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In the bar (AKA the comments pages) members can elect to 'ignore' other members simply by adding them to their ignore list. Confused? Here's a case study:Suppose Michael Moore registered as a member on the dissident frogman's under the nickname "Baloney Pony" and started spewing his fud in the comment section.
Suppose I don't want to ban him permanently because I believe it's best to let him make an ass out of himself by trolling the comments—thus proving my point on his being such a pathetic barking mad loser of a propagandist.
Well, does it mean you have to put up with him? No it doesn't. Not here, not anymore.
So supposing you are a member too—and you are currently logged-in—all you have to do is reach out to your control panel (click "Edit your profile" on the very first line at the top of any page. That goes to your CP) and click "Manage Ignore List" in the left hand side menu.
Click "Add member" button.
Add the member's screen name (in this case "Baloney Pony"), and click OK.
You're done. Comments by Michael "Baloney Pony" Moore (any comment, past, present and future) will now show as a one line notice with a cool skullz & bones graphic that reads:
Here lies a comment from Baloney Pony, who you added to your ignore list. You can click here to show / hide it.That's the cherry on top: even though you're ignoring that moron of a Michael by default, you can still toggle the visibility of any of his comments at any time by clicking the "show/hide(1)" link. And why would you do that? Well remember that the ignore list works on a per-user basis, which means other people might not be blocking the same people as you do, and might actually answer them.
So in case someone else bashed the idiot real good, and you want to know what prompted such a brilliant response, you can peek at any single comment without going back and forth unblocking Baloney Pony (or anybody else. Suppose Noam Chomsky registered at the dissident frogman's under the pseudonym "Asswipe58" and...)
(Oh and, before you start feeling like you own the place, be advised that there is one member you cannot ignore, and that's the Me. Nobody, and I mean nobody, can walk into the My house and goes about ignoring the Me, d'you hear me?)
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