Sorry, sorry, sorry. HIDE POSTER button again.

[IamtheZombie]

Zombie is old. Zombie is grumpy. She freely admits to those.

Zombie also has one tit left and there are a few posters who are really, really getting on it.

It's getting to the point that she's about ready to take an extended MN holiday just for the sake of her blood pressure and her sanity.

Please, please may we have a hide poster button?

Ooh giving people a limited number would be good. You can hide her but you'll have to reveal this twat face over here if you do. Who goes? YOU decide

I just think it could backfire in that the twats would just hide the people that have the confidence to stand up to them iykwim.

I don't know, I'm waffling. I just can't help thinking of the old school bully trick of excluding a person and making them feel like shit for one slight transgression.

I'd like to add just one sole poster....

I do get the positive side of it paisan, I think being able to just switch off someone who is just being thoroughly nasty to you is a great idea.

I just worry it would be open to miss-use if that makes any sense.

(Blimey, spot the kid who didn't enjoy school very much )

No, it will not work, it's a terrible idea.

I've seen it on another forum I use where one poster informs another that they will hide them. Cue arguments and sniping.

It will be the equivalent of sending people to Coventry, and will lead to posters ganging up on others and general nastiness.

would lead to arguing and sniping, posters ganging up on other posters and general nastiness'.

We've already got all of those .

It just seems a bit petulant to hide someone you disagree with...presumably anyone who's truly offensive will get reported, banned, pitch-forked into oblivion? That just leaves posters that annoy because they're tedious thickoes too chipper, overly enthusiastic or happy and I'm not leavingwe need them to balance out the disenchanted .

Still no word from HQ? Has anyone reported the thread? Not that they are going to change their answer.

And them banning someone for using Greasemonkey would be very bad business. And how are they to know? Tech has enough on his plate without adding 'make it impossible to use Greasemonkey on the site' to his list. Thanks for the script, Hothead.

And everyone's objections are silly. It just doesn't happen that way. Seriously. Go look at Delphi. Their TOS actually says 'before you report someone, try hiding them.' Think of all the work we'll be saving HQ.

And how would it make holes in the threads any more than deleting people for breaking rules does? That argument is a total strawman.

But Justine has spoken on this. And I doubt she'll change her mind.

It won't make holes in the thread - of course not. Not everybody responds to everyone else anyway, so the fact that an individual posters is hiding X poster and cannot see their post will make no difference at all to anyone else's experience of a thread.

The fact that it would be obvious if you repeated what the hidden poster X had said is a fallacy. People repeat what others say all the time on threads anyway. It will make no tangible difference.

I suppose I could just carry on and completely ignore and refuse to engage with the poster(s) who annoy me, but it would make it a lot better if I couldn't see the flaming ignorance and idiocy in the first place, tbh.

I think bof makes a very good argument for it.

I think after years of thinking AIBU (and there rows on there) are a good thing, I am starting to change my mind. The mindset for AIBU threads is so hostile and combative that I never start a thread in there now, as despite being a mouthy cow I just can't be arsed with the wankers who scatterpost on every AIBU thread supposedly knowledgably no matter what the subject. Whatever the MNHQ disclaimer at the top, AIBU is a dedicated fight club. Threads on there must cause MNHQ the most shit. I presume they keep it despite the aggro because it generates a lot of traffic.

fgs people must spend way too much time on here if they think this is a reasonable option.

what's a talk site without talkers? agree with them or not it's all the views that make the site interesting.

i personally don't think mn has changed that much and i have been here a fair while. it's easy to ignore threads that are on the wind up and some people like to be wound up.

suggest people take a break if they get so wound up from one or two posters. get a bit sick of these threads. soupy usually is succinct with her points re hiding posters.

\link{http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/expeditions/mariana/images/annsoupy/kids-easter%20soupy%20closeup.jpg\some useful points here regarding hiding poster option}

I want this, fairly desperately but can see a few problems
The repeated "why are you ignoring my questions to yoy?" Posts followed by realisation that they have you hidden
And also potential for bullying "we should all hide..."

Don't agree that the same posters would be hidden by everyone though. People who highly irritate me, other people think are hilarious frank skinner

Morning all and at taking so long to get back to you all.

I'm afraid the answer is the same as it has always been - here is Justine's response from the October webchat

"Same old answer really - we think there's a danger of mucho confusion - missing posts etc. We are a discussion site that allows differing and unpopular opinions so it just doesn't feel very Mumsnet."

Of course, you could just try being a grown up and dealing with stuff like you would in real life. You know, where there is no option to rub people out.

But it is actually easier to avoid people in real life as you can see them coming!!

I hardly ever post anymore because some people make me want to headbutt my monitor and then launch it into my fishtank.

Meh.

at my xpost with soupy.

@Maryz

Rebecca, just as a matter of interest, do you have a shit list like some of us do, in our heads.

Are there a number of posters about whom you get loads of reports - ones who stay just the right side of the guidelines but are really fucking annoying on zillions of threads?

And is there any way of dealing with them - maybe sending them a message saying "grow up and stop annoying everyone"?

And if so, is it worth reporting, re-reporting the ones who get on my wick in the hope that if enough people report them that you will do something about them (even if technically they aren't actually breaking any rules).

If that makes sense?

Or do I just have to suck it up and avoid threads they are on (ie half the board)?

I luff everyone me

yy, keep reporting, that is what we are here for and we will take a look BUT, we can't ban people for being annoying or for having differing views, no matter how frustrating they are.

Maryz they keep the shit list in the gin cupboard...

I am too nosy to hide posters.

But dear god the wankers...

quick update for Hothead: no luck with the firefox/greasemonkey, it kept freezing my lappie so back on chrome and will have to just slide eyes over the numpties as before - but thank you, I really appreciate you taking time to share your tips.

Sparkling, what we really need is a button for 'move this to the right topic' and then we can hide the topic!

If you report threads some MNHQers are quite good about shuffling things to the correct place.