Ed Can We Please

[lankeela]

have the ability to block certain ABers? Easy to say ignor them or scroll past but you have to read the post to know whether it is genuine or not, so I would prefer not to see any posts from certain people because they are almost certainly trolling imho.

[andy-hughes]

By 'we', do you mean Moderators?

The site would collapse if everyone could simply block a poster of their choosing.

[THECORBYLOON]

If you, "prefer not to see any posts from certain people", don't waste time reading their threads or posts and ignore them.

It's not that difficult.

[naomi24]

If a poster is someone you would block if you could, why read their posts at all?

[THECORBYLOON]

ANDY, I think LANKEELA means members in general being able to hide posts from specific folk.

[naomi24]

I assume by ‘we’ lankeela means the Answerbank as a whole.

[lankeela]

Same as facebook - you can block people so you never see anything they post. What a waste of life if you have to read a post to see who it is from and what it says before you realise it is someone you really don't want to hear from. I do manage to ignore one ABer by not answering their ridiculous statements and obsession with a certain person but the last few days the trolls have been out in force. Ok fine I know its not an airport but I will soon be announcing my departure.

[naomi24]

I don’t think the site would collapse if we had the ability to block other posters. I don’t think many would actually be blocked. Most people are curious to know what others are saying - even if they don’t like them.

[MissTerious2]

I can't see how that can be done.

Do you mean blocking some Abers from seeing your posts. Setting like Facebook. It just wouldn't work on here. It's not that sort of site.

[naomi24]

Lankeela, you can see who’s posted here before you read the post.

[naomi24]

Lottie, I think lankeela means blocking people so she can’t see their posts.

[THECORBYLOON]

"What a waste of life if you have to read a post to see who it is from and what it says before you realise it is someone you really don't want to hear from"

How long does it take to recognise the avatar or read the name below it and then scroll past it?

[lankeela]

But for example naomi your name comes up on the latest post list, so people click on it to read the answer then realise the original question is from one of the trolls - time wasted you won't ever get back. If I could block the trolls then others could still see their posts but I wouldn't have to.

[Hazlinny]

15 questions from a "newbie" since yesterday - something not right here???

[naomi24]

That’s what I thought you meant.

[lankeela]

And now my post gets removed because I answered a troll with my honest opinion! Way to keep your loyal regulars, not!

[choux]

But surely isn't most time spent on AB "wasted" ?

[jno]

time wasted you won't ever get back

well, about 5 seconds wasted? That's all it takes for a thread I've clicked on to appear on my screen. Then I'll just click the back button and return to whatever I was reading last.

[lankeela]

Maybe if we could get abbeyleigh and Rica together that would solve both their problems and we could get back to some sort of normality on AB (PP that is not your sort of normality!).

[andy-hughes]

Apologies, I misunderstood - I thought you meant banning a poster from posting on the site, so opposed to an individual simply blocking sight of an AB'er's posts you routinely dislike.

Having been on here over twenty-two years, when 'blocking' was not available, I learned to ignore the posts of certain AB'ers, and still do that now.

Simple.

[ABSpareEditor]

The "troll" word gets thrown about too much. I know what this is referencing and I can only recommend that you get better at discussing and countering the topic at hand.