Bull4now,
In life you can walk away from limelight-hogging boors. If you were at a conference, with thousands of discussions around you, would you not gravitate to those that interest you? Or would you search through the off-topic blather of every vapid buffoon, hoping to find one pearl of wisdom?
Some people fear the simple IGNORE button as a danger: A right no one else should be allowed to exercise! Sorry, ignoring someone is an individual's right of choice. If, as argued here, the IGNORE button only accelerates (greatly) a process that is already available, then the "You shouldn't be able to ignore anyone" argument is irrelevant. And since I've long had the freedom to choose what and who I want to listen to, thank you, but I'll not give it back.
In fact, the IGNORE button would make more opinions available to me, not less. Time is finite. Investment advice is overwhelming. Generally the type of poster that I choose to ignore is prolific at the expense of substance. For every 10 posts that the ignore button helps me to quickly avoid, I can find 10 other posts right here at SI to take up my time.
One poster's scolding chatter can blot out the sun on some of these threads. Give me the IGNORE button and I can see the light of dozens of other people's views.
Regards,
Michael |
