Muting a poster

[FeralWoman]

Is it possible to mute or block a poster?

I’m sick of seeing his/her posts.

I'd definitely mute/block you for this saccharine arse kissing post.

Only half joking

I bet it's the same one too. I keep sitting on my hands when he posts.

Is this relating to a 'funny' poster on this parenting website?

A mute poster would definitely be useful.

I might be on the same other forum as @FeralWoman (or it might be a completely different one) and it is very useful to mute the occasional poster who adds nothing to the discussion but long posts full of tripe. I rarely notice people's user names on here to be honest though, it's a bigger pool and more anonymous than the other forum.

I don't even read people's usernames.

How is it that one poster is managing to upset/annoy you so much?

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Australian forum? Do we know each other? 🤔

Yes the mute function is handy when you’ve had enough of a poster but want to still read a thread that they’re posting in. Good way to reduce conflict too.

I kinda like the posters that get under my skin a little, because it’s usually something in me that needs looking at - causes some reflection about my reaction.

After all they are just a person, one of many, with a view. I think a mute button might create some intolerance. We all have to put up with some annoying people. It’s life ( looking across the office at a man that has barely done any work since he arrived) 🤷‍♀️

I love the mute button on the other forum I frequent. It's fantastic when there's a poster who dislikes you and follows you around trying to pick a fight. It stops you being tempted to respond, because you don't actually see what they've said!

I don’t notice usernames either

No. Not Australian.

Hello @FeralWoman right now, as previous posters have said, you can't mute or block a poster on Mumsnet. Never say never, but we've considered that such a feature may negatively impact the flow of discussion.

You can, of course, report anyone who may be breaking our Talk guidelines.

It works fine on loads of other forums, I don't see why it would be any different on mumsnet. I'd love to be able to mute/block posters.

Some posters really put me, and other women I know, off posting here. It would be a much better site if we could mute/block.

I was on a big forum for many years and it had a mute button. I eventually couldn't read threads because everyone was blocked 🤗

That's ridiculous unless they blocked you too. You can read anybody's thread and posts when you're not blocked regardless of if they blocked each other.

A predominantly American one? 😉

We need names

I don't mean that I couldn't read their posts, I meant that I had blocked so many people that when I opened a thread, it was full of blank posts.

They definitely mean you @JesusOnAYamaha

😂😂 oh my goodness! Sorry I misread. That is hilarious actually! I can see it happening to me too possibly.

This happened to me on Digital Spy back in the day. That forum turned into one big circle jerk!

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One complication would be name changes. You would have to count them separately I think or you would risk people being able to guess from the fact that they were blocked.

Rude! I will mute you