Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by portiemom » Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:57 am

Goofproof is right, next these folks will be asking us to post ONLY comments and advice they like or need, I guess they would like it subliminally too so they won't have to log on to their androids or ipads. Yesh, control is NOT always a Good Thing! Oh, BlackSpinner, about those pasteries, I'm 6 days low carb (oops, OT) and 8 years JBF (Jelly Bean Free) but a gift of EASTER BREAD is in the kitchen calling me so if you know of any carb police, I NEED THEM, HELP! :wink I so agree with your post!!! Ha I love it!

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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by WearyOne » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:03 am

I understand that yes, it's a simple thing to just skip over the threads marked OT or the ones not marked OT that obviously are. But what gets me with this discussion is the rudeness displayed at a simple question, and that it's apparent that only a few posters really understand what the OP is asking. He is NOT asking to change the forums/thread/posts for everyone...he's asking if there is a way to change something FOR HIM ONLY, how HE views it, settings for this forum that could do something different FOR HIM ONLY. If there is a statement IN THIS THREAD where he states that he wants to change it for everybody please share, as I didn't see it. (And in this thread he's also not naming the people he wants to block.)

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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by GumbyCT » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:09 am

WearyOne wrote:But what gets me with this discussion is the rudeness displayed at a simple question, and that it's apparent that only a few posters really understand what the OP is asking.
If you read any of this you will know the OP got his answer in 30 min. (that is thirty minutes).

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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by BlackSpinner » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:11 am

ems wrote:
Except this isn't "reality" and it isn't an "occupied space". It's an internet site open to ALL who have questions, and all who choose to pay it forward regarding sleep apnea. Sometimes rearranging the furniture and tossing out the clutter isn't a bad idea.
Yes but many of us have been registered members for years. We have been helping people adapt to their cpap therapy in various ways and created a "culture" here. We are the ones who have arranged the furniture and provided the homey touches to make people feel like they are at a support group and not a clinic where they need to take a number and ignore any other aches and pains they may have while they sit naked in a cold cubicle. There are other sites, like the Yahoo ones, where only clinical advice of the controlled type is handed out after a due wait. There are lots of tissue paper boxes here, lots of different types of people to distract you from your anguish by either making you laugh or get angry, dozens of garbage cans with discarded ideas and emotions and comfy recliners one can surf in. You can find threads to support any ideology to make you feel you are amongst friends who care, who have your back or you can find threads to help rile you to get your energy up and make you care about SOMETHING! Anything on those days when you want to pull a blanket over your head. Different people need different kind of help, some need a shoulder to cry on, others need a quick dose of cold hard reality to pull up their socks.

Of all the sites I have been on since the '90's this is the most active, caring and effective one I have seen, because of the clutter, the OT threads, the posters and the freedom and adult actions.

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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by GumbyCT » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:22 am

BlackSpinner wrote:
ems wrote:
Except this isn't "reality" and it isn't an "occupied space". It's an internet site open to ALL who have questions, and all who choose to pay it forward regarding sleep apnea. Sometimes rearranging the furniture and tossing out the clutter isn't a bad idea.
Yes but many of us have been registered members for years. We have been helping people adapt to their cpap therapy in various ways and created a "culture" here. We are the ones who have arranged the furniture and provided the homey touches to make people feel like they are at a support group and not a clinic where they need to take a number and ignore any other aches and pains they may have while they sit naked in a cold cubicle. There are other sites, like the Yahoo ones, where only clinical advice of the controlled type is handed out after a due wait. There are lots of tissue paper boxes here, lots of different types of people to distract you from your anguish by either making you laugh or get angry, dozens of garbage cans with discarded ideas and emotions and comfy recliners one can surf in. You can find threads to support any ideology to make you feel you are amongst friends who care, who have your back or you can find threads to help rile you to get your energy up and make you care about SOMETHING! Anything on those days when you want to pull a blanket over your head. Different people need different kind of help, some need a shoulder to cry on, others need a quick dose of cold hard reality to pull up their socks.

Of all the sites I have been on since the '90's this is the most active, caring and effective one I have seen, because of the clutter, the OT threads, the posters and the freedom and adult actions.
Do I hear AMEN!!!

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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by Elle » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:22 am

I think the perceived "rude" posts might be from members advocating for the regular member being insulted (passive aggressive and immature in my opinion) by the original poster? Speaking for myself I felt humiliated on her behalf and wanted to come to her defense.

I also don't believe the intention of the thread was about changes to the board. I believe he was making a call out for a member who annoys him. That behaviour IMO started the ball rolling downhill.
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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by WearyOne » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:23 am

GumbyCT wrote:
WearyOne wrote:But what gets me with this discussion is the rudeness displayed at a simple question, and that it's apparent that only a few posters really understand what the OP is asking.
If you read any of this you will know the OP got his answer in 30 min. (that is thirty minutes).
I have, which is why I said that "only a few posters," and not "no one." And by his question being answer so quickly is part of the point, why I don't understand the need for so many other posts--not all--which obviously didn't understand what he was really asking and/or felt the need to bash the guy for even thinking of wanting to make the change FOR HIM ONLY. Yes, again, I get how easy it is to skip over stuff you don't want to read, but that's not a reason for some (some, not all) of the posts on this thread.

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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by GumbyCT » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:42 am

WearyOne wrote:why I don't understand the need for so many other posts--not all--which obviously didn't understand what he was really asking and/or felt the need to bash the guy for even thinking of wanting to make the change FOR HIM ONLY.
I did say AMEN, however -
Could you point out the posts that suggested the op wanted changes ONLY for him?

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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by WearyOne » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:59 am

GumbyCT wrote:
WearyOne wrote:why I don't understand the need for so many other posts--not all--which obviously didn't understand what he was really asking and/or felt the need to bash the guy for even thinking of wanting to make the change FOR HIM ONLY.
I did say AMEN, however -
Could you point out the posts that suggested the op wanted changes ONLY for him?
The last sentence:
jonnybee wrote: My personal preference is to not have the topic list cluttered with OT posts. I realize this has been discussed ad nauseam and am aware that lots of members enjoy participating in OT discussions. I'm not advocating banning OT posts; I just don't want to have to sort through them as I review the list.

Is it possible for me to block posts from those individuals who frequently post OT?
[Highlight mine.]

When someone says, "possible for ME [my highlight] to block posts," it means just for him. Post also states he's not advocating banning OT posts. Did he use the exact word "ONLY"? No. But saying you want something "for me" means "for me." Couple that with the fact that he stated he wasn't advocating banning OT posts, and there's nothing else it could mean.

Oh, and I'm bowing out of this thread now; getting too ridiculous.

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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by BlackSpinner » Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:10 am

WearyOne wrote:My personal preference is to not have the topic list cluttered with OT posts. I realize this has been discussed ad nauseam and am aware that lots of members enjoy participating in OT discussions. I'm not advocating banning OT posts; I just don't want to have to sort through them as I review the list.

Is it possible for me to block posts from those individuals who frequently post OT?
[Highlight mine.]

When someone says, "possible for ME [my highlight] to block posts," it means just for him. Post also states he's not advocating banning OT posts.[/quote]

Yes and none really "bashed" him. Posts critiquing a request are not bashing. People questioned the action - that is also not bashing. When one asks for advice you are going to get some that is not what you want to hear. That is also not bashing, nor is it negative, or insulting or offensive or rude. Nor is the fact that people ended up discussing the point rude or offensive.

This is an internet site as some pointed out. People having a different opinions is not being rude or offensive. People having discussions about what you posted is not rude or offensive. Like I said if you want only to hear one idea, one opinion this is the wrong site.

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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by GumbyCT » Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:16 am

WearyOne wrote:
GumbyCT wrote:
WearyOne wrote:why I don't understand the need for so many other posts--not all--which obviously didn't understand what he was really asking and/or felt the need to bash the guy for even thinking of wanting to make the change FOR HIM ONLY.
I did say AMEN, however -
Could you point out the posts that suggested the op wanted changes ONLY for him?
The last sentence:
jonnybee wrote: My personal preference is to not have the topic list cluttered with OT posts. I realize this has been discussed ad nauseam and am aware that lots of members enjoy participating in OT discussions. I'm not advocating banning OT posts; I just don't want to have to sort through them as I review the list.

Is it possible for me to block posts from those individuals who frequently post OT?
[Highlight mine.]

When someone says, "possible for ME [my highlight] to block posts," it means just for him. Post also states he's not advocating banning OT posts. Did he use the exact word "ONLY"? No. But saying you want something "for me" means "for me." Couple that with the fact that he stated he wasn't advocating banning OT posts, and there's nothing else it could mean.
I think one of us is totally confused.

He is not asking for changes to the forum there which is what I thought you were saying that others were truly thinking yet misunderstanding..

I vow to improve the way people misunderstand my words.
WearyOne wrote:and that it's apparent that only a few posters really understand what the OP is asking. He is NOT asking to change the forums/thread/posts for everyone...he's asking if there is a way to change something FOR HIM ONLY, how HE views it, settings for this forum that could do something different FOR HIM ONLY. If there is a statement IN THIS THREAD where he states that he wants to change it for everybody please share, as I didn't see it.
Nor did I see where he was accused of wanting to change this forum. So that is what I was asking for. Where did that notion come from?

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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by ems » Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:33 am

WearyOne wrote:Oh, and I'm bowing out of this thread now; getting too ridiculous.
Plus 1.

These types of threads never seem to end... people... take your lives back! Do something productive for a change
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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by Slartybartfast » Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:45 am

Seems that continents aren't the only thing drifting; subjects do too. Johnnybee's original question,

"Is it possible for me to block posts from those individuals who frequently post OT?"


wasn't unreasonable, and his motives for posing the question are his own. The answer to his question is "Yes, and here's how you do it."
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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by Gabe » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:15 am

It's funny that the ones who offend others, don't like to be offended themselves. HELLO
I agree with johnnyb & Nate. There are more than one or two OTs that are not posted as OTs. There were quite a few.
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Re: Is there a way to block posts from certain individuals?

Post by NateS » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:29 am

Those who criticize and ridicule someone for asking if it is possible for them to customize their individual viewing experience on the forum have got it backwards. They are the ones with a "control problem." They are the ones who want to control the individual user who asks if there is an option to individually view and check the board in a different manner. Why not just say "No - other forums on other subjects may have that flexibility you are asking for but this one doesn't."

You are the ones with a control problem, folks. Why you care, to the extent of ridicule, how other people would like to view the board is a mystery to me. Not only to the extent of ridicule, but even to go so far as to show others the door by suggesting they are unwelcome here and should go elsewhere!

I thought I read in one or more comments above, in a very romantic description of the "earlier days" of the forum, that the whole theme of this forum was to be kind and polite and caring to each other, and to recognize that different folks have different needs and different ways of giving and accepting advice, care and nurturing.

Ridiculing people who ask about the existence of alternative viewing options is not consistent with that theme.

Respectfully,

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