disagreed with. All it is would be for is removing from my eyeline the one or two persistently annoying twats WHO REALLY GET ON MY TITS .

That's it. Really. Civilisation will not end.

I can't BELIEVE GGB is not naked. Even in a movie where he played a Catholic priest he was naked for 50% of the film. Y Tu Mama Tambien - naked 70% of the time. Motorcycle diaries - naked

It's why he's my favourite actor.

You need a "Reveal Actor" button more than you need a "Hide Poster" button.

Was he now?

I've seen Moto Diaries, don't remember him nekkid. I'll have to watch it again. What's Y Tu like?

I'm pretty sure he was ...

I'll have to watch it again, just to make sure.

Y Tu Mama is basically a story of him and his best friend and a woman travelling around Mexico bonking like mad, and trying to find a beach.

It's incredible.

Oh yes, he was also naked in Amores Perros - which is a movie about dogs

I don't think he was in Babel.

Maybe he's reformed now?

Are you keen on Spanish films in gen, or just nekkid him?

I think a 'hide poster' button is a good idea.

If you want to use it, then you use it.

If you think it's a shitty idea, then you just don't use it.

I don't see how it's existence would impact upon you in any way unless you decide to click it.

I agreee with BOF, you don't have to use it, and if it enhances the site for some, why not? People always moan about change, but mumsnet isn't a dictatorship, noone forces you to use the buttons. I am in a vile mood, ill and hormonal. I darent open some threads because I know that my filter is off today. And if I see the couple of posters that really piss me off, I will get into trouble. If I was on desktop, I would see the op and last poster, which helps, but I am too ill so am on phone. So its potluck.

I like Spanish-language films in general, it's not just about nekkid people (e.g. Almadovar and stuff).

Perhaps we should move this discussion elsewhere ...

If there was a 'hide poster' button you would still see a particular posters most offensive comments: as inevitably someone quotes / bolds something back to comment on it, followed by "did you mean to be so rude?" or "have you got any helpful suggestions?" and the thread gets derailed, yet again.

Yes, it might be quoted back, etc, but it reduces the chance of seeing it. And if you link the hide poster to report then mnhq can get a better idea of who to put on their OTW list. Eg, a lot of FWR regs would hide the same posters, so hq can see that X has been hidden by 30 posters, so take a look at their history and see what they are doing to piss people off.

^^ would you like to start a new thread on nudity in films? Concentrating on the differences between American actors / European actors / subsection on Ewan Macgregor's inability to stop showing his, ahem, manhood off... .

Don't put it in FWR though, you have to look incredibly closely to see the difference between waxing and shaving. But it is a political point, nevertheless

yes yes greenhill!

Let's do that. I'll see y'all in chat

Good point blame but surely some of the same posters are being reported to them anyway?

Yes, but it stops them winding up the normal posters until they snap.

I've always been against hide poster, until recently. I use it on fb, and its made my experience much easier.

YY I do that on FB too, it is much more soothing.

Having been on other sites where you have a hide poster button, a lot of what people think will happen just isn't the case, even on the site where you can quote full posts at the drop of a hat.

You choose to hide a poster and then it just doesn't bother you. The number of times you see posts as someone has quoted them is small, debate still goes on as you only tend to hide people who get on your tits for a long time and/or who are constantly offensive.

The message we keep getting from MNHQ is that their inboxes are overflowing with reports. In terms of the forum, hiding the constantly offensive - or the people who only come on to cause trouble would be good for the blood pressure of everyone.

Thank you. My point exactly. Good for the blood pressure.

Will the naked men make mine go up or down?

Depends on what you want to go up or down