I spot alot of little battles between posters lately which always leads to off topic personal attacks, which in turn inevitably gets the attention of a mod and requires them to step in and give warnings. It always ends up getting settled and most of the time the ignore function is presented as reasonable solution. And it really is but the ignore function has its flaws as you wont get to see a thread that someone you ignore posted. Sounds great but you'll often miss out on good content in threads which were started by someone you ignored.
The ignore function also doesnt completely erase posts from people you ignore, you still see that they posted but you cant see what they posted. So when you see a good post as a reply to what someone you ignored posted, kinda feels like watching a presser when a player anwsers a question to Omar, you really dont give a **** about what Omar thinks but you'd still like to know what he asked.
IMO the problem isnt the ignore function as much as how we deal with so many differing opinions from fanatics... Yes we're all fanatics.
What you can do instead is use another feature on this site where you wont miss anything but will be able to be pointed in the direction of posters you get along with. All you need to do is click the follow button on any poster you feel you can have a good discussion with regardless of if they agree or not. Then when you get on FH, click on whats new in the top bar and then select the "Your news feed" option. You'll then get a list of all the topics the people you get along with either commented or reacted on. Easy game.
Late at night when you've got a couple of beers in and looking for a fight, all those ****ers will be available to you to fight with if thats what you really want on the main. I've started using this setup lately and its alot easier for me to actually get to the conversations Im looking for quickly as opposed to the ignore function.
The ignore function also doesnt completely erase posts from people you ignore, you still see that they posted but you cant see what they posted. So when you see a good post as a reply to what someone you ignored posted, kinda feels like watching a presser when a player anwsers a question to Omar, you really dont give a **** about what Omar thinks but you'd still like to know what he asked.
IMO the problem isnt the ignore function as much as how we deal with so many differing opinions from fanatics... Yes we're all fanatics.
What you can do instead is use another feature on this site where you wont miss anything but will be able to be pointed in the direction of posters you get along with. All you need to do is click the follow button on any poster you feel you can have a good discussion with regardless of if they agree or not. Then when you get on FH, click on whats new in the top bar and then select the "Your news feed" option. You'll then get a list of all the topics the people you get along with either commented or reacted on. Easy game.
Late at night when you've got a couple of beers in and looking for a fight, all those ****ers will be available to you to fight with if thats what you really want on the main. I've started using this setup lately and its alot easier for me to actually get to the conversations Im looking for quickly as opposed to the ignore function.
