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Is there a "hide/block poster" option?

112 replies

coolbeans · 15/02/2009 13:03

Maybe I'm being a bit dim, but I can't see it. pl. could you point me in the direction if it exists?

If not, wouldn't this be a good idea? Lots of other forums have this function - it's no biggie, it is not as if the other poster knows that you have hidden them.

Have MNHQ looked into this and already dismissed it?

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Jux · 15/02/2009 13:05

I think that's an appalling idea. Sorry.

BlueSapphire77 · 15/02/2009 13:06

Don't know
If someone pisses you off, ignore them lol

Flamesparrow · 15/02/2009 13:06

No.

Be a grown up and ignore them

BlueSapphire77 · 15/02/2009 13:07

Plus its annoying if they block you then go saying bad things about you and you can't read them but everyone else can bad idea and shitstirrer heaven IMHO

fryalot · 15/02/2009 13:09

oh well done, you've now managed to bring out paranoid delusions in every single mumsnetter

Lulumama · 15/02/2009 13:10

i think we are grown up enough to actually talk to people who might have upset us, rather than ignoring them

fattiemumma · 15/02/2009 13:12

i can see why you may like the idea, there are some posters who only ever seem to post things that annoy me. but i realise that that is MY problem rather than thiers.

its a bad idea.

Mooseheart · 15/02/2009 13:12

I really can't fathom why you'd want to block a poster. I'd still be interested in their opinions and what they had to say even if they had seriously pissed me off.

Flamesparrow · 15/02/2009 13:13

lulu - after I posted I was thinking that being a grown up probably wasn't achieved by ignoring them

TrillianAstra · 15/02/2009 13:15

Wouldn't you end up completely missing what was going on in a thread if you couldn't see what one poster had written?

See all old threads where you just get

followed by
"I agree with Cod"
and there is no way to find out what she was right about.

Lulumama · 15/02/2009 13:16

@ flame !

BennyAndSwoon · 15/02/2009 13:19
TheBFG · 15/02/2009 13:20

I used to be on another forum where this feature existed. Not only that, but you were able to know who was ignoring you.

One particular poster, who basically personally attacked everyone who didn't agree with his views had about 300 posters on his ignore list. But he used to look at the threads without logging into the site, and then log in and pretend he didn't know what was being said.

So we (perhaps a tad childishly) used to start threads with totally innocent titles, and would discuss him on them, and then play innocent when he claimed to be victimized, saying that he had everyone on ignore anyway so what we were saying couldn't possibly affect him. .

It's a seriously bad idea because huge parts of threads would be missed by those ignoring certain posters, and if you then tried to comment on a thread where lots of people on your ignore list were posting the thread does become very disjointed.

Lulumama · 15/02/2009 13:22
FairLadyRantALot · 15/02/2009 13:33

that is a terrible idea..
I realise some people may wind you up...but sure if you were able to block people that simply disagree with you, well, you would sort of just expose yourself to likeminded people and then would never have the need to question your own beliefs...and that would be a dumb idea, I think...

deepinlaundry · 15/02/2009 13:35

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dragonbutter · 15/02/2009 13:37

I have an internal block poster option.
I freely ignore posts of some mumsnetters.

Lulumama · 15/02/2009 13:37

deepinlaundry.. did you report the personal attacks to MN HQ?

fattiemumma · 15/02/2009 13:39

if the function existed i would have used it on two posters.

but then i would have missed out on some fantastic rucks.

i see a thread but can't be arsed to post, i then notice they have posted some drivel that just irritates me so i post away.

its all their fault

fryalot · 15/02/2009 13:39

deepinlaundry - if someone is following you around the board posting nasty things about you, this is cyber bullying and should be reported so that MNHQ can put a stop to it.

Please don't let her stop you from posting on here.

KerryMumbles · 15/02/2009 13:40

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dragonbutter · 15/02/2009 13:42

has anyone seen kerrymum? I haven't seen her for a while.

KerryMumbles · 15/02/2009 13:43

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deepinlaundry · 15/02/2009 13:45

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fryalot · 15/02/2009 13:46

dil: it doesn't make you sound pathetic at all. It can be very distressing when someone is following you around being mean.

I've had something a bit similar and it's absolutely horrible!

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