Ignored members

Admin has no way of seeing who is on another user's ignore list and if we could we would never act against a user solely because other users have placed them on ignore. Think about it, all it would take is (based on your example) 10 persons who are ultra sensitive (read that as "get their undies in a bunch over nothing") to get a large number of highly respected long term users removed.

I have never placed a member on ignore. Even if you did you would still be subject to their posts if another member quotes them.

Maybe you are on her "ignore list" Oncefallen

but I'm mature enough to be able to either just not read their posts (or if I do, not respond).

I have you all on ignore so only my opinion counts.

Uh, I was about to gravebump a 2 year old thread and lo and behold this very topic is at the top of suggestions. I was going to try user2user tech but I suppose this will suffice.


Anyway, I am wondering if I will get a notification at this point if a person quotes me or not. It seems I am able to see other users quote the person on ignore.


I've only done this twice (I think) and I'm still a bit iffy about whether it's appropriate or not to even use the function.


I'm also quite interested in the ban system if anyone is willing to share info privately. I can see why this wouldn't be discussed publicly but I rarely alert mods and usually second guess if I am overreacting, so I'm kind of curious what is "tying up someone's time" and something "legitimate" and a list of what that might be. There are of course obvious reasons to report, but flaming/baiting/causing dissention are on my personal list and that's pretty vague to reach a consensus on. To be clear, even a reason for why that is of no concern would be helpful or if I am indeed overreacting (which happens occasionally )

That might be a lonely place to be.

Your questions were a bit unclear. Are you asking if you get notified if you have someone blocked, if they quote you? If that's what you're asking the answer is no. It would defeat the purpose of an ignore to alert you of things done by the person you're ignoring.

I'm not sure what there is to discuss, privately, about how bans work.
Discussing reasons for why someone is banned is not permitted, but inquiring about the way it functions is fine.

On the old site there was a posting of rules, I don't believe they do this any longer.
Some people are trigger happy when it comes to reporting people, and often times such people, when they report others, are taken less seriously. Kind of a boy who cried wolf situation.
It seems fairly common sense when it's fitting to report someone, for the most part.
I'd suspect you're inadvertently complicating it. If you find yourself reporting often, you may want to ease off and lower your standards.
If a situation arises you're not sure of, maybe wait it out a little and see if it gets worse or resolves itself before deciding.
And keep in mind reporting simply means mods will look at the persons posts and determine if their behavior warrants action or not, so reporting does not mean they are in trouble. It's easier to let the mods decide as they are in the position to see things clearer.

Ok thanks. The first did answer my question. Let's say I post on a thread with a person who is on ignore and they see my post they basically can't quote me and me be able to see it.


Not having posted rules is sort of atypical for sites I've been on. It helps to have community policing but yeah I for sure understand "clogging" with too many reports. It also seems to make sense that some people might report when they don't need to. Appreciate the help. I guess it's just seeing people trolling/baiting that caused me to think about it a bit deeper because I can't know "for sure" and it's kind of vague. Usually there's a consensus regarding that from a particular user though.