I read this board several times a day but rarely post. As a consequence, I am not always up to speed on the tools at our disposal. In searching for something a couple of weeks ago I happened to run across the instructions for how to “ignore” users on this board. This was found none too soon, as I was on the verge of blowing a gasket.
It seems that one user posts in the majority of threads and is negative and purposefully argumentative 95+% of the time. I honestly believe that his sole purpose for logging on each day is to piss off as many members as possible. In reading the responses he generates in the majority of threads on this board, I would say that mission is a resounding success. He was getting on my nerves to the point that I did not buy a shotgun he had in the For Sale section a couple of weeks ago. I just could not bear the thought of sending him a dime. I did notice that the gun went for a fair amount below market value and imagine many others felt the same as me.
At any rate, the threads look much nicer now when I see “you are ignoring this user” in the text box beside his screen name. I still see others reply to him in angry and frustrated tones every day and thought I would give a brief tutorial on how to ignore people. This is what you do:
1. open a thread where the user has posted
2. left click on the user’s name
3. click “view profile”
4. click “ignore this user”
5. watch your blood pressure instantly go down
It as simple as that. If I can figure out how to do it on a computer, just about anybody can figure it out.
Every single day I read folks’ replies to this bozo and it is apparent that he is reducing the enjoyment they get from reading this board. If you start ignoring him, then I think you will find your stress level go down and enjoyment level go up.
As an added bonus, maybe he will stop logging onto this BBS if enough people stop replying to his intentionally inflammatory posts. And even if he is still around trying to stir up trouble, you will not see what is he is writing, so who cares? Either way, you win!
