Proposal: Highly ignored uses should have their posts less visible, with opacity

[cedivad]

I kinda of hate people like Icebreaker. But i can't ignore it, since that i need to know what he is writing to understand how things are getting worse or what (yes, i'm talking about HF).

Also, and more importantly, not everyone takes the time of ignoring people. I'm talking about newbies, especially.

I think that posts of people that are highly ignored should have a degree of opacity, like this:
https://i.imgur.com/mNCRd0Q.png

They will be completely readable but it will be evident to everyone, newbies included, that those post are kinda useless.

[Mitchell]

Sounds like a good idea if you ask me.

[cedivad]

I'm quite sure that this change will be rejected, but let's see... Trying certainly doesn't hurt.

[Mitchell]

I'm quite sure that this change will be rejected, but let's see... Trying certainly doesn't hurt.

You can't win if you don't try, right?

[Mike Christ]

Hah.  That'll learn 'em about a piss-flavored ignore button.

[tysat]

The ignore button already highlights based off of how much people are ignored, no reason to have something else.

[btcton]

You should make this a poll. It would let people who don't want to reply voice their opinion.

[Lethn]

If you argue with people on your ignore list or read their posts and still find them infuriating that's your own damn fault ;P

[whiskers75]

This is a good idea, maybe an option in preferences?

[maxxoccupancy]

I agree with the idea.  That would save me a whole heap of time.

[pand70]

I don't understand why the fact that you ignore someone should affect the way i see him.

[Atruk]

I don't understand why the fact that you ignore someone should affect the way i see him.

This. Completely this. Selecting who to read, who to trust, and who's opinion to consider relevant should all be personal decisions. The existence of DefaultTrust is bad enough already. Do we really DefaultIgnore or DefaultReadingList.

[wumpus]

I don't understand why the fact that you ignore someone should affect the way i see him.

I like the feature that you can see which people are ignored a lot.
This is comparable with user ratings on sites such as reddit, and prevents responding to known trolls.

[Atruk]

I don't understand why the fact that you ignore someone should affect the way i see him.

I like the feature that you can see which people are ignored a lot.
This is comparable with user ratings on sites such as reddit, and prevents responding to known trolls.

Well, some ignored users are troll. Other ignored users point out things that seems to be scams and explain why. The ignore button makes a useful indicator that something is going on with that user, but you still have to make your own judgment on why they were ignored.

[hilariousandco]

I don't understand why the fact that you ignore someone should affect the way i see him.

Add to the fact that some people on here just love to state publicly about all the people they put on their ignore list. A good majority of the time they get put on the ignore list for merely having a different opinion.

[cedivad]

There are maybe 5 users in this forum with the level of ignores that Icebreaker has. I think that this feature should apply only to such users. It could be applied manually, if needed.

[Faince1985]

Totally agree with you,some of those yellow-colored ignore buttons need that. And if the person doesn't want to read. The reader can skip it easily. Though ignore button is doing a good job.

[pand70]

After all i don't think that anyone wants the forum to become like the circlejerk that /r/bitcoin is lately.

[hilariousandco]

There are maybe 5 users in this forum with the level of ignores that Icebreaker has. I think that this feature should apply only to such users. It could be applied manually, if needed.

I think in some extreme cases users who have like 100s of ignores should probably literally be ignored by the forum. If somebody is here to just blatantly troll and cause annoyance then they should be essentially 'banned', and this would be a great automatic way to do it. Would be quite amusing if a troll was just posting away to himself and nobody could see his comments.

[nate008]

I would love another feature.
If I have X on Ignore , and Y quotes his post , the post would automatically be also hidden , even if I don't have Y on ignore too.