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Spearmint30
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Draco Burnz said :
This doesnt promote "peace" in the slightest and anyone who thinks so is fooling themselves.

All it does is create echo-chambers as you then only get to see posts from ppl you agree with and thats not an active discussion. It would only create an "echo-chamber" from the ignoring users' perspective. Everyone else would still be able to see the conversation in all its glory (provided they're not ignoring any of the participants themselves).

Really no reason not to implement a feature that does that for users if for no other peace than their own inner-peace.
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Aliona G3n

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Draco Burnz said :

All it does is create echo-chambers as you then only get to see posts from ppl you agree with and thats not an active discussion.

Actually, it could be. As long as the people blocked are those who aren't there to add to the discussion in a meaningful way, and rather throw out obtuse claims.

06-Jul-2021 02:08:06

Draco Burnz
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Abby Taylor said :


This isn't a solution. Because annoying people can follow you from discussion to discussion.

Especially when asking for a compromise or asking the person to please leave you alone, and they don't. Then it should be considered harassment.

Either tighten up the rules to include that as harassment, or allow people to block each other.

There's no reason to allow players to annoy people who do not like them, it's unnecessary. You don't have a right to annoy people.
Runescape is an online fantasy video game, not a political debate panel, not every person needs a platform for their nonsense.

So can mods yet youve stated that at least jmods shouldnt be ignoreable but they can annoy ppl.

Thus im still trying to figure out why you're able to deal with that yet not non-mods?

Just because jmods more often than not dont annoy ppl, doesnt mean they cant.
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06-Jul-2021 02:09:33

Abby Taylor
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@Draco

"All it does is create echo-chambers as you then only get to see posts from ppl you agree with"

Yeah so what. Explain why that is actually a bad thing then. ;)

I don't think echo chambers are bad, and you haven't supplied a reason why they are beyond just stating that you think they are.

I'll reiterate once more:

Runescape is not a political debate panel, it's a fantasy video game for people to enjoy and have fun. I see no way that an echo chamber would be harmful to people just trying to enjoy the game.
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06-Jul-2021 02:10:18

Draco Burnz
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Aliona G3n said :


Actually, it could be. As long as the people blocked are those who aren't there to add to the discussion in a meaningful way, and rather throw out obtuse claims.

Yet that would be counted as spamming which is against the forum rules.

So what do you do with ppl who are spamming, take it to Forum Help.

Thus this wouldnt add anything of benefit.
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06-Jul-2021 02:10:52

Draco Burnz
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Abby Taylor said :

Yeah so what. Explain why that is actually a bad thing then.



Draco Burnz said :

All it does is create echo-chambers as you then only get to see posts from ppl you agree with and thats not an active discussion.

If you cant take criticism, then maybe this isnt the place for you.

This^ is why they are bad. You dont get to see the other side of the discussion thus possibly improve your original idea.
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06-Jul-2021 02:13:36

Aliona G3n

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Draco Burnz said :

Yet that would be counted as spamming which is against the forum rules.

So what do you do with ppl who are spamming, take it to Forum Help.

Thus this wouldnt add anything of benefit.
If the person is responding to you and you ignore it, then go to another thread just for them to do it again, then it'd just be deemed as a response.

So it wouldn't count as spam, thus rendering this argument rather weak.


Which means -now read this nice and slow- blocking someone would REDUCE the need for people to constantly make NEW threads. Blocking the harasser would REDUCE the need for constantly complaining about the issue.

So it would ADD a benefit. Click ignore/block, instant profit.
Jump around and claim spam, get banned because you were the one posting everywhere trying to get away.

06-Jul-2021 02:15:02

Spearmint30
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Draco Burnz said :
You dont get to see the other side of the discussion thus possibly improve your original idea. If they're just going to ignore the posts on their own, which you state they should do instead of implementing an ignore function, then they wouldn't see the other side of the discussion anyways. Now that that's out of the way, let's let other players choose who's posts they see and don't see. Provided their ignore list elections don't have any bearing on where the ignored user can and can't post, there really is no issue.
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06-Jul-2021 02:16:57

Draco Burnz
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Aliona G3n said :


Which means -now read this nice and slow- blocking someone would REDUCE the need for people to constantly make NEW threads. Blocking the harasser would REDUCE the need for constantly complaining about the issue.


Yet making multiple threads is also against the forum rules so why anyone would do that to begin with is beyond me.

So once again, how would this add a benefit?
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06-Jul-2021 02:18:04

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