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Spearmint30
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Scombridus said :
SushiCombo said :
Support to have an option to hide specific players, but honestly these forums are a little dead so would this even be something worth putting in. Forums need a lot of TLC in general; this is a pretty basic feature to ask for. The forums aren't "dead" except by comparison to the "glory days". Some TLC, ramping up JMod engagement, etc are a few things that might help turn that around but if I'm honest with myself, I don't think the glory days are ever coming back. I mean, I hope I'm wrong but I absolutely won't be holding my breath on that one.

If and should the time come for the RSOF to see new features or even a full-blown rebuild, I do believe this feature should at least be considered . Again, I probably wouldn't use it myself as I really don't even use the in-game ignore list either but I can see where there could be benefits of a feature like this for others.

In a perfect world, yes - everyone would be both mature enough to not need an ignore list and also mature enough to not cause others to want to ignore them. Then there's this world, where users want to ignore users who (to keep it vague) do the things that those users do.
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25-May-2022 05:15:18

Mel 624
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We've already been down that road and you've failed to provide an actual reason that would be the case. I've seen a lot of rampant trolling ruining threads and people's experience with the forums as well as players lashing out in frustration. A lot of the time people are just told to ignore it and pretend the person constantly making explicitly unwanted replies to their posts as if they aren't there but it just isn't feasible to expect people to consistently do that when they still have to see and scroll past those unwanted comments. It just lets the trolls keep trolling and aggravating people, making their time on the forums worse and potentially unbearable until someone reacts. How to block a forum user

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11-Jun-2022 03:39:35

Draco Burnz
Dec Member 2011

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Yes just like we've already been down the road about how ppl can already ignore others.

I guess by ignoring whats been provided, you're doing exactly whats been suggested.

Thus proving we dont need this.

So just keep ignoring ppl you dont like and jagex wont have to waste dev time .
Draco Burnz
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11-Jun-2022 12:08:00

Mel 624
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Not really, since I explained plenty about why expecting people to consistently and repeatedly ignore posts from specific people they don't want to talk to isn't feasible without a way to actually hide those posts from view. As long as those posts cross their field of vision they can't truly avoid not catching bits and pieces of it. It puts all the work on the person trying not to interact with someone else even when that other person is continuously baiting people with no actual consequences for their conduct. That's just not a pleasant or sustainable system to keep people around the forums.

You never actually responded to explanations on how expecting players to not engage people they want to ignore isn't a substitute for an actual ignore feature, that adding one isn't redundant and would actually be helpful to the forums. Stating that it's bad or useless isn't actually a supporting argument, so you'd need to support your claims. There's only so much people can do when only given an unsupported claim to respond to since there's no stated reasoning to respond to. That's on you to provide that. As it stands the ignore feature has had a number of benefits listed over the current situation and what's been said against it has been refuted. How to block a forum user

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12-Jun-2022 02:32:53

Draco Burnz
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Nah you can scroll past ppl posts just fine without having to read them, so this is more than feasible.

Just because some ppl choose not to do this isnt a reason for this to happen.

Its an easy to learn skill so its never to late to learn.

Plus at the end of the day, jagex dont update the forums anymore thus even more reason why this wont happen.
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12-Jun-2022 04:06:58 - Last edited on 12-Jun-2022 04:08:20 by Draco Burnz

Mel 624
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Not really. People's sight naturally catch on things even when not trying to look at them so to claim people are guaranteed to successfully get past a post without seeing it is inaccurate. At minimum they'd see quite clearly the person they're trying to avoid posted a reply, which is even harder to ignore when it's the most recent post or going over the posts you're replying to requires you to scroll past it multiple times. Full use of the forum character limit creates posts that can take up your entire screen, possibly more if you're on a smaller screen. Some people also make multiple long posts consecutively because they couldn't fit everything they wanted to say in 1, so you could end up having to scroll past a pretty sizable wall of text multiple times. This is also a problem if they make multiple large posts across the thread.

It's just incredibly unrealistic to put that kind of effort on the shoulders of someone being negatively affected by someone else's behaviour and then expect it to actually work consistently and indefinitely. Not to mention the work it puts on the mods having to field all the situations that happen largely due to a lack of an actual ignore feature. If people are expected to ignore someone that's bothering them then they should be given the tools needed to actually do that consistently effectively. How to block a forum user

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12-Jun-2022 08:30:28

Draco Burnz
Dec Member 2011

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If ppl choose to give into trolls thats their problem and not something jagex should be forced to "fix".

So just learn to not deal with ppl you dislike and your life will become that much better.

This is all just one big personal issue that you expect, once again, for jagex to deal with even though they shouldnt have to.
Draco Burnz
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12-Jun-2022 13:23:19

Mel 624
Dec Member 2021

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That kind of reasoning is victim blaming. If someone gets repeatedly poked by someone purposely trying to aggravate them then the person being aggravated wouldn't be blamed for failing to ignore it if they weren't provided any way of preventing the person from poking them.

Likewise, if someone goes around repeatedly addressing someone who explicitly told them they didn't want to interact, is derailing/killing threads with their conduct and is having a detrimental effect on someone's ability and willingness to participate in forum discussions, they should have the ability to at least hide those posts to prevent further aggravation instead of just being told to deal with it and risk it escalating further.

It's not reasonable to blame someone for eventually responding to such posts when they repeatedly take up the majority of their screen and field of view as they scroll past. Especially if it's something that's gone on for a while. Stuff like that can lead to people having to avoid entire topics just because there's no post hiding function to help deal with the people actively impeding their ability to discuss them.

I'd rather you didn't make assumptions about my reasons for discussing this. It's irrelevant to my arguments and will only cause derailment. That also misrepresents the situation, as this is pretty closely tied into forum moderation and maintenance. This is entirely within the scope of what can be expected from them to deal with. How to block a forum user

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13-Jun-2022 02:30:16 - Last edited on 13-Jun-2022 02:32:26 by Mel 624

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