i don't like all the ignores on the page it has a very negative vibe

[zippitippitoes]

...bad idea having them so in ya face imo

[Kalooooooooooooooooooo20]

ignore is back now !

[zippitippitoes]

just to clarify this is what i mean these two threads are from active convos see the word ignore at the end i don't like it

Post-natal clubs : April 2007 - Who will be first to crawl?............... to the Wispa tin! 284 Posts. Last: from leakyR at 28 Oct 07, 8:36:31 PM ignore
Pregnancy : Pleae advise - does anyone use anti depressants through pregnancy? 3 Posts. Last: from jaq39 at 28 Oct 07, 8:36:18 PM ignore

so all the threads have it and oto me it jumps out in a negative way i'm amazed so many people haven't seen it apparently

[Blu]

Oh, OK, I have found it.

Seems a bit over-managed - i don't think I'll be using it much!

[Blu]

I'm mystified.

What is the ignore function and how do i use it?

I have worked out how to leave certain boards - like for Sale - out of my active convos list...but is the ignore thing different?

[melsy]

ahhh I see it now . I think its just not a nice feeling knowing that myself or others could post threads and find that no one replies and its due to being ignored.

If having posted something difficult and then randomly gets ignored, it could be quite deeply upsetting for them. Its quite subversive in a way , as it will be done unknowingly by the poster. It really doesnt help the community feel at all, in fact it splits MN community even further. Or is it we are giving policing/empowerment to the individual. It just doesn't feel right to me.

[Kalooooooooooooooooooo20]

I think it's gone because I just wanted to ignore (prefer 'hide') something and couldn't

Come On Tech - pls get a bit of change control going on. Perhaps a thread only you can write on in Site Stuff? Then at least we'd know immediately if you'd be tinkering making changes again.

PS please can I have a job at MN if you can make changes with no change control, bane of my life they are!

[melsy]

Has ignore function been removed now?? I cant see it anywere.

[Hekate]

Thanks Rusty.

[RustyBear]

Hekate - click on customise active conversations & you'll find a list of your ignored threads, with 'show' next to each. Click on show and they will reappear (if they are still in active convos of course)

[Hekate]

Call it 'hide' instead.

Can you un-ignore it btw? I am ignoring everything in active convos as I go past it and don't fancy it. What if I want to change my mind?

[DottydotsofBloodOnTheFloor]

Aahh! Hadn't seen the ignore until just now - was obviously mentally ignoring it!

Really don't get that to be honest - am even more confused. If you want to ignore it, you just ignore it, surely???

[HairyIrene]

ah tinker!
you give me hope! oh person with taste in humour!!!

it was just the same joke, short fat hairy one!
he said (we never got to watch)..

(and er, no, am not describing my self!!)

[ScaryScienceT]

Dotty,

You can exclude whole topics, but you can also exclude individual threads in topics that you are otherwise open to.

I don't know about others, but what I have found in the last few days is that I have hardly ever clicked on 'threads I'm on'. I feel that I am reading more threads rather than less.

[zippitippitoes]

I have classic lol

and it is on every thread in active convos in the list thread title ends with ignore

so fifty threads in active convos equals fifty x ignore on the page

[DottydotsofBloodOnTheFloor]

I can't see this either, and I've chosen 'classic' so maybe it doesn't appear.

So why don't you opt for classic? I agree it sounds a bit kind of mean, and I know what people mean re: not being interested in conception/potty training threads any more - but you never know when you can help someone who's right in the middle of potty training hell and you had an experience which might be helpful to share.

[ScaryScienceT]

No worries - probably a case of once bitten twice shy

[Katymac]

Mind you they don't take any notice of me anyway..

[Katymac]

I am sorry & If I'd seen them I would not be happy

I think it's really rude & impolite & I would not stand for it (if I saw it)

[ScaryScienceT]

yes - staff room

[ScaryScienceT]

I'm pretty sure I've seen fark-orfs on CM club threads....

[Katymac]

Or did you mean just the staff room - I guess there are lots of injokes there but non minders do join in

[Katymac]

Scarey - sorry you don't feel welcome on CM bits

CMClub which we put at the front of some threads was started as a way to wanr others that it was going to be a bit of a whinge (often about parents) but it has evolved

But I think parenta are most welcome - sorry if you feelnot

[ScaryScienceT]

There is already a negative feel to many of the threads.

Anything that is a 'club' is out-of-bounds to non-members. The CM staffroom is off limits to everyone except childminders, even though many of us could positively contribute. Regional thread are pretty useless to most.

By having the ignore button, we can avert our eyes from threads that don't welcome us.

[zippitippitoes]

i'm starting to wonder whether i'm hallucinating again

in the active convos list every thread has ignore tagged on the end

and i think that gives a lousy negative feel to talk

[LIZS]

Think "ignore" should come once you have opened the thread , then at least it gets a reading. Ignoring topics seems less personal somehow.