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To: SI Brad who wrote (40)	7/6/2011 11:58:33 PM
From: Lahcim Leinad	4 Recommendations Respond to of 7352

Can we at least kick out anyone who accumulates 500+ ignores? I'd toss them once they go over 100.

To: SI Brad who wrote (40)	7/7/2011 12:02:20 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Respond to of 7352

Can we at least kick out anyone who accumulates 500+ ignores? ;-) I've only got 33 ignores and I can't seem to get more no matter how hard I try. It's gonna take me a long time to get to 500 ignores, but at least it gives me a goal. grub 42

To: SI Brad who wrote (40)	7/7/2011 1:20:34 AM
From: S. maltophilia	7 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7352

I made this suggestion some time ago: How about having ignores and peoplemarks expire by default after a period of time, say 1 year, unless extended by the member. You could have them highlighted for maybe a month before expiration, and the member could click on them to extend/renew their status. Message 23393845 Elaborated on a bit here: ...My point is that someone whose following was built up touting dodgy internet stocks in 1999 may have a large number of peoplemarks, but none of that person's fans are still around. Likewise the paid tout moron you may have had a dispute with about that time is still ignoring you, but has long since flamed out. One quick way to assess a poster you're not familiar with is to look at the peoplemark/ignore ratio. That works better if the data are reasonably fresh. I'm not a computer programmer by any means, but it seems like it might be reasonably easy to program and free of adverse consequences. Message 23395219 I agree with you that we don't want to have to do anything, thus the default option is to have marks and ignores disappear. If a user wants them to stay, it's up to the member to specify it. I would; most of my marks are folks who haven't posted in years, but whom I'd like to read if they did. Message 23397214 But I guess SIBob was busy.<g> Any thoughts?

To: SI Brad who wrote (40)	7/7/2011 2:45:29 AM
From: SmoothSail	1 Recommendation Respond to of 7352

I like the new ignore feature. Works for me.

To: SI Brad who wrote (40)	7/7/2011 7:22:01 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	1 Recommendation Respond to of 7352

Brad, I would be in favor of leaving the legacy Ignores, PeopleMarks and SubjectMartks as they are. They provide historical context. As a compromise, you might consider providing two sets of numbers that differentiate between the historical SubjectMarks (Ignores and PeopleMarks) for a topic and the SubjectMarks (Ignores and PeopleMarks) created by individuals who remain active on the site (over the last year or whatever period seems appropriate). Glenn