Chief Technical Officer
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...how about a way to filter out posters I just don't want to read anymore...
We've discussed it, but haven't decided whether or not we want to add that to the feature list. We understand the value of the concept, but in practice, it can make following threads confusing. For example, if you're ignoring Person A, and Person B responds to something Person A says without quoting them, you're going to be confused, and might end up asking a question that confuses everyone who doesn't understand why you're asking about something that was explicitly stated already....
Plus, it's hopefully pretty rare that there's zero value to every single comment made by someone.
I personally think the best way to ignore somebody is to scroll down to the next post—at least then you have the option of easily going back to see what you missed if it turns out to have been important.
-Vic.
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That, and there's the issue of "what if somebody quotes the squelchee?" :O