 |
|
I'd like to ignore a moderator
04-05-2012, 02:24 PM
|
#1
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Boise
Posts: 7,882
|
I'd like to ignore a moderator
Hi,
I don't mind having my posts moderated, threads deleted, or receiving PMs from any or all of the moderators. But I'd like to avoid reading one moderator's posts.
I tried to add the person to my ignore list and the board software says I can't ignore them because they're a moderator.
The posts in question are ordinary posts where the person is just sharing their opinions on a topic like a regular board member. They are not "moderating-related posts" like closing a thread, or explaining why a post was edited.
Please consider changing this feature of the board so that I can ignore this person's regular posts. Alternatively, maybe moderators have a "regular person account" and a "I'm a moderator now account". Alternatively, please explain why I shouldn't be able to ignore a moderator's regular comments on a topic when I can ignore regular users.
Thanks,
2Cor521
__________________
"At times the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe us when we say there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough, and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events, may in fact be the first steps of a journey." Violet Baudelaire.
|
|
|
 |
Join the #1 Early Retirement and Financial Independence Forum Today - It's Totally Free!
Are you planning to be financially independent as early as possible so you can live life on your own terms? Discuss successful investing strategies, asset allocation models, tax strategies and other related topics in our online forum community. Our members range from young folks just starting their journey to financial independence, military retirees and even multimillionaires. No matter where you fit in you'll find that Early-Retirement.org is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with our members, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create a retirement blog, send private messages and so much, much more!
|
|
04-05-2012, 02:56 PM
|
#2
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,021
|
If it's any consolation, the mod in question* can't ignore you either. 
*For obvious reasons, mods aren't permitted to ignore members.
__________________
Numbers is hard
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 03:17 PM
|
#3
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston
Posts: 1,448
|
How do I ignore threads about ignoring moderators?
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 03:29 PM
|
#4
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,021
|
 Quote:
Originally Posted by soupcxan
How do I ignore threads about ignoring moderators?
|
Click on "Thread Tools" and on the drop down menu, click "Ignore this thread."
__________________
Numbers is hard
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 03:39 PM
|
#5
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston
Posts: 1,448
|
Perhaps I was a bit too subtle...twas just a joke.
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 03:40 PM
|
#6
|
|
Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 648
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by soupcxan
Perhaps I was a bit too subtle...
|
prehaps REWahoo was as well 
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 03:40 PM
|
#7
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
Posts: 25,356
|
Tough problem, but here's a reference source that might help:
How to scroll through a web page
__________________
I thought growing old would take longer.
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 03:46 PM
|
#8
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 17,774
|
Everyone ignores me in real life.
__________________
“Would you like an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first?” J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 03:51 PM
|
#9
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,021
|
Someone will come along any minute now and point out everyone ignores them in the real world...
__________________
Numbers is hard
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 04:06 PM
|
#10
|
|
Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 40,714
|
Everyone ignores me in real life.
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 04:22 PM
|
#11
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,657
|
Could that be because you have mastered the art of looking rich?
__________________
If you understood everything I say, you'd be me ~ Miles Davis
'There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.’ Christopher Morley.
Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 05:32 PM
|
#12
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,303
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by SecondCor521
I tried to add the person to my ignore list and the board software says I can't ignore them because they're a moderator.
|
As it should be IMO, I vote we leave everything as is on this request. We won't agree on everything, but I wouldn't accuse any past or present Moderator of being stupid or confrontational (they do that in private). Ignore is for "doofi" - Mods aren't in that category.
Aren't we supposed to debate Moderat ing in private anyway?
Just skip posts you don't want to read, easy-peasy. Seriously...
__________________
No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 05:37 PM
|
#13
|
|
Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 837
|
__________________
Newbie
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 06:01 PM
|
#14
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 5,596
|
It's just another brick in the wall.
__________________
I purr therefore I am.
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 06:06 PM
|
#15
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 11,328
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Midpack
Just skip posts you don't want to read, easy-peasy. Seriously...
|
+1. I never even thought about using the ignore function. It is easy to skim through stuff you are not interested in. If it really irritates you read it as a character building exercise.
__________________
Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre -- Albert Camus
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 06:30 PM
|
#16
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern IL
Posts: 26,891
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by donheff
+1. I never even thought about using the ignore function. It is easy to skim through stuff you are not interested in. If it really irritates you read it as a character building exercise.
|
I don't use the 'ignore' feature either, however....
Quote:
Originally Posted by SecondCor521
... Alternatively, maybe moderators have a "regular person account" and a "I'm a moderator now account".
|
I do think there is merit to this. I have responded to what I thought was a 'moderator as poster' comment, only to find that my response was seen as commenting on the moderator action. Since many of the mods are regular posters, and some are quite opinionated (which is fine), it's hard to tell a 'moderator post' from a 'moderator as poster' sometimes. I'm not a mind reader, I'm a post reader.
-ERD50
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 06:40 PM
|
#17
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SF East Bay
Posts: 4,342
|
Oooh, thanks for the entertaining thread!
I've always had a strong tendency to allow things that don't interest me directly to pass straight over my head - both in real life and on the internet, so have never had a need for the ignore function on this, or any board. However IMO, whether or not you agree with, or like, what mods have to say, they do tend to form an important part of the "conscience" of this place, so to speak. For this reason, I think it's a good idea to be aware of what they're saying.
And hey - as an alternative, there's always real life 
__________________
Contentedly ER, with 3 furry friends (now, sadly, 1).
Planning my escape to the wide open spaces in my campervan (with my remaining kitty, of course!)
On a mission to become the world's second most boring man.
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 07:29 PM
|
#18
|
|
Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 402
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Major Tom
Oooh, thanks for the entertaining thread!
I've always had a strong tendency to allow things that don't interest me directly to pass straight over my head - both in real life and on the internet, so have never had a need for the ignore function on this, or any board. However IMO, whether or not you agree with, or like, what mods have to say, they do tend to form an important part of the "conscience" of this place, so to speak. For this reason, I think it's a good idea to be aware of what they're saying.
And hey - as an alternative, there's always real life |
Likewise, I'm sure! + 1
__________________
"The future's uncertain, and the end is always near. Let it roll, baby, roll." - The Doors
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 08:07 PM
|
#19
|
|
Administrator
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
Posts: 34,126
|
Noone ignores me.
__________________
Retired in Jan, 2010 at 55, moved to England in May 2016
Enough private pension and SS income to cover all needs
|
|
|
|
|
04-05-2012, 08:16 PM
|
#20
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SF East Bay
Posts: 4,342
|
Did someone just say something?
__________________
Contentedly ER, with 3 furry friends (now, sadly, 1).
Planning my escape to the wide open spaces in my campervan (with my remaining kitty, of course!)
On a mission to become the world's second most boring man.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Threads
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
» Quick Links
|
|
|
Linear Mode
