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  • #1

    Ignoring other posters

    If you wish to ignore a poster you have two main options (other than the time honored tradition of pretending they don't exist via exertion of willpower and discipline).
    1. Use the board's built in ignore functionality. To enable the board's built in ignore functionality go to the following page:

      User CP -> Edit Ignore List

      The board's ignore functionality is what I would describe as limited ignore. Posts by the ignored poster are not displayed but the software does reveal to you that an ignored poster has posted and you can manually override the ignore on a post by post basis. Additionally, if another poster quotes the ignored poster then you will see the post in the quoted text.

    2. If you desire complete ignore functionality (my understanding is this is like the cougarboard ignore functionality) then I suggest you download and install a plugin for Firefox called FFVB:

      The FFVB addon page.

      This plugin comes very close to a giving you complete ignore functionality. If you add someone to your ignore list, you will not see the posts and if another poster quotes the ignored poster the quoted text is removed. Actually, the entire text box is removed so there is no trace at all of the ignored posters activity (except indirectly through what the unignored poster actually writes in their response). There is also no manual override on a post by post basis either . To see any posts by the ignored poster you need to remove the poster from your ignore list. There are only small observable traces of the poster in things like the "last poster in a thread display."

      The addon adds a new sub-menu when you right click on your mouse in Firefox. All the functionality of the addon is available in the right click sub-menu. It also adds a toolbar at the bottom of the webpage but this can be turned off in the options menu of the addon sub-menu.


    Note
    Do not respond to this thread telling me you are going to ignore a specific poster. I will delete any posts of that nature.

    If you have technical or functionality questions about FFVB Firefox addon I would be glad to try to answer them the best I can.
    Last edited by pelagius; 02-03-2009, 12:27 PM.
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  • #2
    Originally posted by pelagius View Post
    Note
    Do not respond to this thread telling me you are going to ignore a specific poster. I will delete any posts of that nature.
    Will you create a Hall of Shame like CB so we know who the most ignored poster is?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by beelzebabette View Post
      Will you create a Hall of Shame like CB so we know who the most ignored poster is?
      no.
      PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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      • #4
        Just an update on FFVB. It now has some new features in the latest version that people might find useful besides complete ignore. One useful feature is selective ignoring of avatars. This can be useful for certain environments and allows you to avoid turning of avatars completely in those environments. It also now allows selective ignoring of signatures but this seems less useful.
        Last edited by pelagius; 06-21-2009, 09:40 PM.

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        • #5
          I have found this feature very helpful on the Ute board. For me, the way it works is I get a bellyful of a particular guy, ignore him, then a few weeks later, un-ignore him. I highly recommend this approach!
          “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
          ― W.H. Auden

          "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
          -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

          "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
          --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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          • #6
            Dumb question: I have a Mac at home that I have not yet fully mastered. (I've used a PC for many years.) The Mac uses Firefox. How does one right-click using a Mac mouse?
            “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
            ― W.H. Auden

            "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
            -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

            "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
            --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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            • #7
              Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
              Dumb question: I have a Mac at home that I have not yet fully mastered. (I've used a PC for many years.) The Mac uses Firefox. How does one right-click using a Mac mouse?
              I believe you use the apple (or option key, can't remember, don't have a mac) key while you click.
              "Don't expect I'll see you 'till after the race"

              "So where does the power come from to see the race to its end...from within"

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              • #8
                I am a Mac, and I just click the right button on my PC mouse.
                "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                  I am a Mac, and I just click the right button on my PC mouse.
                  Took me a full day to get that one. LOL.
                  “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                  ― W.H. Auden

                  "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                  -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

                  "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                  --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                    Dumb question: I have a Mac at home that I have not yet fully mastered. (I've used a PC for many years.) The Mac uses Firefox. How does one right-click using a Mac mouse?
                    The newer Macs (or at least some of them) have the option to enable a right click on your mouse.

                    http://theappleblog.com/2008/08/21/m...click-on-macs/

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                      I have found this feature very helpful on the Ute board. For me, the way it works is I get a bellyful of a particular guy, ignore him, then a few weeks later, un-ignore him. I highly recommend this approach!
                      It's called a boycott.
                      When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                      --Jonathan Swift

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                        It's called a boycott.
                        LOL!

                        BY the way, look hard at this picture. I think you'll notice that there is more than black and white present:

                        “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                        ― W.H. Auden

                        "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                        -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

                        "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                        --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                        • #13
                          Trying out the FFvB plug-in today. I'm a fan.
                          "I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
                          "Hot Lunch posted awhile back on this. He knows more than anyone except for maybe BO."-Seattle Ute

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                          • #14
                            I can't use Firefox on my work-issued laptop, so the FFvB option is not available. Is there anything that works with Internet Explorer?
                            “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                            ― W.H. Auden

                            "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                            -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

                            "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                            --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                              I can't use Firefox on my work-issued laptop, so the FFvB option is not available. Is there anything that works with Internet Explorer?
                              Apparently there must be since it would appear that only Google Chrome users like myself don't have you on ignore.
                              "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                              The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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