I thought Hugh Laurie was your squeeze?
Ha
I just finished watching an episode of Fortysomething on Netflix. He plays a very different type of doctor than he does in House.
I thought Hugh Laurie was your squeeze?
Ha
I thought Hugh Laurie was your squeeze?
Ha
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
Hugh Laurie was a great Bertie Wooster too--so removed from the House character.
(But I'd take Hugh Grant over him. Well, today, anyway )
This seems like a reasonable request to me. Why shouldn't moderators be ignorable? We can still be admonished if needed via PM.
I secretly hope I'm on of those other 19 peeps being ignored. I usually post for my own benefit anyway. If not, this might make me number 20.
Yeah, we had to do that manually.*For obvious reasons, mods aren't permitted to ignore members.
Boy, you're really firing on all cylinders today.Someone will come along any minute now and point out everyone ignores them in the real world...
Is it possible that we've already forgotten those dark days when H***$ and Cut-****t were moderators?!?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 Moderating in private anyway?
Just skip posts you don't want to read, easy-peasy. Seriously...
I ignore far more than that (because I think it helps the mods decide where to cull the herd), and I completely agree with you about improving thread readability. There have been threads where as many as 15-20 of the posts have been from my "Ignore Poster" roster, and it greatly improves both the thread and my attitude.Hi all,
I'm fine if others don't want to use the ignore function. I happen to use it a lot on this board. There are a number of folks whose post frequently enough, and are "doofus-y" enough (IMHO, of course) that I'd rather ignore everything they have to say than slog through the 99% dross for the 1% nickel.
REWahoo, yes, I'm aware of that rule, and am grateful that people take on the moderating job on this board. As someone who already ignores ~20 posters, I know I won't ever be a moderator here.
2Cor521
IIRC there was a discussion about moderator alter egos. It might be tucked away deep in the mod board. I thought the decision was that it'd make everyone even more dysfunctional than we already were.The "two account" answer seems to keep things cleanest. If, say, a person who is a moderator complains about the tone of a post, we know if he/she is "wearing the star" or not. I would think it would make the mods more comfortable being able to make posts while making clear they weren't speaking as a mod.
Here's a novel suggestion: perhaps you should PM the mod in question and ask them if they'd mind stepping down. They might be looking for a reason to do so, and their answer might gratify you. And if you were worried about starting a witch hunt or inviting retribution, well... it's probably too late to worry about that now.
Oooh, thanks for the entertaining thread!
Noone ignores me.
But what if the doofus has a great answer on this thread - you would never see it. Wait, what if I'm the ignored doofus - you would never see this! Oh, I see, it was a doofus comment anyway.Hi all,
I'm fine if others don't want to use the ignore function. I happen to use it a lot on this board. There are a number of folks whose post frequently enough, and are "doofus-y" enough (IMHO, of course) that I'd rather ignore everything they have to say than slog through the 99% dross for the 1% nickel.
But what if the doofus has a great answer on this thread - you would never see it. Wait, what if I'm the ignored doofus - you would never see this! Oh, I see, it was a doofus comment anyway.
I wonder if Alan plans to weigh in on this.Noone ignores me.
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
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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
But what if the doofus has a great answer on this thread - you would never see it. Wait, what if I'm the ignored doofus - you would never see this! Oh, I see, it was a doofus comment anyway.
IMO there are two issues:
First, I know of no board with a better signal-to-noise ratio than this one. Even so, I can understand individual preference about listening and/or filtering out. As we all age and vision declines, not having to manually scan and scroll past content we prefer to filter is most welcome. We can automate that filtering: we have the technology.
The second issue is whether non-board-moderation posts from certain people should receive special treatment, specifically should all posts from a select few be immune from filtering. IMO such special treatment runs counter to the otherwise excellent collaborative spirit of this board.