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.