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Two-way block

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Joe Blow said:
I really don't believe we have much in the way of trolling going on here as compared to other similarly sized online communities. There are some that like to stir the pot a little, but they will always exist. Traditional trolling is posting solely and deliberately for the purpose of trying to provoke another person. The only place I have seen that happen in more recent times is in a handful of political threads, and I'm not even sure if it's deliberate or just the inevitable consequence of too much relentless and uncompromising dogmatism. Passionate and vigorous disagreement with another person or persons is not necessarily trolling, even though it may appear to be that.

I've been giving the issue a lot of thought recently and I don't think a two-way block is really going to impact too many people as long as the functionality can be separated so that either a one-way or a two way ignore can be applied to specific individuals. I think we all know instinctively that those who will be impacted the most by a two-way ignore/block will probably bring it on themselves as a result of their own conduct.

Be polite and respectful and nobody will even think of blocking you. There is a social contract aspect to online communities. Everyone deserves to treated with courtesy and a basic level of respect irrespective of whether you agree with them, or even like them. It will be the breaking of this social contract that will cause people to consider blocking others, and perhaps rightly so.
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The 2-way block is definitely the way to go. It is like gradually pumping out the oxygen...eventually, even if your antagonist remains your mortal enemy, they run out of content (from you) that they can utilise and simply (as far as you are concerned) simply die off.

Marvellous.

jog on
duc
 
@Joe Blow - Just a quick question here mate.

When I select New Post (or What's New) I seem to be picking up threads that have been updated by people who have blocked me.

Example below is the Dump it Here thread, Normally once I have read the post then it is removed but it appears that it has been updated by 'He Who Must Not Be Named' ;). Is there a way for you to filter out these threads as well?

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Trav. said:
@Joe Blow - Just a quick question here mate.

When I select New Post (or What's New) I seem to be picking up threads that have been updated by people who have blocked me.

Example below is the Dump it Here thread, Normally once I have read the post then it is removed but it appears that it has been updated by 'He Who Must Not Be Named' ;). Is there a way for you to filter out these threads as well?

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Hi @Trav., the only way is to specifically ignore that thread. That should filter it out entirely.
 
Trav. said:
Ok thanks mate, not really what I was looking for but might be the option as that particular thread has probably run it's course.
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Unfortunately the two way block doesn't integrate perfectly as it was developed by a third party and not the developers of the forum software. I have made requests about adding specific functionality that have been acknowledged but not yet been implemented by the developer. So I'm not sure about this add-on's current development status but hope it will be developed further, as in my opinion it currently contains a number of flaws.
 
Trav. said:
I seem to be picking up threads that have been updated by people who have blocked me.
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No disrespect intended to anyone on ASF as everyone has their own agenda and preferences I'm sure, but I find it weird that anyone would find it necessary to block you @Trav. :(


I like to think I'm a fair judge of character, and your "character" is top shelf in my opinion. Just saying.:wheniwasaboy:
 
barney said:
I find it weird that anyone would find it necessary to block you @Trav.
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I would agree totally.
If Trav was on one end of a see saw, and say RNR Rob (as one of many examples) on the other end, the see saw would be totally on the level.

I found I had to "unfollow" said unnamed followee to stop receiving pointless notifications about posts I couldn't see anyway, due to being blocked.
 
barney said:
No disrespect intended to anyone on ASF as everyone has their own agenda and preferences I'm sure, but I find it weird that anyone would find it necessary to block you @Trav. :(


I like to think I'm a fair judge of character, and your "character" is top shelf in my opinion. Just saying.:wheniwasaboy:
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Ditto, have you ever posted something remotely controversial?
Maybe a fat finger?
 
@barney thanks for the kind words mate and the feeling is mutual mate.

I think that spending too much time on the forum (s) can bring out some different thoughts for some of us and a break might be required for some.

I recently had have some time off the forum due to work commitments and can relate a bit, so no hard feelings toward the blocker. ASF is a great community and many great contributors in a variety of ways so I am happy to keep on coming back and try to give back a bit.

Cheers
 
Ladies and Gentlemen, when someone puts you on ignore, and you can no longer see their posts, they cease to exist to you on ASF. You don't log out, view their posts as a guest, then log back in to quote them and reply to them. That's stalkerish and weird. Just let it go. There are lots of other folks to engage with. If someone doesn't want to engage with you then... c'est la vie. Move on.

I've had one or two reports of conduct like this, so I'm putting it out there that it's not acceptable. As always, thanks for your co-operation.
 
Dona Ferentes said:
but boy I wish that one person would unblock me so I could reciprocate, toot sweet
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One? Amatuer!

A third of the Forum has me on Block. Another third I anticipated wouldn't appreciate my "Billy Birmingham humour" so I then blocked them in advance to prevent complaints and arguments. ASF is the loniliest place on Earth when I log in ;(
 
Mohammed Hazabig'un said:
One? Amatuer!

A third of the Forum has me on Block. Another third I anticipated wouldn't appreciate my "Billy Birmingham humour" so I then blocked them in advance to prevent complaints and arguments. ASF is the loniliest place on Earth when I log in ;(
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It's lonely at the top lol. The eagle must soar the stratosphere alone.
 
What is amusing is the sheer hypocrisy of posters who are worried about how "elites" and the like are indulging in cancel culture and curtailing freedom of speech and liberties. Yet when challenged with posts they don't like and/or have no credible response, they hit the blocking button.
It gets even funnier when they seek out replies from posters they have blocked (and therefore cannot "see") and then complain.
Comedy gold.
 
Mohammed Hazabig'un said:
One? Amatuer!

A third of the Forum has me on Block. Another third I anticipated wouldn't appreciate my "Billy Birmingham humour" so I then blocked them in advance to prevent complaints and arguments. ASF is the loniliest place on Earth when I log in ;(
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A third of the forum has you on block and you've only done a total of 132 posts...that's got to be some kind of new record :roflmao::roflmao:
 

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