Quick! someone block me!

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Gazelam wrote:Jersey,

I haven't reached the point at my house where I need kid filters yet, but I suppose Ill need to look into that soon.

On this board theres not much kid traffic that I am aware of. I just think that the adults here are mature enough to skip a post if they don't want to read it. Ignoring all posts by individuals I think degrades the experience of visitors here.


Some of us ARE skipping posts. Why would my skipping the posts of one or more posters degrade anyone's experience or have any impact on anyone's experience besides my own?
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Jersey,

Lets say way back when you said something that upset me in one of your posts. So back then you blocked me or put me on ignore, and haven't seen one of my posts since then. Now im not saying that my posts are all that important, but how would your experience here on this board be different if you had never read anything here that I wrote?

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Gazelam wrote:Jersey,

Lets say way back when you said something that upset me in one of your posts. So back then you blocked me or put me on ignore, and haven't seen one of my posts since then. Now im not saying that my posts are all that important, but how would your experience here on this board be different if you had never read anything here that I wrote?

Gaz


Gaz...

If I said something that upset you...why on earth would I put you on ignore?

I ask you again, what possible difference does it make to the experience of anyone else on this board if I choose to block the posts of one or more posters?

Go ahead, try again.
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Riddle me this, Gaz.

Why are the forums rated on this board?
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If I said something that upset you...why on earth would I put you on ignore?


I phrased that wrong. I said something that upset you so you put me on ignore.

I meant to go the other way with it and chaged direction in the middle, lol
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Jersey Girl wrote:Riddle me this, Gaz.

Why are the forums rated on this board?



So you know what your getting when you visit.
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Gazelam wrote:
If I said something that upset you...why on earth would I put you on ignore?


I phrased that wrong. I said something that upset you so you put me on ignore.

I meant to go the other way with it and chaged direction in the middle, lol


There's very little that anyone on a message board could possibly say to "upset" me and that's not why I've chosen to use the ignore feature.
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Gazelam wrote:
Jersey Girl wrote:Riddle me this, Gaz.

Why are the forums rated on this board?



So you know what your getting when you visit.


Absolutely. And when someone uses the ignore feature, they also know what they're NOT getting. Just as when a person doesn't care to view the Telestial.

And that changes anyone's experience, besides my own, HOW?
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Merc wrote:Quick! someone block me!


Sorry, Merc. I could never block you. ;)
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Mercury
My return to Shady acres finds the Gestapo have taken residence. Responding to inane and insensitive remarks is now useless as the block feature has been put in place.

For reference to similar topics, please google the terms "how to remove discourse between differing opinions" and "echo chamber".


Tell that to Porter.
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