Can we have Ignore option on topics, not boards, not users? - page 3.

20kevin20

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I'm supporting your request. Some boards are just overcrowded with the exact same repetitive questions or topics. If I had the option to ignore them, seeing only the threads I'm interested in gets way easier. I often find myself having to read through dozens of topic titles before finally finding one that hasn't been discussed and asked a gazillion times.

I wanted to request this a while ago by asking for a "Megathreads" board where all threads passing 7-10 pages should be moved. After 5 pages the topics are more than likely solved and all possible answers have been given.. I think I've seen at least 30 topics about CSW in the past 3-4 weeks and at least 50 about COVID-19 in the past 2. They're just way too many imo..

Edit: There's a little big flaw in my suggestion about megathreads: If threads exceeding 7-10 pages are moved to the Megathreads board, they'll just starting new topics discussing the exact same thing every time. So it doesn't provide a good solution and might in fact create even more spam.. So yeah, I'm sticking with your suggestion about the "Ignore" option.

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Ok, it is what I meant, Pmalek.

Quote from: Coyster on April 06, 2020, 04:31:38 AM

If it's just that topic then there's no need for this option, when you can just close the topic and never open it again.

Close, do you mean lock? You can not lock a thread that is not yours. Even you don't reply in that thread, it will be bumped if someone else replies in that thread.

We have option to sort out threads ascendingly or descendingly based on posts but it is far from what I proposed.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=1.0;sort=bump;desc

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So you want an option to ignore a single thread based on if its content is appealing to you or not? Is that it?
If I understood it correctly then I don't see a reason why I would be against this idea if it is technically possible to implement on the forum.

However, it is not really a must-have option either. Based on the title you can get a good enough idea of what the thread is about. If it doesn't seem interesting you move on to something else.

If you hate stats, don't click on anything with the words 'stats', statistics', 'data', 'figures', 'graphs', etc. If you love stats, then these are some keywords you should be looking for.

I also memorize some of the threads I thought looked interesting because of their titles but turned out to be the opposite. Next time I see new posts there I will simply ignore them.

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Quote from: Upgrade00 on April 06, 2020, 05:00:56 AM

To be clear, you're suggesting an option to ignore threads if its topic title contains certain keywords; such as the the corona virus example, or does it include ignoring posts that contain such key words in it's text?

Nope. My suggestion is not like that, please read again.

It started from a suggestion of cryptoaddictchie that is different from what you said, and mine is different too.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/suggestionone-megathread-for-all-local-section-pertaining-to-covid-19-5238252

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To be clear, you're suggesting an option to ignore threads if its topic title contains certain keywords; such as the the corona virus example, or does it include ignoring posts that contain such key words in it's text? This sort of thing is done on most social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

I don't know the technicalities of implementing this, if it's fairly easy then there's no harm in it as ignore options should be based in user preference.

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Quote from: Rizzrack on April 06, 2020, 04:37:40 AM

Quote from: tranthidung on April 06, 2020, 04:01:49 AM

An Ignore topic preferences option

Well you just have to ignore them yourself. Don't really see a point in the forum doing it for you
Once you post in a thread it will pop up in the "Show new replies to your posts" and it is normal. Refrain from posting in Covid-19 threads and just ignore them

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I understood but I meant if I don't reply in those boring threads, they still keep bumping from posts made by the others. Bump scores help somewhat, but not all the time. Bumping changes on some boards

Why do we need to see boring threads all the time when we visit our favorite boards?

Any Ignore options are always personal preferences.

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Quote from: tranthidung on April 06, 2020, 04:01:49 AM

An Ignore topic preferences option

Well you just have to ignore them yourself. Don't really see a point in the forum doing it for you
Once you post in a thread it will pop up in the "Show new replies to your posts" and it is normal. Refrain from posting in Covid-19 threads and just ignore them

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Quote from: Coyster on April 06, 2020, 04:31:38 AM

I do not know how your proposition is going to work, are you requesting for an ignore option for archetypal/quintessential topics, the Covid-19 threads are everywhere on the forum, because it is affecting everyone in the world so it's popular, can you give other examples of general topics that can be ignored.

This option is not limited to Covid-19, whenever we see a thread that looks boring, from title to OP contents, we can use this option to ignore it, forever. But there is an unignore button to use, just in case.

Examples? There are many threads in Beginners & Help, I don't take a look at Altcoin discussion board which has more for sure.

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I do not know how your proposition is going to work, are you requesting for an ignore option for archetypal/quintessential topics, the Covid-19 threads are everywhere on the forum, because it is affecting everyone in the world so it's popular, can you give other examples of general topics that can be ignored.
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Quote from: tranthidung on April 06, 2020, 04:34:10 AM

This option is not limited to Covid-19, whenever we see a thread that looks boring, from title to OP contents, we can use this option to ignore it, forever. But there is an unignore button to use, just in case.

Ignoring just that topic alone, or other topics that fall under that same subject or category? If it's just that topic then there's no need for this option, when you can just close the topic and never open it again. If it's for other topics of the same nature, then it's going to be too difficult to group topics under a particular category as an option for users to ignore.

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After commented on a thread complains on spam epidemic on the forum with Covid-19, Coronavirus keywords, I thought of this suggestion

An Ignore topic preferences option

As of writing, on the forum we have two Ignore types:

Ignore boards preferences, get it at link below.
Ignore button on specific users, that we can activate by clicking on Ignore under usernames

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=youruserid;sa=ignoreBoards

I think sometimes using Ignore on a whole board might result in missing of interesting stuffs. I know there are some places on the forum that are nearly complete trash posts but sometimes we can sparsely see some good posts.

Additionally, on some good boards, sometimes we have needs to ignore some threads.

So if such the suggested option does not eat the forum's bandwidth, how about my suggestion?

I quoted some of my replies below:

Quote from: tranthidung on April 06, 2020, 04:39:36 AM

Bump scores help somewhat, but not all the time. Bumping changes on some boards

Why do we need to see boring threads all the time when we visit our favorite boards?

Any Ignore options are always personal preferences.

Quote from: tranthidung on April 06, 2020, 05:28:41 AM

We have option to sort out threads ascendingly or descendingly based on posts but it is far from what I proposed.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=1.0;sort=bump;desc

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