Ignore Feature

I don't have other-board experience, but I do have my own opinion. And a soapbox! Whoo!!I see an "ignore" feature as a "preserve personal stress levels" feature. That is, it's only purpose is to help lessen visible stress to a user who wants to be restricted from such things. It should not be able to influence other user's access to publically posted information. Nor should it have any influence on anyone elses use of the board.That is, if I ignore Larni because I think Bobba Fett is overrated (), it doesn't affect Onifre in any way.Given that, here's my answers (notice how I take an extra step up my soapbox):1. When you ignore someone, you can't see their posts, but can they see yours?
-Yes.2. If they can see your posts, can they reply to them, it's just that you can't see them.
-Yes, they can reply to your posts, but you will not see the reply. Not sure if email notification should also be blocked? Probably... Maybe... I don't know, I don't tend to use ignore features anyway 3. How public is ignore information. Can other people see who you're ignoring?
-Ignored information is still public and therefore still visible to anyone who is not-ignoring that person. So, yes, other people can see who you're ignoring.
-You may be thinking of a "blocking feature" here. Which may be something that could be implemented and controlled by thread-starters? Certainly a separate feature, though. Ignore features don't include alterations to other people's board experiences.
(ABE - Whoops, I didn't understand your question here... )Additional thoughts:--You shouldn't be able to ignore any and all users (I'm thinking about admins here).
--It may be interesting to have a publically viewable list of all people anyone is ignoring or is ignored by. Like maybe on each user's profile?Oh, and I won't be getting off my soapbox for a while. The air's just a bit nicer up here. Regular people probably can't tell a difference, but I can notice it. Besides, everything's just so... mundane down there in non-soapbox land.Edited by Stile, : My mom says I'm imaginative with a spoonful of stupid.

Could everyone please be quiet... if you notice, I have re-mounted my soapbox. That's the signal for you to be quiet. I think Perdition has a great idea here. And one that would be really cool to add to your final product anyway, if you have the time.I think the ignore feature and blocking feature would belittle the respectful and professional atmosphere that is EvC.I think your final product needs to include an ingore feature and a blocking feature in order to offer the same options that other similar products would have, and therefore be competitive.
I think you should also deal with the issue raised by Mr. Jack (that a blocked person could use the general reply button...) But I would have the ignore feature be controlled as a global all-forum aspect chosen by the profile-user. I would also have the block function be a per-thread feature (not global) that is controlled by the thread-starter. That way it wouldn't matter if someone used the reply button or general reply... their whole account would be blocked from the entire thread.*remains on the soapbox for 5 minutes of silence while making sure that everyone is respecting my authoritay.Okay, you may talk amongst yourselves once again. Please respect the soapbox, we're not 12 years old, I'm 31! (That makes me automatically mature).