Reasons for not having an Ignore, Downvote, or Hide feature in the Forums?

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jack_aubrey написал:

Ignore feature: yes.

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alhazred70 написал:

totally on board with an ignore feature though.

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Boem написал:

^How would an ignore feature work though.

Let's say your interested in a conversation of three pages long and it has an ignored person in the mix of it.
The topic would constantly appear to be shifting out of nowhere because you wouldn't have context, no?

I'm generally against these things because i can simply ignore people myself if i want to and i like to keep the option open to be surprised by the whole
"a clock is right two times a day" thing.

I think it's worth having a couple of bad actors when in general most people are sain.
Just use them to point fingers at and go "look nephew, not like that".

Peace,

-Boem-

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Boem написал:

^How would an ignore feature work though.

Let's say your interested in a conversation of three pages long and it has an ignored person in the mix of it.
The topic would constantly appear to be shifting out of nowhere because you wouldn't have context, no?

I'm generally against these things because i can simply ignore people myself if i want to and i like to keep the option open to be surprised by the whole
"a clock is right two times a day" thing.

I think it's worth having a couple of bad actors when in general most people are sain.
Just use them to point fingers at and go "look nephew, not like that".

Peace,

-Boem-

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CAPSLOCK_ON написал:

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Boem написал:

^How would an ignore feature work though.

Let's say your interested in a conversation of three pages long and it has an ignored person in the mix of it.
The topic would constantly appear to be shifting out of nowhere because you wouldn't have context, no?

I'm generally against these things because i can simply ignore people myself if i want to and i like to keep the option open to be surprised by the whole
"a clock is right two times a day" thing.

I think it's worth having a couple of bad actors when in general most people are sain.
Just use them to point fingers at and go "look nephew, not like that".

Peace,

-Boem-

he could still see the ignored person's comments quoted by other people

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DarthSki44 написал:

I'm curious as to why we dont currently have a way to either hide, or block posts & PM's from community members here in the GGG forums.

Both Reddit & Twitter, which GGG and their CM interact regularly, have this feature, and while certainly not perfect, has its benefits.

We have ignore features in-game, but nothing to prevent PM's, thread topics, responses, and more, to come from those we dont want to be bothered with, or worse, being trolled, spammed, or abused.

Surely this is a reasonable request? No?

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Boem написал:

Well im off the opinion that you take the good together with the bad.

It's not really in my nature to sacrifice the few for the happiness of the many and ultimately this would result in people being mobbed because thats how people function in groups.

Peace,

-Boem-

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SeCKSEgai написал:

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DarthSki44 написал:

I'm curious as to why we dont currently have a way to either hide, or block posts & PM's from community members here in the GGG forums.

Both Reddit & Twitter, which GGG and their CM interact regularly, have this feature, and while certainly not perfect, has its benefits.

We have ignore features in-game, but nothing to prevent PM's, thread topics, responses, and more, to come from those we dont want to be bothered with, or worse, being trolled, spammed, or abused.

Surely this is a reasonable request? No?

Nope. I don't use Reddit or Twitter because of its psychological impact on its users.

It's like instragram "influencers" pandering for attention. Its too easy for people to hit a mob mentality all about agreeing or disagreeing.

There was even a Voyager episode about a world where everyone upvoted or downvoted to decide major decisions. I'm guessing it was a satirical call out to the obsession with folks always needing to have their say.

I don't get pm'd very often, but I'm also not a female online so I can at least acknowledge that I'm aware it can be pretty extreme. But threads and topics and responses, they're easy enough to ignore. Getting threatened by bigotry and hatred in real life is far more aggravating then angry tirades on these forums.

Now if you feel you're being harassed and targeted by someone, you're better off contacting support. When it comes to threats of violence and stalking and doxing and all that jazz - that's way too serious a thing for some generic forum interface to take care of.