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When Shutting Up isn't Cowardice

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dyslexia
 
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Reply Sun 29 Oct, 2006 07:26 pm
neologist wrote:
R2
ad hominem
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nimh
 
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Reply Sun 29 Oct, 2006 09:18 pm
ossobuco wrote:
Face it, some of us can have the occasional fascination with train wrecks..

The ignore button would be to protect us from that fascination.. ;-)
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Sun 29 Oct, 2006 09:20 pm
Nods..
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Thomas
 
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Reply Mon 30 Oct, 2006 01:50 am
nimh wrote:
ossobuco wrote:
Face it, some of us can have the occasional fascination with train wrecks..

The ignore button would be to protect us from that fascination.. ;-)

It wouldn't be, it is! Have you checked out Old Europe's Firefox extension? It's marvelous! No more train wrecks.
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JPB
 
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Reply Mon 30 Oct, 2006 07:33 am
True, Thomas, as long as those using the ignore button don't fill up the thread with "I'm ignoring you" responses that are simply that much more pollution for those without such a tool. I love the concept and I'm glad that OE has given folks an ignore button, but I hope those who use it to ignore someone actually ignore that person (or respond on point).
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Thomas
 
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Reply Mon 30 Oct, 2006 07:53 am
JPB wrote:
True, Thomas, as long as those using the ignore button don't fill up the thread with "I'm ignoring you" responses that are simply that much more pollution for those without such a tool. I love the concept and I'm glad that OE has given folks an ignore button, but I hope those who use it to ignore someone actually ignore that person (or respond on point).

You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here.

Razz
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JPB
 
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Reply Mon 30 Oct, 2006 07:55 am
yeah, sompin like 'dat.

Razz
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blatham
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 07:21 am
Who is this "thomas" people are talking about?
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Thomas
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 07:53 am
blatham wrote:
Who is this "thomas" people are talking about?

"thomas" is a theory, not a fact, regarding a "person" behind an A2K account. This account should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered.
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nimh
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 11:35 am
.. and approached with a sufficient degree of relativation .. ;-)
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Craven de Kere
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 03:34 pm
nimh wrote:

Wouldnt it save a lot of moderating time if, once a poster is banned, he is taken down too as soon as he appears under a new name?


The site's culture is moving away from banning (more indefinite) toward suspensions (which will eventually have technology-driven time controls).

To be honest, the best procedural/technical tool for this kind of situation is the ignore feature that is coming in the next a2k.

Don't feed the trolls. We'll make it easier by allowing users to ignore users across the site in one action.
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roger
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 04:41 pm
Yeee HAW.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 04:45 pm
Oh boy! The first person I'm going to ignore is . . .
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nimh
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 05:24 pm
Tell me it aint so, Edgar.

Thanks, Craven.
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parados
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 05:27 pm
The good news with an ignore button is you don't have to read the same poster repeating over and over...

"I win because you didn't respond."
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 05:37 pm
I doubt very much that I will ever use the ignore button.
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snood
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 05:38 pm
Did dys say something? I was ignoring him....
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 05:40 pm
snood wrote:
Did dys say something? I was ignoring him....
Laughing
next thing you know is Lash will begin to like me (or not)
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snood
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 05:50 pm
dyslexia wrote:
snood wrote:
Did dys say something? I was ignoring him....
Laughing
next thing you know is Lash will begin to like me (or not)



Aw, you know she already loves you. She and I alas, were not meant to be...
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Tue 31 Oct, 2006 07:10 pm
"I love everybody. Why, I'm so full of love sometimes, I'm about to bust." - Preacher Casey, The Grapes of Wrath
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