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Has anyone ever "threatened" to put you on ignore?

fantome profane

Anti-Woke = Anti-Justice
Premium Member
If so, did you know why? Did it bother you? Did the "threat" cause you to modify your behaviour in anyway?

Have you ever "threatened" to put someone on ignore? Why did you do this? What result did you expect? Did it accomplish what you wanted?
 

Colt

Well-Known Member
If so, did you know why? Did it bother you? Did the "threat" cause you to modify your behaviour in anyway?

Have you ever "threatened" to put someone on ignore? Why did you do this? What result did you expect? Did it accomplish what you wanted?
Yes, I just tell them to put me on ignore! No need to tell me about it!
 

ADigitalArtist

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
I personally don't tell people when I put them on ignore, because it's not for them. It's when I'm either stopping or taking a break from their content or decluttering the page of things I'm not going to read anyway.

I've not been ignored mechanically here, because you can't ignore staff. But I've had people tell me they won't read or reply to my stuff which, fair enough. That's their choice.
 

JustGeorge

Imperfect
Staff member
Premium Member
Nope, never been threatened.

I guess it would bother me a little. I don't really enjoy ticking people off.

I've only ignored a member once. They likely had no clue, as we didn't interact much. Their posts made me feel mildly ill sometimes. I saw no benefit in continuing to read them.
 

Jayhawker Soule

-- untitled --
Premium Member
If I recall correctly, two people have "threatened" to do so.
I do not recall threatening an individual. I simply ignore the person and let them know that I am doing so.
 

Viker

Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
No. I don't know if anyone has ever ignored me, here at least. My cat occasionally ignores my wishes to not have him break things.
 

Sgt. Pepper

All you need is love.
If so, did you know why? Did it bother you? Did the "threat" cause you to modify your behaviour in anyway?

Yes, one member once told me that he was putting me on ignore, and I rolled my eyes about it. I'm not sure why he felt the need to tell me. And no, it didn't bother me or change my behavior. Honestly, I thought it was rather arrogant of him to tell me he was putting me on ignore in an active thread.

Have you ever "threatened" to put someone on ignore? Why did you do this? What result did you expect? Did it accomplish what you wanted?

No, I've never threatened to put another member on ignore or ever told other members that I'm putting them on ignore. To be honest, I don't normally put other members on my ignore list, but if I do, I will eventually remove them. At present time, there are two members who I have permanently put on ignore. The first is someone that I can't understand their posts to save my life and the other one I put on ignore because the staff instructed me to.
 

Ella S.

Well-Known Member
Yes, and not just on this site.
If so, did you know why? Did it bother you? Did the "threat" cause you to modify your behaviour in anyway?
Several years ago, I was ignored by a few people because I was probably crossing a line and unintentionally harassing them. That did make me re-evaluate the way I interact with other people.

Most of the time, people ignore me because they're upset over something I say or my worldview. Sometimes it does bother me, because I did not mean to upset anyone, but I understand. Blocking/ignoring other users can be a healthy way of limiting information overload and from seeing content that produces nothing but pain for you. It can be a genuine feature of self-care, or even just a way of respecting your own time.

I understand that not everyone will agree with me and some people will disagree with me so strongly that they're completely disgusted by me and what I say. I think that's just a part of being human. I try not to let myself reach that same level of passionate disgust about anything because it's unproductive, but that takes serious discipline and even then I still fail sometimes. So I get it.
Have you ever "threatened" to put someone on ignore? Why did you do this? What result did you expect? Did it accomplish what you wanted?
In my private life, I liberally cut contact with people that I just don't feel like talking to anymore. Often, I will send them a message first trying to explain that it's just because I'm not a sociable person, don't really feel sentimentality towards others, and feel sort of suffocated by relationships that get too close.

Some people understand that it's just the way I am. A lot of people ignore everything I say and take it personally, beating themselves up over not being "good enough" for me, whatever that means, without realizing that the problem was never them. I honestly hate that, but there's not much I can do if they choose to misinterpret my cold, dismissive-avoidant interpersonal style.

I have threatened to put people on ignore when I think they have an inflated sense of their importance to me, just to demonstrate that they don't have the power over me that they think they do. Usually, this works and I don't actually have to ignore them. Sometimes I do end up blocking them. Either way, I'm no longer subject to their behavior, so I win.

On RF, though, I make it a point to not ignore anyone because I'm here specifically to broaden my horizons and open myself up to people who disagree with me. I don't want to end up in a self-made echo-chamber. When I find myself really wanting to ignore or block someone, I'll instead try to have a discussion with them. This is not something I would ever do outside of this forum in my personal life, where I am more reserved and aloof.
 

Heyo

Veteran Member
If so, did you know why? Did it bother you? Did the "threat" cause you to modify your behaviour in anyway?

Have you ever "threatened" to put someone on ignore? Why did you do this? What result did you expect? Did it accomplish what you wanted?
I've never been threatened but people do ignore my questions. I don' know why but I suspect that they don't have an answer.
 

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
If so, did you know why? Did it bother you? Did the "threat" cause you to modify your behaviour in anyway?

Have you ever "threatened" to put someone on ignore? Why did you do this? What result did you expect? Did it accomplish what you wanted?
Dosent bother me, once i recall I think I started singing a song ....
 

Stevicus

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
If so, did you know why? Did it bother you? Did the "threat" cause you to modify your behaviour in anyway?

Have you ever "threatened" to put someone on ignore? Why did you do this? What result did you expect? Did it accomplish what you wanted?

No, it doesn't matter to me if someone ignores me or not.
 

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
If so, did you know why? Did it bother you? Did the "threat" cause you to modify your behaviour in anyway?

No one has ever threatened to do that to me, and the ignore function doesn't work on staff members either way.

Someone once told me they were intentionally avoiding reading my posts, but we have since become friends.

Have you ever "threatened" to put someone on ignore? Why did you do this? What result did you expect? Did it accomplish what you wanted?

No. I have never used the ignore function in my 12 years here. For one thing, I'm too curious to read different perspectives. For another thing, one of the reasons I'm here is to encounter diversity of beliefs, not to foster a personal echo chamber.

If I truly dislike someone's posts, I will either vigorously challenge their views in a reply or scroll past. No need for a dedicated software function.
 
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