DONE!

[Corruptbuddha]

Guess what folks?

12 people on Ignore is the tipping point for lively discussion.

Once I reached #12 yesterday (Thanks Gordo!) the board slowed down to a crawl. Underneath it was as busy as a beehive, but I didn't see any of it.

Thus....

It has helped me to realize that the vast majority of the crap posted here....is just that.....crap.

Ya'll have fun.

I'm headed elsewhere.

 

[Minotaur]

That is one of the reasons I don't use Block as even a poster I may not care to read much can lay down a good post now and then. I'd miss too much and maybe I'd be over managing my environment and turning it into something that doesn't interest me.

I just know that you are a good poster though we disagree on some stuff and I'd miss you no matter how long you may go. Hope you change your mind and if you do, for goodness sake, unblock some of those blocks because ending up with just a few is not interesting at all.

 

[crowfoot]

Guess what folks?

12 people on Ignore is the tipping point for lively discussion.

Once I reached #12 yesterday (Thanks Gordo!) the board slowed down to a crawl. Underneath it was as busy as a beehive, but I didn't see any of it.

Thus....

It has helped me to realize that the vast majority of the crap posted here....is just that.....crap.

Ya'll have fun.

I'm headed elsewhere.

kinda boring when you'll only talk to folks that share your own ideas aint it

 

[MaryAnne]

How do you have a discussion when you have all on ignore? I have a few that just insult, but the majority you disagree some,agree on other subjects.

Just take some time off,then you come back with a different perspective.

 

[JuliefromOhio]

hey guys, he can't read our replies. LOL

 

[crowfoot]

hey guys, he can't read our replies. LOL

of course he can, he's done this lotsa times before

 

[Jen]

Guess what folks?

12 people on Ignore is the tipping point for lively discussion.

Once I reached #12 yesterday (Thanks Gordo!) the board slowed down to a crawl. Underneath it was as busy as a beehive, but I didn't see any of it.

Thus....

It has helped me to realize that the vast majority of the crap posted here....is just that.....crap.

Ya'll have fun.

I'm headed elsewhere.

I block only when I must do so to maintain my dignity amidst the brawling horde. I think the most at any one time was 7. Right now it is one and it's not even someone whose posts remotely pique my curiosity so that person is likely to remain blocked indefinitely. It's not one of the usual suspects and not someone who posts daily, but it is a welcome absence.

Most of those who can irk me to the point of ignoring them are people I have little enough emotional attachment to that I can just see their posts and not react. If the board crawls too slow without all the posts (and it does) and you want to stay here (I haven't found a decent replacement) just withdraw your emotional response from those you don't wish to tangle with. It's amazing how you can read their stupid posts, laugh and move on when you truly don't care what they say or think.

 

[RickWA]

Guess what folks?

12 people on Ignore is the tipping point for lively discussion.

Once I reached #12 yesterday (Thanks Gordo!) the board slowed down to a crawl. Underneath it was as busy as a beehive, but I didn't see any of it.

Thus....

It has helped me to realize that the vast majority of the crap posted here....is just that.....crap.

Ya'll have fun.

I'm headed elsewhere.

Hey, CB. Your call about bailing, of course...but I'll tell you what I told Bo a couple of months back. This board is far worse without you. For the most part, I don't thinks folks are who they purport to be here. I'm not talking biographical specifics...I mean that there's no way we're as big of jerks as we act like on an anonymous forum.

It can be frustrating, but it is a plaything for many. No matter where on the web you go, there will be those who indulge what turns their cranks. That's life. There is no forum of the hardboiled, serious, and sincere - or rather, if there is it would be boring as heck (there's probably some paleontologist snootfest if you search hard enough).

Relax, and remember that politics - while important enough - is way down the list.

See ya soon, I hope.

 

[bdtex]

Guess what folks?

12 people on Ignore is the tipping point for lively discussion.

Once I reached #12 yesterday (Thanks Gordo!) the board slowed down to a crawl. Underneath it was as busy as a beehive, but I didn't see any of it.

Thus....

It has helped me to realize that the vast majority of the crap posted here....is just that.....crap.

Ya'll have fun.

I'm headed elsewhere.

That's why I took all posters off ignore and use the alerts feature to avoid the trolls.

 

[bdtex]

Guess what folks?

12 people on Ignore is the tipping point for lively discussion.

Once I reached #12 yesterday (Thanks Gordo!) the board slowed down to a crawl. Underneath it was as busy as a beehive, but I didn't see any of it.

Thus....

It has helped me to realize that the vast majority of the crap posted here....is just that.....crap.

Ya'll have fun.

I'm headed elsewhere.

Btw,good luck "heading elsewhere". Seriously. It ain't easy. The 'net isn't aging gracefully. It's becoming compartmentalized. Good sites are going to comments systems that purge the trolls quickly or block 'em altogether. They're being herded to sites like this that need warm bodies. When I'm not here,I'm usually in the comments section of a certain site.

 

[Jen]

That's why I took all posters off ignore and use the alerts feature to avoid the trolls.

The Alerts are definitely working good for the reason you described here.

 

[bdtex]

The Alerts are definitely working good for the reason you described here.

I got that idea from you. Works good.

 

[micah2351]

Oh I believe you, I believe you...... NOT !!!!!!!!!! You "UNLIKE ME" Can't leave, Jen & the others own YOU.

Bwaaaahaaahaaaaaahaaaaaaa BTW how long has it been since you have seen me here???


Again Bwaaaaahaaahaaahaaaahaaaaahaaaahaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bdtex]

Guess what folks?

12 people on Ignore is the tipping point for lively discussion.

Once I reached #12 yesterday (Thanks Gordo!) the board slowed down to a crawl. Underneath it was as busy as a beehive, but I didn't see any of it.

Thus....

It has helped me to realize that the vast majority of the crap posted here....is just that.....crap.

Ya'll have fun.

I'm headed elsewhere.

PM me if you find a site with other good con/libertarian posters.

 

[Jen]

Oh I believe you, I believe you...... NOT !!!!!!!!!! You "UNLIKE ME" Can't leave, Jen & the others own YOU.

Bwaaaahaaahaaaaaahaaaaaaa BTW how long has it been since you have seen me here???


Again Bwaaaaahaaahaaahaaaahaaaaahaaaahaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the mention, Citizen.
Mwwwwahhhh!

 

[RickWA]

Otoh,I completely understand. FrayCon insanity remains.

As does Fraylib kookdom. It's a wild and wacky web.

 

[Renee]

Guess what folks?

12 people on Ignore is the tipping point for lively discussion.

Once I reached #12 yesterday (Thanks Gordo!) the board slowed down to a crawl. Underneath it was as busy as a beehive, but I didn't see any of it.

Thus....

It has helped me to realize that the vast majority of the crap posted here....is just that.....crap.

Ya'll have fun.

I'm headed elsewhere.

Notice how they all say they're leaving like evil resident and then just come back a few days later? Such drama queens

 

[bdtex]

Guess what folks?

12 people on Ignore is the tipping point for lively discussion.

Once I reached #12 yesterday (Thanks Gordo!) the board slowed down to a crawl. Underneath it was as busy as a beehive, but I didn't see any of it.

Thus....

It has helped me to realize that the vast majority of the crap posted here....is just that.....crap.

Ya'll have fun.

I'm headed elsewhere.

Good luck. Even the comments section on most news/op-ed sites is crap now.

 

[Klunker]

Frequenting a number of internet discussion boards... hard left, hard right, golf, trucks... I've never used the ignore button. After being married to the same beautiful lady for 48 years, raising 3 children, and having just over 100 foster kids in our home... not ONE of those had an "ignore button". Oh, how I wished for one!!
I feel "ignore buttons" and texting have impacted the ability of a generation to communicate. It's far too easy to text someone, and then ignore texts from others, than to have a good face to face discussion. I understood early in life, that many would not agree with me. Never thought of that as an excuse to shut them out. If someone disagrees, that can lead to substantial conversation where one or both can learn something new! I'm 68 years old and if a day goes by that I don't learn something new... it's a lost day!
Nothing we discuss on an internet board will change D.C., the Islamic religion, human rights violations, or who drives 55 mph in the passing lane. I find it intriguing to hear other folks perspectives on issues. PJ has substantial input from both sides of most topics. That's one side more than you get from listening to talk radio or watching cable "news" channels.

 

[Jen]

Frequenting a number of internet discussion boards... hard left, hard right, golf, trucks... I've never used the ignore button. After being married to the same beautiful lady for 48 years, raising 3 children, and having just over 100 foster kids in our home... not ONE of those had an "ignore button". Oh, how I wished for one!!
I feel "ignore buttons" and texting have impacted the ability of a generation to communicate. It's far too easy to text someone, and then ignore texts from others, than to have a good face to face discussion. I understood early in life, that many would not agree with me. Never thought of that as an excuse to shut them out. If someone disagrees, that can lead to substantial conversation where one or both can learn something new! I'm 68 years old and if a day goes by that I don't learn something new... it's a lost day!
Nothing we discuss on an internet board will change D.C., the Islamic religion, human rights violations, or who drives 55 mph in the passing lane. I find it intriguing to hear other folks perspectives on issues. PJ has substantial input from both sides of most topics. That's one side more than you get from listening to talk radio or watching cable "news" channels.

I agree with you on principle, Klunker.
But I have to disagree slightly on substance. The fact is that here in the cyber world, some people exist only to get the goat of others. It's not who they necessarily are as a person, but it is the cyber persona they have chosen to adopt. When I make a thoughtful post and it is responded to by something that is not someone's thoughtful response but a churlish personal attack or worse, I can either ignore it or respond in kind. There is rarely any sort of thoughtful response that can be made to that sort of post, so my choice is limited. I sometimes join their level and respond in kind, but increasingly I am choosing to walk away (ignore).

When one poster starts dogging my posts to make the chum responses, sometimes I will put that person on ignore so that I can go about my posting without seeing that they are following me and ruining my thought process. Eventually they tire of that and go on to someone else. And at some point I take them off of ignore.

It is not thoughtful responses that I do this too. I liken it to putting a recalcitrant child into a corner of his own until he settles down. A time out of sorts.

To me that is what the ignore button is there for and I do make use of it.