Oh, I 100% agree with that. Hell, if I knew that was an option, I would have pulled her in to the thread in question.
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We didnât have this option until recently. Please do keep it in mind.
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NGL, this is one of the many things I love about HA growing as it is. Having an actual social media manager and all the people working at NC now has really made HA more than just a âhobby projectâ imho.
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Man, I was trying to figure out what everyone was responding to and then I remembered I had Taras on ignoreâŚ
⌠Kidding. 
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I canât +1 this one enough⌠I know what her prior role was. She is 100% equipped to handle it and then someâŚ
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I donât know what this was but Iâm glad I missed it. (And Donât want to know)
Iâve lost 5 friends from The adult Muscular Dystrophy camp since December (One on Sunday).
I also lost My Daughter, and my Mom this year.
And today would be my Daughters BirthdayâŚ
This tends to put things in prospective. I really donât have time for a-holes right now.
I would have probably crucified the person if they ticked me offâŚ
Just trying to stay busy and out of trouble right now.
If someone sees me over reacting please call me on it.
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So sorry for your losses. Thatâs tough. I canât imagine what youâre going through. 
I hope you can find some peace through all of it.
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You reminded me of something I read recently. The person claimed that they frequently blocked others. The retort was âSo youâre shadow banning yourself?â
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I havenât used the Discourse feature to block anybody. I keep a mental list. Itâs just my preference. I feel it would be unfair to block someone permanently when they could change. If theyâre blocked you wouldnât see that change. It does make it a lot harder to not engage. That said, this not a criticism towards anybody that does use a block list. Maybe if it gets bad enough I might just use it.
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I have a single account on my block list 
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Like theyâve never made any decisions that were bad or got questioned. Itâs this attitude that I perceive as arrogant that means I wonât appoint such a person at work (I handle lots of appointments). Of course, all software has a history and things you probably wouldâve done differently if you had the chance. The truth is that large, complex software systems are built on a handful of assumptions (fundamental design decisions). Changing these are typically near impossible or extremely hard to change without a rewrite. For HA, I think an example would be e.g. the state machine (which seems well-built, mind you). A professional should understand this and shouldâve learned strategies to improve things and pick their battles.
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My heartfelt condolences. That must be extremely tough. Take care.
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Iâve tried every single tactic to appease these types of people. The only thing that works every time is to not engage.
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Ditto for memorable account names ⌠and a text file for the more cryptic ones.
The fact that an Ignored feature exists in Discourse means its designers understand how uncivil a discussion can become and how relentlessly single-minded a person can be.
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Discord has notes you can put on people. It would be real nice if we could have notes for other users that are just for us on Discourse.
I use this on discord all the time to mark people who behave certain ways. Next time I see the name and remember the name, I just check the notes. I then decide to engage or not.
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That feature reminds me of something a comedian said. All drivers should have rubber dart guns. Whenever you encounter someone on the road whoâs an a-hole, you tag their car with a rubber dart. The cops pull over cars with the most darts.
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âThose are not ghostsâ? What are they?
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They are snow piles with glowing LED eyes. Tom spends 6 months of the year in Antarctica doing research or something. He gets bored on his free time.
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Wow! I like how my assumptions are destroyed by such cool info. 