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Vmart
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11/3/2007  8:23 PM
I don't think this site needs an ignore button. You can basically look at the names and know not to read furture.
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11/3/2007  8:26 PM
Posted by Papabear:
Posted by Silverfuel:
Posted by TMS:

everyone already has an ignore button... it's called a brain... use it.
Whats your problem with having an ignore function? Lets say it was easy to create or was already created, what is exactly bothering you about it? Those that use it know what to expect when they visit the forum. Yahoo, ESPN, MSN, techforums, Etrade forums and many others have an ignore feature. If the feature can be easily implemented, why not give people the option?

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I will tell you why. The haters would go crazy because no one would be there to read thier hate. Haters talking to haters is boring.
If something isn't done you will start seeing good people like Nixluva leaving this forum. I want to read good comertary about the Knicks game good or bad. I don't want to hear about how much they hate Zeke , Marbs , Crawford, Curry every day every night.

Papabear

see, it's posters like you that like to generalize any posters who have an alternate opinion than yours as "haters" that has truly ruined the posting experience for most of the people here IMO... if you can't take people w/an alternate viewpoint, why bother posting on an internet message board? just create your own website called "For Lovers only" & knock yourself out if that floats your boat...

i for one enjoy reading posts from "Lovers" & "Haters" alike because exchanging alternate viewpoints is the whole point in discussing topics on a public forum.

& to Silverfuel, if martin & Andrew decide they want to implement an ignore feature, i don't have a problem with it... it's their site & they can do what they see fit to improve it... i just don't see why it's such a problem for people to ignore people on their own if they don't want to post w/certain people because they're too sensitive to the comments of others on an internet message board.... when i see a thread i don't want to post on, i don't click on it... it's a pretty simple method really.
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11/3/2007  8:28 PM
Posted by eViL:
Posted by BasketballJones:

It's not just "hate" that's a problem, it's also the constant meta-discussion about "hate", creating the impression that the problem is larger than it really is.

[Edited by - basketballjones on 11-03-2007 19:50]

AGREED 100%

Practically speaking, what happens when someone has BasketballJones on ignore, but I quote him in my post? Do people really think they are going to escape?
eViL: I post on a few other forums. Politics, technology, baseball etc. Most forums have ignore features and it works fine. Yes, there is an adjustment period but people work it out. But you wont even use the feature so it shouldn't bother you! Why not let us (the people that would want to use the feature) worry about escaping it or not escaping it. Seriously. It would be different if you want to save martin the effort of coding the feature but your reasons are different! Lets us worry about how the feature will work for us. I would definitely like to have the option.

I'll give you a very valid reason for the existence of the ignore feature. Lets say my I convince my 8 year old cousin to read the forums and start posting on the forums. Lets say BasketballJones has a tendency to use the F word a lot but he kinda censors it with FU*K or F*CK or whatever. Lets say there is another poster that uses slang words that a kid is likely to pick up on and repeat in school the next day. To make his clean it up for him, I block a lot of the immature posters on this forum from showing up. This is how the feature is being used on Yahoo, MSN, Yes Network, ESPN etc.

I don't understand why you are so against a feature you are not being forced to use.
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11/3/2007  8:32 PM
Posted by TMS:

& to Silverfuel, if martin & Andrew decide they want to implement an ignore feature, i don't have a problem with it... it's their site & they can do what they see fit to improve it... i just don't see why it's such a problem for people to ignore people on their own if they don't want to post w/certain people because they're too sensitive to the comments of others on an internet message board.... when i see a thread i don't want to post on, i don't click on it... it's a pretty simple method really.
I see your point completely and I would have been on your side of the fence 10 months ago but it still doesn't answer my question. Why are you against it when you aren't going to use the feature. It's like the "Turn images OFF" feature for people browsing at work! Its not getting in your way if you dont use it. It will get in my way but thats something I am willing to live with.
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11/3/2007  8:36 PM
like i said, it won't effect me in the least because i won't be using it... this site hasn't had an ignore feature since i've been here & it's been doing just fine without one... this is probably the best Knicks forum out there, partly because the mods don't restrict you as much as sites like MSG where the mods are micro managers of the site & i think the community of posters here is varied enough to keep every topic interesting... who the hell wants to only read viewpoints that are only in line w/your own? what's the point of that? i don't get it... but like i said, if the mods want to implement one, then go for it.
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11/3/2007  8:40 PM
Posted by Silverfuel:

Lets say BasketballJones has a tendency to use the F word a lot but he kinda censors it with FU*K or F*CK or whatever.

I'm pretty sure my posts are mostly PG.
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11/3/2007  8:42 PM
Posted by TMS:

everyone already has an ignore button... it's called a brain... use it.

I have to admit I laughed pretty hard when I read that!
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11/3/2007  8:44 PM
Posted by BasketballJones:
Posted by Silverfuel:

Lets say BasketballJones has a tendency to use the F word a lot but he kinda censors it with FU*K or F*CK or whatever.

I'm pretty sure my posts are mostly PG.

This gives me an idea though. Rather than coding a new feature, why not use an existing one to help alleviate the problem? What I'm thinking is that you just add more words to the 'bad words' list that get replaced by asterisks. I suggest adding these words:

hater
lover
homer
lose
loser
nut-hugger
Isiah
Thomas
Stephon
Marbury
Starbury
Curry
Eddy
Fat

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11/3/2007  8:51 PM
Posted by TMS:

like i said, it won't effect me in the least because i won't be using it... this site hasn't had an ignore feature since i've been here & it's been doing just fine without one... this is probably the best Knicks forum out there, partly because the mods don't restrict you as much as sites like MSG where the mods are micro managers of the site & i think the community of posters here is varied enough to keep every topic interesting... who the hell wants to only read viewpoints that are only in line w/your own? what's the point of that? i don't get it... but like i said, if the mods want to implement one, then go for it.
Ok, so you don't care cause you wont be using it and thats how it is for everybody thats been so loud about this!

to eViL and others: There is no way a feature like this can affect people because no one is being forced to use it! buddapaw makes legitimate feature request and Andrew says he'll talk to Martin about it. I remember when there were serious talks about providing users with the option to ignore other forum members. Whats so bad about providing an option? I can totally understand if you want to save them time and effort but you come at me with some stuff like "Do people really think they are going to escape?". Come on man, let me worry about it. Why does it matter to you if you don't have to use it?
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Silverfuel
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11/3/2007  8:52 PM
Posted by Bonn1997:
Posted by TMS:

everyone already has an ignore button... it's called a brain... use it.
I have to admit I laughed pretty hard when I read that!
I kinda figured you would.
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11/3/2007  8:53 PM
Posted by Vmart:
Posted by BasketballJones:

It's high time this site grew up and got an ignore function. Here's a partial list of posters I'd put on my ignore list today, if this capability existed:

93Buick
ActionJackson
AI
AllanFan20
Andrew
Anji
Arkrud
azamatbagatov
BasketballJones
Bippity10
Blueseats
Bobs3304
Bonn1997
BRIGGS
buddapaw
CDB
Cookdcokehop
Cosmic
CrushAlot
crzymdups
djsunyc
Evil
Firefly
Fishmike
FrenchKnicks
Gunsnewing
HARDCOREKNICKSFAN
Ira
Islefan
K22
Kam77
King1
knicksbabyyeah
Majorleads
Martin
Marv
Misterearl
MS
mythfase
Nalod
NewYorkSoul
Nixluva
NYK3
NYKBocker
NYResuerection
oohah
Papabear
playa2
PresIke
RemBee
Silverfuel
TheGame
tkf
TMS
Tru
Trublue
VDesai
Vmart
WOODMANnYk


If your name isn't on this list, please let me know so I can add it.




[Edited by - basketballjones on 11-03-2007 19:13]

[Edited by - basketballjones on 11-03-2007 19:39]

Basketballjones, I can't believe you would choose to ingnore all of us like that including yourself.

BasketballJones would be the first guy I'd ignore. He's the one I really need the feature for because I just can't seem to avoid reading his posts.

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11/3/2007  8:56 PM
Posted by VDesai:
Posted by buddapaw:
Posted by VDesai:
Posted by TRU:

y not have an ignore button? if you don't like it, don't use it.

That's not how it works- even if you don't use it, if someone else is using it will affect the entire thread. There will be non-responses and holes in conversations. It's a weird and useless feature. Its a lot easier to scroll over someone's posts or not respond if they're baiting you.

Why would it? Please explain would the use of something similar such as the turning images off images feature would affect the thread? This would be a user based item and it would not after the original thread in any way except the view of the actual user. It would be in essence a user function.


Think about it. Let's just say you're chosen to ignore me.

You make a post

I reply to your post, not knowing that I'm on ignore.

I await your reply, yet you're ignoring me, so I reply again

Another poster wonders why you're not replying, starts commenting.

You can see the comments, but you have no idea which poster he's referring to that's replying to you.

Another guy comes in, has you on ignore, and wonders who the other guy is replying too.

And so on. It becomes an Abbott and Costello routine.

Their just words. If you see a name and know you don't like the guys posts, its not really that hard to skip over them, is it? That's helpful feature of having our names by every post.

[Edited by - vdesai on 11-03-2007 12:58 PM]
Do you want to see examples of this feature working well? Send me an email if you want and I can give you my username and password to a forum that uses the ignore feature.
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11/3/2007  9:02 PM
Posted by Silverfuel:

I don't understand why you are so against a feature you are not being forced to use.

To be honest, I'm a fan of the super intense arguments. I find it entertaining. HAHA!! Maybe if more people took it for entertainment we wouldn't have people bugging out so much. I find Islesfan absolutely hilarious. He's a really funny guy if you can get past the point that he's dogging your favorite team. I mean, how funny is this:
Posted by islesfan:
Posted by eViL:

There are some very sensitive, very emotional people on this message board. And you know just how to rile 'em up. Should we have an ignore feature? Or should they take a step back and think to themselves, "Hold up. This is just one person on an internet forum."? People need to lighten up.

I'm innocent. I'm very very innocent.

That's funny stuff. I mean, he's a character, a parody of the most angry fans and he does it well. The fact that some people are so easily riled up is not his fault.

This site is not overrun by negativity because there is no ignore function. This site is overrun by negativity because the team has been in the dumps year after year. There is no such thing as lovers and haters. There is just hopefuls and not hopefuls. An ignore feature will not change that.

But yeah, if you really feel like you need it to enjoy the board then I guess I hope you get it because I feel bad that you aren't enjoying yourself. My advice: loosen up, roll with the punches, keep it light, don't read the posters you don't like.
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11/3/2007  9:14 PM
Posted by Papabear:


Papabear Says

Blah blah blah, hater hater hater, blah blah blah, hater hater hater, blah blah blah, hater hater hater.
Blah blah blah, hater hater hater, blah blah blah, hater hater hater, blah blah blah, hater hater hater.
Blah blah blah, hater hater hater, blah blah blah, hater hater hater, blah blah blah, hater hater hater.
Blah blah blah, hater hater hater, blah blah blah, hater hater hater, blah blah blah, hater hater hater.

Papabear

Papabear,

Papabear



[Edited by - Papabear ]
[Edited by - Papabear ]
[Edited by - Papabear ]


Just once I'd like to see you post about the Knicks.
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11/3/2007  9:15 PM
I think this forum would be a lot more interesting if everyone ignored each other.
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11/3/2007  9:15 PM
Posted by eViL:

My advice: loosen up, roll with the punches, keep it light, don't read the posters you don't like.
Thats good advice, it really is but its not about that. My beef is not really with the negativity. I want the ignore feature for other reasons too. I don't understand your beef with having the feature though. You won't use it! Your advice to me is how to deal with the forum but I'm doing pretty well dealing with it. I've been a regular here for 5 years so I know I can handle the negativity. I survived the Layden era so I can survive anything.

You are preaching "If you don't like it, just roll past it" right? So why can you do it with this thread? You don't like it. You don't care for it. You will never use the ignore feature. So just ignore the thread! Thats how everybody should deal with the ignore feature. It works well on the ESPN forums. I was an avid contributor to those forums during the World Cup of Soccer! They let you ignore users and it immediately made the experience so much better! Its actually a very useful addition.

And I will give you intense arguments all year long cause I won't be ignoring your posts! I can only think of 2 maybe 3 users I would block who IMO have nothing to add other than personal attacks and name calling. Whatever. I'm really pushing for this because there is a very small downside.
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11/3/2007  9:23 PM
Posted by Silverfuel:

Thats good advice, it really is but its not about that. My beef is not really with the negativity. I want the ignore feature for other reasons too. I don't understand your beef with having the feature though. You won't use it! Your advice to me is how to deal with the forum but I'm doing pretty well dealing with it. I've been a regular here for 5 years so I know I can handle the negativity. I survived the Layden era so I can survive anything.

You are preaching "If you don't like it, just roll past it" right? So why can you do it with this thread? You don't like it. You don't care for it. You will never use the ignore feature. So just ignore the thread! Thats how everybody should deal with the ignore feature. It works well on the ESPN forums. I was an avid contributor to those forums during the World Cup of Soccer! They let you ignore users and it immediately made the experience so much better! Its actually a very useful addition.

And I will give you intense arguments all year long cause I won't be ignoring your posts! I can only think of 2 maybe 3 users I would block who IMO have nothing to add other than personal attacks and name calling. Whatever. I'm really pushing for this because there is a very small downside.

Fair enough. You're right -- if it doesn't affect me then I shouldn't care about it. However, I think it will affect the board overall (maybe positive, maybe negative -- we'll see). If Mardrew implement the feature and it works awesome then you won't hear a complaint from me as long as my band promotion posts can't be ignored
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11/3/2007  9:32 PM
Posted by eViL:
Posted by Silverfuel:

Thats good advice, it really is but its not about that. My beef is not really with the negativity. I want the ignore feature for other reasons too. I don't understand your beef with having the feature though. You won't use it! Your advice to me is how to deal with the forum but I'm doing pretty well dealing with it. I've been a regular here for 5 years so I know I can handle the negativity. I survived the Layden era so I can survive anything.

You are preaching "If you don't like it, just roll past it" right? So why can you do it with this thread? You don't like it. You don't care for it. You will never use the ignore feature. So just ignore the thread! Thats how everybody should deal with the ignore feature. It works well on the ESPN forums. I was an avid contributor to those forums during the World Cup of Soccer! They let you ignore users and it immediately made the experience so much better! Its actually a very useful addition.

And I will give you intense arguments all year long cause I won't be ignoring your posts! I can only think of 2 maybe 3 users I would block who IMO have nothing to add other than personal attacks and name calling. Whatever. I'm really pushing for this because there is a very small downside.

Fair enough. You're right -- if it doesn't affect me then I shouldn't care about it. However, I think it will affect the board overall (maybe positive, maybe negative -- we'll see). If Mardrew implement the feature and it works awesome then you won't hear a complaint from me as long as my band promotion posts can't be ignored
It works. I can suggest some forums that use it. Time to go drink some beers and check out the women in Westchester, PA!
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11/3/2007  10:03 PM
The IGNORE button...
Hmmm... scary...
Can we ignore IGNORE button?
Can we ignore the stuff that was ignored by ignorant people?
Can we have IGNORE TRUTH button? Truth hurts...
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11/3/2007  10:21 PM
I support the ignore button. Please feel free to ignore me. Some people are hard to ignore. I have noticed that the quality of posts has been dropping lately. Perhaps an "ignore" function will allow me to remove some posts that, historically, have not been worth my time nor effort.

But, whatever.
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