Can we have Ignore option on topics, not boards, not users?

[tranthidung]

After commented on a thread complains on spam epidemic on the forum with Covid-19, Coronavirus keywords, I thought of this suggestion

• An Ignore topic preferences option

As of writing, on the forum we have two Ignore types:

• Ignore boards preferences, get it at link below.
• Ignore button on specific users, that we can activate by clicking on Ignore under usernames

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=youruserid;sa=ignoreBoards

I think sometimes using Ignore on a whole board might result in missing of interesting stuffs. I know there are some places on the forum that are nearly complete trash posts but sometimes we can sparsely see some good posts.

Additionally, on some good boards, sometimes we have needs to ignore some threads.

So if such the suggested option does not eat the forum's bandwidth, how about my suggestion?
I quoted some of my replies below:

Bump scores help somewhat, but not all the time. Bumping changes on some boards

Why do we need to see boring threads all the time when we visit our favorite boards?

Any Ignore options are always personal preferences.

We have option to sort out threads ascendingly or descendingly based on posts but it is far from what I proposed.

• https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=1.0;sort=bump;desc

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[Coyster]

I do not know how your proposition is going to work, are you requesting for an ignore option for archetypal/quintessential topics, the Covid-19 threads are everywhere on the forum, because it is affecting everyone in the world so it's popular, can you give other examples of general topics that can be ignored.
Edit:

This option is not limited to Covid-19, whenever we see a thread that looks boring, from title to OP contents, we can use this option to ignore it, forever. But there is an unignore button to use, just in case.

Ignoring just that topic alone, or other topics that fall under that same subject or category? If it's just that topic then there's no need for this option, when you can just close the topic and never open it again. If it's for other topics of the same nature, then it's going to be too difficult to group topics under a particular category as an option for users to ignore.

[tranthidung]

I do not know how your proposition is going to work, are you requesting for an ignore option for archetypal/quintessential topics, the Covid-19 threads are everywhere on the forum, because it is affecting everyone in the world so it's popular, can you give other examples of general topics that can be ignored.

This option is not limited to Covid-19, whenever we see a thread that looks boring, from title to OP contents, we can use this option to ignore it, forever. But there is an unignore button to use, just in case.

Examples? There are many threads in Beginners & Help, I don't take a look at Altcoin discussion board which has more for sure.

[Rizzrack]

An Ignore topic preferences option

Well you just have to ignore them yourself. Don't really see a point in the forum doing it for you
Once you post in a thread it will pop up in the "Show new replies to your posts" and it is normal. Refrain from posting in Covid-19 threads and just ignore them )

[tranthidung]

An Ignore topic preferences option

Well you just have to ignore them yourself. Don't really see a point in the forum doing it for you
Once you post in a thread it will pop up in the "Show new replies to your posts" and it is normal. Refrain from posting in Covid-19 threads and just ignore them )

I understood but I meant if I don't reply in those boring threads, they still keep bumping from posts made by the others. Bump scores help somewhat, but not all the time. Bumping changes on some boards

Why do we need to see boring threads all the time when we visit our favorite boards?

Any Ignore options are always personal preferences.

[Upgrade00]

To be clear, you're suggesting an option to ignore threads if its topic title contains certain keywords; such as the the corona virus example, or does it include ignoring posts that contain such key words in it's text? This sort of thing is done on most social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

I don't know the technicalities of implementing this, if it's fairly easy then there's no harm in it as ignore options should be based in user preference.

[tranthidung]

To be clear, you're suggesting an option to ignore threads if its topic title contains certain keywords; such as the the corona virus example, or does it include ignoring posts that contain such key words in it's text?

Nope. My suggestion is not like that, please read again.

It started from a suggestion of cryptoaddictchie that is different from what you said, and mine is different too.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238252.0

[Pmalek]

So you want an option to ignore a single thread based on if its content is appealing to you or not? Is that it?
If I understood it correctly then I don't see a reason why I would be against this idea if it is technically possible to implement on the forum.

However, it is not really a must-have option either. Based on the title you can get a good enough idea of what the thread is about. If it doesn't seem interesting you move on to something else.

If you hate stats, don't click on anything with the words 'stats', statistics', 'data', 'figures', 'graphs', etc. If you love stats, then these are some keywords you should be looking for.

I also memorize some of the threads I thought looked interesting because of their titles but turned out to be the opposite. Next time I see new posts there I will simply ignore them.   

[tranthidung]

Ok, it is what I meant, Pmalek.

If it's just that topic then there's no need for this option, when you can just close the topic and never open it again.

Close, do you mean lock? You can not lock a thread that is not yours. Even you don't reply in that thread, it will be bumped if someone else replies in that thread.

We have option to sort out threads ascendingly or descendingly based on posts but it is far from what I proposed.

• https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=1.0;sort=bump;desc

[20kevin20]

I'm supporting your request. Some boards are just overcrowded with the exact same repetitive questions or topics. If I had the option to ignore them, seeing only the threads I'm interested in gets way easier. I often find myself having to read through dozens of topic titles before finally finding one that hasn't been discussed and asked a gazillion times.

I wanted to request this a while ago by asking for a "Megathreads" board where all threads passing 7-10 pages should be moved. After 5 pages the topics are more than likely solved and all possible answers have been given.. I think I've seen at least 30 topics about CSW in the past 3-4 weeks and at least 50 about COVID-19 in the past 2. They're just way too many imo..

Edit: There's a little big flaw in my suggestion about megathreads: If threads exceeding 7-10 pages are moved to the Megathreads board, they'll just starting new topics discussing the exact same thing every time. So it doesn't provide a good solution and might in fact create even more spam.. So yeah, I'm sticking with your suggestion about the "Ignore" option.

[LoyceV]

I'd like such a feature, but in my case to get rid of the many drama-threads. I can remove them from my Watchlist, but every time I open for instance Reputation, I see them again. It would be great if I can select which topics to make gray.

[20kevin20]

Can someone confirm whether this following userscript from 2016 still works: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1451483.0? It apparently does exactly what tranthidung is asking for, but I can't make any use of it because I can't install addons on my browser

[Jawhead999]

Can someone confirm whether this following userscript from 2016 still works: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1451483.0? It apparently does exactly what tranthidung is asking for, but I can't make any use of it because I can't install addons on my browser

Yeah it's still work, I have do it myself

Ignore threads
After installing, you don't ignore any thread yet. You can can ignore them with a simple + button next to the title in a thread overview (new posts, forum, etc.) You can also unignore them with a - button. This actually doesn't remove a thread from the overview, it just applies the same style as a "Moved" thread. This way you can still see them and reply if it happens to be an interesting thread, but they are easily separated from the "quality threads" that you didn't ignore. There is also an extra link "Ignored threads" where you can edit the whole list (although Chrome has some issue if the list is too big.)

Here the forum preview if you using that's userscript (still same from 2016)



All you need is,

1. Download the script here

Install my user script by clicking this link: https://github.com/NLNicoo/itob/raw/master/itob.user.js (you can check the source too)

After you download and used the script, you will have new button named "Ignored Threads" on your main menu



When you click the "Ignored Threads" button, you will encounter a popup on your top screen



You can add my listed corona virus threads in that's popup or you can also customize your own ignored threads. You will have add more new threads yourself.

Code:

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[crwth]

I have thought of this a while back just because of all the repeating topics, and some that I am tired of seeing is well. This would be beneficial, but as long as it’s not yet implemented, it’s going to be manually done. Manually by just ignoring the familiar topic title. What I mean by manually is filtering it in my head and just skip over it lol. Anybody Does the same?

[Shimmiry]

After commented on a thread complains on spam epidemic on the forum with Covid-19, Coronavirus keywords, I thought of this suggestion

• An Ignore topic preferences option

To be honest, the management are far possible to implement what you are just proposing. Ignoring can be initiative. One flaw to your proposal is that threads have no tags nor any unique word to somehow generalize certain topics as one. MAYBE, the forum added "tags" to somehow concatenate every same topics the threads contain.

[cheater detector]

I think this is the best answer till now of your question, you can actually ignore thread what you don't want to see it. And I agree with you why it's needed, since around 2-3 month in this forum only focus discussing about corona virus only.

[royalfestus]

If I unintentionally ignored a prominent member of a forum, would they be notified or informed about being ignored?

[Jet Cash]

I'd like to be able to ignore all threads with an all caps title. They always seem to be rubbish.

[tranthidung]

If I unintentionally ignored a prominent member of a forum, would they be notified or informed about being ignored?

There is no such notification when a member ignored another member and you don't have to worry that if you ignore a forum staff, there will be notification which can stimulate that staff to chase you and find your rule violation to ban you. Just kidding but it's an example. You are free to ignore any member, prominent or not.

From your side, after ignore a user, you can click on UnIgnore anytime to resume normal view. However, there are two different things after you click on Ignore.

• You can not see posts of that user.
• You still see that user's posts which are quoted by other members who are not ignored by you.

I'd like to be able to ignore all threads with an all caps title. They always seem to be rubbish.

I agree. It's annoying and was described in

• Bitcointalk posting etiquette
• Topic title style guide
• Make your topic title, posts more attractive

[holydarkness]

If I unintentionally ignored a prominent member of a forum, would they be notified or informed about being ignored?

As someone who mostly access the forum through mobile device and touch screen rather than PC and mouse pointer, I can assure you that there's no feature to get notified... yet --I really hope tryninja didn't land on this thread and get the idea to add this feature on his notifier, LOL-- I accidentally pressed ignore button more often than I care to admit when I actually tried to click their trust score. And even if they get notified, prominent or not, you have the full right to put anyone you don't want to read their post on your ignore list.


If I may use this thread and chance to propose a feature, can we please move the ignore button somewhere else? On the right side of the post above "report to moderator" perhaps? Or more "hidden" like on the user's profile page? Sometimes I wished it didn't sit too close to the buttons I frequently clicked with this clumsy fingers of mine.