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I have seen many people complaining that they are mistakenly putting people on ignore. Why no notification to proceed after ignore is clicked on?

Example are watch and notify


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It will be good if we have such notification for ignore.

I don’t think it’s necessary. You can’t see the posts of users on your ignore list, but you can still see that they’ve posted in the thread, right? So why not keep it simple--a quick "ignore" and "unignore" option with just a click would make it more user-friendly. No need to overcomplicate it!

If I mistakenly putting people on ignore, I would click Unignore when I read some thread where the users I don't want to hide post in that thread. Because the forum still show the username, if the forum completely remove the username, then it's important to have notification because it's to make sure we're not click ignore on wrong users. Even I'm already quite long in this forum, but I can't remember all high rank users if they're turn inactive.

I just checked my ignore list and noticed I have ignored three users mistakenly.


The problem is that if you have many users in your ignore list, you may not remember which users you have ignored deliberately and which users mistakenly.

I have already suggested (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5503118.msg64611698#msg64611698) this change in Little things that bug you/me about the forum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5503118.msg64330447#msg64330447) by PowerGlove (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3486361) about a couple of hours ago.

I believe he will implement the change when he gets the time for it.

  I too don't think it's necessary for a notification to be placed on the "ignore" button even if it was done unintentionally because eventually you'd see their posts in a thread like @Freedomgo mentioned. Sometimes too much implementation affects the originality of something.
Anyways, it's up to @PowerGlove to see if it's a necessary requirement to implement when he looks it up.

An alert for clicking the particular feature is actually okay, I also saw the thread and I saw a link showing the list of ignored users), to be honest  I didn't know it existed until now despite my stay on the forum though I don't use it ( the ignore feature)... After checking,  I saw upto 5 ignored users though most time I do unignore once I sees I come across it on a thread ( I already know I made the mistake :)).

I think some users do scroll past it without noticing it because it's barely noticeable attimes in a mega post threads where you have to scroll over and over, If it brings convenience then it can be implemented, I think Alone055 suggested remember choice to prevent seeing it everytime if some users don't want the popup

It’s frustrating when you accidentally put someone on ignore without realizing it. A notification to confirm the action would definitely help prevent these mistakes. Just like we have notifications for other actions, having one for the ignore feature would be a great addition. It would ensure that users are aware of their actions and can avoid unintended consequences. Let’s hope this suggestion gets implemented soon!

I don't see it as too much of a complication. It's just a simple pop-up notification like the other features in the OP. I think many people who make this mistake are people who access the forum through a phone. When I was using my phone I had similar issues once or twice. You wouldn't know you've ignored the user till you see their post and see that it's ignored.
If you're a user who has many accounts on ignore, you will not recognise every account, and you may not be able to tell if it was created intentionally or by mistake and you might just skip it. So I agree that a pop-up notification is a good thing in this case.

I often click the ignore button unintentionally and I just noticed them once I came across to a thread that they have a reply, but I guess it's not much hassle at all because sometimes others want to ignore those users, so confirmation doesn't necessarily to have a confirmation. If this implemented of course we will adjust.

The only time I always make the mistake of adding someone to my ignore list is if I'm making use of mobile to navigate through the forum, which most times I notice immediately, while sometimes it's when I come across the users comment on a thread, like a member has mentioned above, that I will notice it and will unignore the user immediately. That warning/notification message will help reduce the number of users that's being ignored mistakenly.

Very few people ignore other people and less cases of mistaken ignore, so the suggestion is unnecessary.

And if you feel that an ignored user is not a member you want to ignore, click on Unignore, and get it done easily. If a user is not in your memory, but shows as Ignored member, you can Unignore him too.

Otherwise, if you remember that ignored member is a spammer, scammer, let it be.

Anche io!
I also had this problem which caused me to receive a lot of emails and this literally drive me much crazy.
So i wasnt stupid for not knowing how to turn off notification.
I really hope it gets fixed soon, because there are some threads i really want to follow.

I have mistakenly ignored someone from a thread but when I was scrolling down to the thread I noticed the person has being ignore by me unknowingly and immediately removed it from ignore list, so such notification is important if theymos can approves it, but I know that one's you ignore someone you will notice it in that thread, except that you're not observate enough, because the profile of the person will show indifferent from other users, except its a situation whereby you don't bother to cross check the thread you post or comment after you have posted, your ideas is good

There is no need for the extra interface. If you want to watch/unwatch a user then its simple as that. Same thing applies to other call to actions one would want to make in the forum. Such as, sending of merits, deleting of post, reply, moving topic etc.

The Bitcointalk forum is designed in a way that an action is completed in just one stop, there is no two step to anything. Although to some persons its a bad user experience but knowing about this. Its advisable that all forum members should make sure they look twice before clicking any action.

I don't need or want a nagging question always if I (really) want to ignore a shitposter, troll or someone who constantly annoys me for whatever reasons. My ignore list isn't that large, I'm somewhat permissive to some extend.

How would you accidently click on ignore? It's not that the ignore link is at a prominent spot to accidently hit. And if you did, simply show the hidden post and click on unignore to undo your mistake. That's no rocket science.

I also quite often check briefly what people I ignored posted newly when I visit topics I'm interested in. In most cases I'm reassured that my decision was good and ignoring is justified for me. In rare cases I reconsider the ignore action, As I don't ignore lightly, it doesn't happen very often.

okay, do you seriously feel atleast 3 people ( myself inclusive) would be attesting for something that's true? It ain't a coincidence neither is it a glitch in matrix but I've been struggling with this for a long time now. I'd have to constantly refresh a page to see who got ignored accidentally -- especially when in a hurry.

well, nobody has a problem with that; maybe you're not experiencing this due to the type of device you're on?
I think this would be a very useful development in here as it'd save me the stress of reloading a page twice.

All you'll have to click is one more button: 'OK' to ignore whoever you want to ignore, that is not too much or nagging in my honest opinion. It is easy to mistakenly ignore users on the forum, it has happened to me a few times, but i quickly noticed because i barely have an ignore list. It wouldn't be bad if op's suggestion is implemented, i also believe the problem is more prevalent with members who use mobile devices to access the forum.

Meaningful suggestion. It will be helpful, especially for mobile phone users because at a slight mistake, you could ignore anyone. It has happened to me. I believe this will not be a big work for PowerGlove to implement.

The nagging question should be the more reason you should hastily confirm you actually want to ignore. Maybe next time, you wouldn't want to read the confirmation message again because it won't change, you go ahead, double click and ignore

How is it even possible to do something you don't want, in this particular case, put someone on ignore? It has never happened to me that I unintentionally put someone on ignore, sent more merits than I wanted or something similar. I wonder if we should ask for additional confirmation on the forum for each action - I have one too - when registering, the question "Do you really want to be a member of this forum?" should be asked.

Maybe that would deter some spammers, plagiarists or those who think it's normal to use artificial intelligence instead of their brain.

Possible, Fat fingers. :D

I might have ignored someone intentionally while zooming in/out while reading from my mobile but not that often and also it's not possible that it goes unnoticed cause every time when we ignore/unignore a user the page will refresh so it's good enough as a warning for me to realized I touched somewhere which I am not to.

The specific issue that apparently mostly mobile phone users have when scrolling through forum posts didn't occur to me. I rarely read forum posts on my mobile phone and I'm almost never logged in to my forum account when using a mobile phone. Very likely the reason why the problem didn't bother me.

The correct solution would be to show the confirmation request for an ignore action only for mobile phone users and not for desktop users.

It happened to me as well, and more than once. Iirc, it usually happen when I want to check someone's Trust rating, so its a case of a good old missclick. 

Having said that, I don't see a reason for having the extra step in order to avoid it as even if/when it happens, its very easy to click "Unignore" and problem solved.

It happens mostly to people that are visiting this forum using the mobile phone. I guess you are using computer to visit this forum. That is the reason you have not unintentionally clicked on ignore to mistakenly ignore someone. Although most time that I accidentally click on it, I noticed and click on it back so that I can remove the user from the ignore list. But I think it would be a nice feature to have confirmation window for something like that.

I never log in to the forum from a smartphone because I don't consider it safe, and as I see this way of using the forum has some disadvantages. It's not just random ignoring of a user, it also results in impossible or very difficult editing of messages, which again results in posts that look very ugly.


I have nothing against implementing something like that on the forum, it will surely help many people not to make such a mistake - although as you say, it is a mistake that is very easy to correct because you still see the user you ignored, you just don't see his posts.

Very good one and it would surely improve the user-experience of the forum software, limit mistakes on that feature and save users the hassle of manually correcting the mistakes Immediately or at a later time when it is discovered.


Talking about user-friendly, you would know and would agree with me that when you are notified on the implications of your action and better still when you are making it unintentionally, you consider it a friendly gesture right? it is more a friendly approach than when you are allowed to make a mistake and only find out you did such unintentionally. It is more complicated and stressful when you find out much later that you unintentionally Ignored some people compared to simply clicking the cancel button and keeping things the way you intend.

Putting the validator is a good user-experience and I strongly recommend it.

Update: I just discovered someone on my ignore list and could have sworn i have never added anyone there 8)

I really do agree with you, mate. I think once the "ignore" button is pushed, it should bring up a notifications asking "do you want to ignore such.... User. " So that we will have to select yes or not if really we want to ignore the user or not. In the past, I have ignored members unknow to me and I think it happened again earlier this year.

I didn't notice it the last time this happened to me, until the user responded on a thread I was reading, then I had to unignore the account and read what's there. It's a mistake that could be corrected, and if the user is active on major boards we'd definitely find out they're on our Ignore list by error.

But, if the member is not seen maybe they spend time in boards we don't frequently visit, then they'll be no need to bother if the person is mistakenly ignored or not. What is crucial is that their contents won't be left unread whenever we see the account and fully recognize that they've done nothing wrong to be on our Ignore list.

What a good observation, honestly I've encountered this happening to me more than twice whereby i found out the discover about some members being on my ignore list without me being aware, this sometimes happens when we are unconscious of it, sometimes it may be due to bad networks, hanging and freezing experience while on the forum due to the device and other related challenges, we may even press the ignore button with the aim of pressing other thing, but once there is a prompt respond over the action taken for confirmation, we will be aware and cant make a mistake the second time without being intentional, its a good idea if considered by the members and the admin.

Severally have mistakenly ignored people without my notice this is as a result of using my mobile phone, when surfing with my system I would noticed that I have mistakenly ignore people because I will see their username but I won't see their post it was then I will have to remove them ignore to enable me see their comments.

The funniest thing is that when they mentioned my name I got notification on telegram bot but when I click their text are hidden, it was then I will have 59 enable them back. I think what you said is correct there should be a form of warning message to display immediately one mistakenly clicked on ignore but what makes it not authentic is that since it's not something bad and one can easily enable it back.

This is a good idea where forum members accidentally clicked or tap ignore button won't ignore right away because there's a pop where you decide to continue the action or won't continue. If this is implemented then we won't have to check the ignore list to unignore forum members who got ignored by mistake. I think powerglove will work on it and posted in the forum to implement if accepted since powerglove did make many SMF patches for this forum already. For me, either adding a pop-up or not is fine for me.

This is a good suggestion if it can be implemented easily, then why not. But knowing how limited the updates on this forum, even the ones PowerGlove already made changes are not yet implemented by theymos.

With that it's much easier to add a script for such issue.