The marvels of the Ignore List
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Flex said:
With the rather low tolerance level for behaviour which results in banning, I can't imagine what is left for you to find offensive. Their are people I don't consider worth reading, and I'm sure some people consider my posts not worth reading, but I can't think of one person's whose postings have survived banning that I would consider "offensive". JMHO.
NYC cue dude
Banned
flex, i too have just found this quite wonderful, liberating sensation, known as the "ignore list". I excersise this "button" in my everyday life, why shouldn't I reap it's benifits in cyberspace as well?
I agree, what a relief. I have been so bothered by the opinions, statements, and content of one particular poster, I had to let him go. This person doesn't belong in my "space", and now, poof, he's gone.
rg
I agree, what a relief. I have been so bothered by the opinions, statements, and content of one particular poster, I had to let him go. This person doesn't belong in my "space", and now, poof, he's gone.
rg
Flex said:
"gnore" was probably the wrong word concerning my tooth. It's throbbing as I write. A better term would be "putting on the back burner." That way, I'm still stirring it once in a while, but focusing more on other things, like writing this reply.
My point is, concerning pool is, online, you can just simply choose "ignore," to alleviate a sharking problem; you do not have that choice at the pool table. And you will not have the experience of having solved the sharking problem here on AZ with Mr. H, to fall back on. Therefore, you are weaker at the table than you would be if you had just mentally dealt with Mr. H vs. taking the easy way out with the "ignore" button.
Make sense?
Jeff Livingston
It must be a Libertarian thing
I'm having teeth problems right now too. I just had a filling done last Thursday. And they are wanting to take out 2 of my wisdom teeth and drill some others.
I wasn't prescribed any pain meds but have been taking tylenol like it's giong out of style. If only all drugs were legal then I could get some Loritabs and not have to worry about it at all.
As for the Ignore list. I've had people call me just about everything on here. I've even had a couple of people threaten to beat me up if they saw me or even implied taking my life. I just think it is funny. I don't worry about what people 1,000s of miles away from me and who will never meet me or if they did probably wouldn't even know who I am think about me.
I have never used the ignore list nor will I ever use it. I might have a small brain but it is capable of blocking things out I don't want to hear or see. I don't need computer technology to do that.
Which makes me wonder. I wonder if I'm on anybody's ignore list. I guess I could find out. I could list all the members names and make a joke about their mom. The ones who don't respond back I'll know I'm on their ignore list.
chefjeff said:
I'm having teeth problems right now too. I just had a filling done last Thursday. And they are wanting to take out 2 of my wisdom teeth and drill some others.
I wasn't prescribed any pain meds but have been taking tylenol like it's giong out of style. If only all drugs were legal then I could get some Loritabs and not have to worry about it at all.
As for the Ignore list. I've had people call me just about everything on here. I've even had a couple of people threaten to beat me up if they saw me or even implied taking my life. I just think it is funny. I don't worry about what people 1,000s of miles away from me and who will never meet me or if they did probably wouldn't even know who I am think about me.
I have never used the ignore list nor will I ever use it. I might have a small brain but it is capable of blocking things out I don't want to hear or see. I don't need computer technology to do that.
Which makes me wonder. I wonder if I'm on anybody's ignore list. I guess I could find out. I could list all the members names and make a joke about their mom. The ones who don't respond back I'll know I'm on their ignore list.
I've run online services my entire life and every one of them has had some form of an ignore list and usually the majority of the time the people who put down those who use the ignore lists are the very same people who are the ones on most peoples ignore lists.
This is an online forum, not real life and the ability to ignore or squelch someone is a added perk to an online world but it has nothing to do with ones ability to deal with it in real life. It just allows for people to have a more enjoyable experience in the online one.
Some people solely come online to forums and communities to instigate and start trouble. The fact that AZBilliards has a system where members are approved by hand as opposed to an automatic reply/click system is proof of that fact. There is no reason someone should have to deal with someone they do not like in an online environment where they are there to enjoy themselves.
Imo, The ability to ignore someone at a table or pool room actually would be a benefit because "Dealing" with them is exactly what the sharks want you to do. They want to get into your head and get you out of your game. Act like they don't exist and completely ignore them and your actually getting into their heads and effecting their game.
This is an online forum, not real life and the ability to ignore or squelch someone is a added perk to an online world but it has nothing to do with ones ability to deal with it in real life. It just allows for people to have a more enjoyable experience in the online one.
Some people solely come online to forums and communities to instigate and start trouble. The fact that AZBilliards has a system where members are approved by hand as opposed to an automatic reply/click system is proof of that fact. There is no reason someone should have to deal with someone they do not like in an online environment where they are there to enjoy themselves.
Imo, The ability to ignore someone at a table or pool room actually would be a benefit because "Dealing" with them is exactly what the sharks want you to do. They want to get into your head and get you out of your game. Act like they don't exist and completely ignore them and your actually getting into their heads and effecting their game.
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chefjeff said:
I agree with you, to an extent, Jeff. Online, someone who wants to ridicule and mock and name call and so on will just continue with the behavior until who knows what happens. Mr. Hakala managed to wear out his welcome chez moi with his tactics; at a certain point I could see it was useless trying to reason with him, so I put him on "Ignore."
In "real life" in a pool room, one is not obliged to speak with people who like to make trouble. One time, in a money game situation, blatant sharking brought the early termination of the match. The consequence of that was that we don't speak with each other anymore, not after he called me some names I choose not to repeat. I don't need or want that sort of abuse. If he had been smarter I'd probably still be a fish on his line. No more.
During a tournament, the sort of behavior that occurs online is simply not tolerated. In one case, after a series of blatant shark attacks directed against me when I was on the hill and on the 9, after the match was over, I went to complain to the TD about it, and when the TD spoke with the offending player, that player erupted against the TD, and lied through his teeth, which the TD saw right through. What did the TD do? He awarded me the match, offered the offending player his money back, the player took his money, said he didn't think he would return, and the TD said fine, he didn't need or want players like him in the tourney anyway.
I tried to ignore the shark attacks when they occurred, didn't say anything to the guy, just went about my business of running out. Nevertheless I twice missed relatively easy shots on that same 9 ball while he unscrewed his cue right behind the pocket I was trying to pocket the 9 in. Does sharking work? Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.
Trying to block it all out as I did was not completely successful. When someone in a match situation decides to start a conversation with me, I'll listen for a moment and then ask him if we can play in silence. Works like a charm, usually. If he stands in my line of sight when I'm getting ready to go down on the shot, I'll politely ask him to move out of my line of sight. Works usually, too.
I've seen some pretty incredible things happen during matches, that almost ended up in fist fights. One fellow kicked over a trash can right when his opponent was on the money ball to win a match, right in the middle of his back stroke. Won't play with that guy, he's known as a maniac of sorts.
As Blackjack has said, it's important to know who to avoid in a pool hall....
Flex
Flex said:I agree with you, to an extent, Jeff. Online, someone who wants to ridicule and mock and name call and so on will just continue with the behavior until who knows what happens. Mr. Hakala managed to wear out his welcome chez moi with his tactics; at a certain point I could see it was useless trying to reason with him, so I put him on "Ignore."
In "real life" in a pool room, one is not obliged to speak with people who like to make trouble. One time, in a money game situation, blatant sharking brought the early termination of the match. The consequence of that was that we don't speak with each other anymore, not after he called me some names I choose not to repeat. I don't need or want that sort of abuse. If he had been smarter I'd probably still be a fish on his line. No more.
During a tournament, the sort of behavior that occurs online is simply not tolerated. In one case, after a series of blatant shark attacks directed against me when I was on the hill and on the 9, after the match was over, I went to complain to the TD about it, and when the TD spoke with the offending player, that player erupted against the TD, and lied through his teeth, which the TD saw right through. What did the TD do? He awarded me the match, offered the offending player his money back, the player took his money, said he didn't think he would return, and the TD said fine, he didn't need or want players like him in the tourney anyway.
I tried to ignore the shark attacks when they occurred, didn't say anything to the guy, just went about my business of running out. Nevertheless I twice missed relatively easy shots on that same 9 ball while he unscrewed his cue right behind the pocket I was trying to pocket the 9 in. Does sharking work? Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.
Trying to block it all out as I did was not completely successful. When someone in a match situation decides to start a conversation with me, I'll listen for a moment and then ask him if we can play in silence. Works like a charm, usually. If he stands in my line of sight when I'm getting ready to go down on the shot, I'll politely ask him to move out of my line of sight. Works usually, too.
I've seen some pretty incredible things happen during matches, that almost ended up in fist fights. One fellow kicked over a trash can right when his opponent was on the money ball to win a match, right in the middle of his back stroke. Won't play with that guy, he's known as a maniac of sorts.
As Blackjack has said, it's important to know who to avoid in a pool hall....
Flex
And that type of stuff will happen till the day you die. So, what to do about it?
Blocking it out doesn't work, imho. But integrating it honestly into my mind allows me to put the sharking in a place where I can better handle it...into a little sub-routine, if you will, that takes away the sharker's power and gives it to me. When I do that online, it is practice.
Life is marvelous,
Jeff Livingston
chefjeff said:
Very interesting concepts. My little sub-routine online starts with trying to appeal to a poster's reason, and if that meets with poor results, I'll brush it off and hope things will improve. For the really egregious case, my little sub-routine on this forum goes a step further and is quite proactive. I wonder if you can guess what that entails? By the way, I've found that this step is unusually effective.
Flex
GTeye said:
I agree with you to a cetain extent, but, as I stated in an earlier post, anybody who is offensive in this forum gets banned pretty quickly. Anybody that is left may be irritating at most, but not offensive. Besides it is pretty easy to look at the first couple of lines of a post and determining if you want to read on. I, in all honesty, think the use of the ignore list on this particular forum is unnecessary and redundant.
JMHO.
catscradle said:
To each his own. What offends some will not offend others. Just because someone is offensive to some should not necessarily lead to their banishment from this forum. Certain people are able to use kind words while at the same time offend another to the core of their being. It might well be that some people won't perceive the comments as unfortunate, upsetting, or offensive, while others will. For the occasional circumstance where someone wants to be free of reading another's posts, the Ignore button can bring welcome relief.
jjinfla said:
go to RSB and you'll get all the FL you can handle, I'm not sure who Harry is.
you can get to RSB (newgroup rec.sport.billiard) via google groups or via this site http://www.recgroups.com/
I can't imagine why you want to read FL and all his manifests personalities, but you'll find them all there. My block list on recgroups is about 30 or 40 ids long, most of them are FL and the rest are people who insist upon replying to totally insane posts. The guy is absolutely bonkers.