IGNORE BY DEFAULT?

While I will quickly scan many a post, by some of the more verbose posters, I never ignore a "Setanta post". However, when it is a post where he goes into the nuances of European history in the Middle Ages, my eyes gloss over, and I move along. But, when it is a post with some witty repartee, I am vindicated in believing that if one is born in NYC, one might somehow turn out with a more discerning eye, so to speak, of pompous pontificating. So, I never ignore a "Setanta post."

P.S.: I did mention the name "Setanta," since he originated this thread, and much of my comment is about my not "ignoring by default" his posts. How else would I have been able to have a reader know my post was about the thread's originator, unless I used the actual moniker? It's all just my opinion anyway. Plus, Setanta only said he'd "prefer" names not to be used. Bartleby the Scrivner (Melville's short story) also said he'd "prefer" not to do something. I would have "preferred" a direct order. Plus, I was not shaming anyone, just giving Setanta feedback he might or might not appreciate. But, since it was on his thread, he will not be ignoring it by default.

I suppose most of us do it to a greater or lesser extent. Sometimes it depends on the topic.

Miller, you're a f*cking idiot, and you're attempting to be a provocative asshole. Don't expect a reply to your typical drivel.

I guess what i was getting at, EB, is how quickly do people put other members on ignore.

I put no one on ignore,regardless of de fault

Sometimes with lightning speed. I have the odd notion that I ought to enjoy my experience here. There had been some I tolerated from Abuzz til somewhere along the way, long after a2k's inception. But I get crotchety in old age. Less tolerant.

I have nobody on ignore but I mainly ignore the ignorant..

But you're younger than me, Edgar.
And I am irrepressibly good natured.

I can see that. What motivated me was seeing so many threads in which i take an interest for which the last member posting was someone whose typical drivel i would not bother to read. In your earlier post, you made a good point. There is, for example, one member here whose politics disgust me, and which i treat derisively. Therefore, when that member posts a political comment, i either ignore it, or provide a link to evidence that the member is full of horsie poop. That same member has, however, a subtle understanding of the sciences, and can communicate well and succinctly on scientific topics. So if the subject of a thread is scientific, i would also click on to see what that member had written.

I ignore some on religion/atheism threads, but read them elsewhere.

Your reply is quoted above. And, the term "provocative asshole" is just redundant in some circles.