Automatic login and ignore list

[koaftder]

No offence, but forum blinders are for weenies. That being said, folks who want to wall themselves off even further should probably learn how to write grease monkey scripts instead of expecting webmasters to mold the site to placate users personality defects.

[koaftder]

Well, it's not a case of having a personality defect - it's just that there are certain posts I'd rather not read and the ignore list is quite good for that.

I think that proper use of the ignore list is prefferable to the mindless and pointless arguing that goes back and forth between some members.  That's pretty much the kind of thing I'm trying to ignore - I don't have any personal problems with any specific members themselves.

What is a grease monkey script? I'll look that up.

AH

It's an extension to firefox for altering web content: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey . If you came up with a good ignore script on the client side you could filter out stuff whether or not you are logged in. Some of the folks on moobunny made one to filter out the spam on that site.

[koaftder]

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=greasemonkey+ignore+vbulletin&aq=1v&aqi=g-v5&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=5014d35bb6efb157&biw=1402&bih=695

You might be able to find something already precanned for vbulletin.

[koaftder]

The primary use of the ignore feature in webforums isn't to actually filter content, it's to serve as a tool for agitating other users. This is why it's so common to see messages to the tune of "I've put you on my ignore list". There is no legitimate reason to do that. Another scenario you see played out from time to time is "I don't agree with you so I'm adding you to my block list unless you change your opinion". Why anyone would give a shit about another person adding them to their ignore list is beyond me but apparently it hurts peoples feelings which is why people stoop to doing that. The ignore feature is an attempt to solve a problem but ends up just being an enabler of anti-social behavior.

This is why it's always a bad idea to implement such components into platforms that are designed to facilitate communication between individuals. Any content filtering that a user desires should be done client side. That leaves communication more open and level while giving the individuals more power and flexibility.