MN HQ, time for a hide poster function?

[SummerGems]

I have always been opposed to the idea of a hide poster function on the basis that if someone is particularly offensive then one can skim past their posts.

But having just seen yet another thread highjacked by posters with an agenda, I do actually think that it’s time to bring such a function into the picture. That way posts by those who clearly have an agenda would be hidden and not viewed, threads wouldn’t be derailed so quickly, and we could potentially get back to a point where posters aren’t talking about wanting to leave mn because of the levels of offensive postings on certain threads.

And yes, I know this thread is likely to be highjacked by those very posters.

I also know that you advise posters to report offensive posts but let’s be honest here, a lot of offensive posts aren’t being removed likely because A, there isn’t time/ability to keep up with all reports, and B, because offence is subjective so what a poster might consider offensive someone else or mn hq might not.

That way posts by those who clearly have an agenda would be hidden and not viewed, threads wouldn’t be derailed so quickly, and we could potentially get back to a point where posters aren’t talking about wanting to leave mn because of the levels of offensive postings on certain threads.

Your argument doesn’t make logical sense you OP.

Just because you had a poster hidden it doesn’t mean everyone else would. So threads would still get derailed, you just wouldn’t be able to understand why because your thread would have holes in it.

Go and have a look at classics threads with deleted posters like LaQueen on them - there are whole chunks which are hard to follow because of the number of deleted posts.

I think it would make your own MN experience much poorer.

You’re a grown up, just tut and ignore if you don’t like a post and report if it’s breaking guidelines.

It won't help. On certain subjects there is no point trying to have a debate on MN about it.