*Adds o-din to my ignore list*

I ignore everyone. Don't feel bad, pinside is not a safe space!

This has been going on for quite some time; but yes it's completely needed.

Now if they can insta boot anyone that uses *shrugs* we'd really be making some traction.

Damn, I took your post totally opposite, ha!

Oh well, I ignored that dude. Hes been stalking me in multiple threads. It was time. I wasnt even blatant about it! Blurg!

Yup he gets like that...we've all done our time.

First off, I'd like to announce that I'm responding to this thread in the form of an announcement, actually two.

I have to be honest. I'd like to see more announcements about people's intentions. What pinside needs is to be more like facebook so I can know when they are eating a sandwich or at a baseball game. Maybe integrate Alexa and give us announcements as people move room to room. This way I can plan my responses for bathroom breaks or when they take the trash out.

Now I'm announcing that I will be reading other posts. Thank you.

They should change the name from Pinside to Pin-High. Feels like high school some days!

Moderator note:

All kidding aside, if you see someone announcing they have someone else on ignore or announcing they are draining a thread, send us an abuse report to link us to the post so we see it and act accordingly. If we aren't told about it, we may never see it.

Seriously, its probably a good thing. The intention is to call out 'as an authority' that the 'new trend' is to 'ignore' some individual. In almost all of those cases its two people driving an off topic or tangential conversation which isn't productive.

It's almost comical when it does happen, because if they just wanted the ignored user to know, they could just tell them directly. But its really there to broadcast and get additional support, and that's not really healthy for anyone.

Ultimately pinside would be much better if everyone applied one simple rule. Never comment about a specific person, or more commonly, someone's opinion. Sadly this almost never happens.

I try, sometimes I fail.

Lame thread — drained.

(But I might be back later to talk more about how I drained this thread)

Just curious, I can see why ignores would be annoying, buy why also drains? I'd think that's a way for someone to say they are done with a topic and moving on and by definition would be just once per thread.

Agree it would interesting to see the which people are ignoring which. Hint - if you suspect someone has you on ignore and you'd like to confirm, try sending them a pm. You'll receive a Pinside alert stating the message can't be sent because user has you on ignore.

ps - my wife has me on permanent ignore.

Most of "drain announcements" we saw were in the line "well, I'am done with this band of idiots" which, as you can imagine, often trigger negative responses... No need for that.

It's been in place for some time now, but you rarely see posts with this moderation reason indicated, as we often delete them as well.

Maybe she is creeped out knowing that you are officially "following" over 20,000 other Pinsiders?

I love when people announce they drained a thread or put me on ignore. It gives me license to talk shit about them without fear of reprisal.

We on the mod team thought it was a bug...we checked; nope, he really is following that many people!

He's my only follower, lol.

Mom, he’s ignoring me!

Yeah, I sincerely don't get the consideration here -- I'm wondering how Pinside or its members are harmed if someone declares they are draining a thread, or someone is put on ignore.

Can I ask a moderator to please give context, (or just link us to the updated forum rules.)

thanks!
-mof

Often times, it's used in a petulant manner, like slamming a door. It doesn't really contribute a whole lot to a conversation, and is used more like a weapon to gain attention and to stir up trouble than anything else.

Ok, I suppose I can see how saying, "Ok y'all, now I'm ignoring user xyz", is kinda empty, and just draws attention. Bad behavior? I don't know, but a small sideways distraction to a topic.

I'm not however, seeing how declaring you're draining a thread is attention-whoring at the same level. In fact, I could see it as a helpful indicator to others that a thread is losing its value or might be worthy of a close, especially since it is a comment about a topic, not an individual.

In both cases I don't see how either act harms people or the site, thus I would think these would simply be social etiquetes requested on the site, versus a posted rule that needs regulation. If this is now a rule, I presume the rule is posted somewhere?

Shrug...

-mof

Before we enforced the rule, it certainly caused problems and derailed several threads. Now that it is in effect, those problems have been minimized.

We don't enforce rules willy nilly--that just creates more work for the moderators. Usually, there are reasons behind them, like addressing an ongoing problem.

It's been posted several times in various threads, but as such, it's one of those smaller rules that is encompassed and helps enforce a larger one, such as "don't derail threads" or "flaming, baiting, trolling or otherwise inflammatory comments" rules.

Ok...I've read enough....

Shrugs...

you also need to remember that Moderators have a range of actions they can take
they dont always hand out life bans
i dare say most of the time posters are ejected from a single thread for a week

You know I announced a while back that I don’t have the Thumbs up/down turned on.

Was that wrong?

Could I have some thumbs down please? Or up? Or not

Yep.

It's very rare. Other than spammers/scammers, maybe one or two a year?

Eh, a lot of times, it's a moderation warning with no eject. Thread ejects only happen when something is really over the line or if it's the same individual who keeps breaking similar rules.

And I’m done with this band of merry men in this thread.... *slams door gently.*

wTF I thought I drained this 11 months ago??

This is my final post in this thread