An Exclusion Button

[allenlondon]

Dear Answerbank management,

Could we have an 'I don't want to read this person's comments' button?

It would work like this. Each of us could specify 'names' we didn't want replies from, or comments from, and the result would be far fewer spats. People who respected each other could have civilised chats, people who couldn't stand each other wouldn't need to read provocative or silly comments.

What do you reckon? I'd bet there'd be quite a few who'd put my name on their exclusion list! And I have about a dozen I'd happily not hear from again. But the rest? I like and respect most on here.

A

[jackthehat]

It's been suggested before.
Just ignore and refuse to engage with those people, it's the grown-up way of dealing with the issue.

[Baldric]

I don't think AL can do grown-up for more than a few minutes at a time :o)

[Spicerack]

^ Be sure to tell people they're on your list. That really annoys them.

[naomi24]

Crikey! A dozen? I've been around here for about a hundred years and I couldn't count a dozen people I'd rather not read. Sounds like you fall out with people very easily, Allen, so perhaps your problems result from your attitude rather than theirs. Just a thought.

[Tilly2]

What if everyone wanted to exclude me? That would be very painful.

[dannyk13]

Jth has the answer, just ignore the people who get your goat.

[Barmaid]

I've got one.

It's in the same part of my brain as "I cant be bothered with this nonsense" and "I'm going to ignore that since I think he/she is a dick/narcissist/bigot/fantasist/etc".

[aelmpvw]

i ignore posts from one or two abers, it's not difficult . . .

[SparklyKid]

Bad idea, I love my fan club. Their lives would be so dull without me.

[jackthehat]

A previous ABer claimed to have developed an 'extension' to Chrome(?) which he could use to block-out the comments of people with whom he did not wish to engage.
It was proven to be less impressive than he claimed and unwieldy to use.

Perhaps you could shuffle Post-it notes around your screen to blank out those ABers you widh to ignore?

[allenlondon]

Well, you probably wouldn't know, Tilly.

Naomi (for instance, just at random) would post a comment on someone's thread about socialism, but to the Original Poster her comment would be invisible, although others could still read it of course.

Thus, (and heaven forfend) if you were on my exclusion list, you wouldn't know it. Such a sad thought, mind; I would miss you.

A

[teacake44]

Have you really thought this through AL, or just a knee jerk reaction, because you get a little bit angry now and again when some one presents a valid argument, that don't fit in with your way of thinking?

[Tilly2]

You would know, Allen because you would eventually twig that no one was replying to your posts.

[allenlondon]

Tilly, untrue! I can't imagine anyone excluding your answers from their questions. There are many on this thread (curiously) who would be on MY list, but your name hadn't occurred to me - you are strong, but fair-minded, and I read your replies and consider them.

There really are only a dozen or so I'd welcome not reading again (and as I say, funny how most of them are already on this thread, having their usual pops!)

A

[Spicerack]

Can't think of anyone I'd exclude. Some are slightly 'annoying' but who wants to live in an echo-chamber. (apart from far left fascists)

[anneasquith]

Allen, I have a special button. See the abers name , press the ignore button. Works every time :-)

[rowanwitch]

I'd rather Alexa would just switch off AB when she heard me mutter t055 er etc. Then show me an ad for kalms.

[Bazile]

I bet none of you darlings would have me on your exclusion list

Would you ?

[barry1010]

Problem is you'd see posts replying to your excluded person and wonder what has been said. You'd see very disjointed threads and curiosity would probably kill you - if you didn't become paranoid first.

[Spicerack]

I'd have to consider it, Bazile, if you call me darling again.