Timeline for Add the ability to ignore users
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| Feb 16, 2024 at 23:53 | comment | added | user134589 | The ignore feature can be just as much for community improvement. It encourages people to participate that otherwise would stop. It encourages people to be nice knowing they might be ignored. | |
| May 24, 2010 at 20:27 | comment | added | bananakata | @devinb: In principle I'd completely agree, but in practice I think all attempts are doomed to failure for at least some cases and I'd rather provide a nuclear option. Hopefully you don't have to use it. | |
| Apr 22, 2010 at 7:56 | comment | added | devinb | But the "ignore feature" and "penalty box" have different goals. One is for self-gratification, the other is for community improvement. If, as you say, the penalty box is insufficient deterrent (I TOTALLY agree) then we should improve the ability of the moderators and the community to help/encourage users to stop being problems. We should focus on features and methods which are geared towards community improvement. | |
| Jul 8, 2009 at 6:11 | history | answered | bananakata | CC BY-SA 2.5 |