Topic: Ignore user confirmation before ignoring (Read 395 times)
This is a very common problem, many times it is seen that while posting on the forum or doing something else, a user suddenly clicks on the ignore button and gets ignored unintentionally, as a result of which the user has to be ignored again. If there was such a system in case of Ignore, and as soon as the ignore button is pressed, I will be asked to confirm whether you want this user to do this, then if I don't want to ignore that user, I will click on the no option and if I do that If I want to ignore the user I will click OK button. If the system is such that no member will be unintentionally ignored.
If I use the forum on mobile than is when that happens to me. Generally, I do not ignore anyone by putting them in the ignore list. I can ignore anyone by not reading their posts or reacting to them. But I will be scrolling another day and find out that the particular user is ignored by my unknowingly.
There are two possible solutions, but Op mentioned number one.
Wow I thought am solo on this particular experience because it has happened to me series of times and Iike you said it's usually happen when using mobile but I don't have much experience using laptop so I can't account for how the experience is on laptop but for mobile this particular issue keeps occuring and it's kinda annoying because most time I wonder how I got to ignore some user. The worst part is that even after you have made click the ignore by mistake it just load normally without you knowing what and who you have mistakenly ignored. There are two possible solutions, but Op mentioned number one.
- Make ignore button have confirmation before execution.
- Take the ignore button off the position it is, close to the trust icon. Someone trying to click the trust icon may unknowingly click the ignore icon.
Did you use your account on mobile regularly? It's more possible to mistakenly Ignore a user if you are on mobile than on laptop or computer.
The confirmation message for Ignore a user is not too necessary. It is very simple to click on UnIgnore and it is done. Because you know about users you don't want to Ignore, you can UnIgnore them manually and easily.
I think you're right about such occurrence being more regularly with mobile phone users. Sometimes I find myself staring at users I know I didn't consciously ignore. I know my itching fingers would've touched the "ignore button" while I was trying to zoom in or out. I simply undo it whenever I notice that. I've a mental picture of those I've on ignore and if the user doesn't belong there on that list I do the needful. It's not a big deal to undo and I guess that's why there isn't any box to check to do that. Theymos won't see this complaint as an issue. We will all be chasing shadows if we expect he will do something about it. The confirmation message for Ignore a user is not too necessary. It is very simple to click on UnIgnore and it is done. Because you know about users you don't want to Ignore, you can UnIgnore them manually and easily.
This is common to me, I will just see an user that I did not ignore but ignored. I do not know why this is like that. Not frequent but I do see it very well.
Is any other user noticing this?
Oh, yeah!Is any other user noticing this?
I have been met with this several times when strolling the forum for some good read on user’s comments and it’s always surprising. Maybe one day I might end up ignoring Theymos or the gigs that run the forum by the slip of a finger, lol… of course am kidding but yeah, that’s how it all happens. Just the slip of a finger and the deed is done.
A confirmation message would be in order or serve some reminder as this bridges the gap between error and intentional in this affair of ignore and unignoring of users. It’s a common error most of all when you’re accessing the forum on a mobile device.
I have a good friend suggest shifting the ignore button from the residing spot but, I think this won’t be a best solution though. Your fingers have got a wide range to slide and could still do that. Besides, you find yourself doing either of the activities such as quoting, meriting or numbering of a post more than you might want to view a user’s profile. Having to remove it from its current spot would mean placing it close to any of the above listed to ensure it continues to denote a user and that could create room for more errors.
A confirmation request would be in other to ensure the flow of information. Still, we can always unignore when discovered.
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Well, sometimes, this happens when I use my smartphone. But I believe it's noticeable. If you click on any URL, it should load the page again. If it reloads without reason, you might want to check why it was loaded again unless you have a terrible internet connection. I have a very short ignore list, so it's easy to check who is on it.
I usually use the desktop to write as I feel comfortable writing from the desktop. I use a Smartphone to scroll the forum and read stuff. But I don't write anything unless it's too important.
I usually use the desktop to write as I feel comfortable writing from the desktop. I use a Smartphone to scroll the forum and read stuff. But I don't write anything unless it's too important.
This is common to me, I will just see an user that I did not ignore but ignored. I do not know why this is like that. Not frequent but I do see it very well.
Is any other user noticing this?
This is because no message to check a box or something like that after pressing on ignore which can be a mistake. Is there a place that I can go to to set this on my profile? I mean confirmation before ignoring an user.
If there is no way to set it, I hope theymos will include that one day.
Is any other user noticing this?
This is because no message to check a box or something like that after pressing on ignore which can be a mistake. Is there a place that I can go to to set this on my profile? I mean confirmation before ignoring an user.
If there is no way to set it, I hope theymos will include that one day.
I saw that happening ones but I wasn't sure if I was the one who did but what you saying is true then your idea of informing the higher authority is valid, so that one is would know when he or she has hit the ignore button. Things can be changed only if theymos finds this request as a useful one which to me it is.
If I use the forum on mobile than is when that happens to me. Generally, I do not ignore anyone by putting them in the ignore list. I can ignore anyone by not reading their posts or reacting to them. But I will be scrolling another day and find out that the particular user is ignored by my unknowingly.
There are two possible solutions, but Op mentioned number one.
There are two possible solutions, but Op mentioned number one.
- Make ignore button have confirmation before execution.
- Take the ignore button off the position it is, close to the trust icon. Someone trying to click the trust icon may unknowingly click the ignore icon.
This is common to me, I will just see an user that I did not ignore but ignored. I do not know why this is like that. Not frequent but I do see it very well.
Is any other user noticing this?
Is any other user noticing this?
There could be many reasons attached to having such experience, one of which may be when the browser you're using stops functioning immediately or hangs while you're trying to navigate round the board busy pressing some functions without knowing other things are being pressed along, we can also by unaware hit the ignore button unknowingly to us, i think having a confirmation for ignoring someone will also make it not a one way action in one direction, there can be a confirmation request to press ok for it.
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This command doesn't just happen on its own without being clicked; I have several times experienced the same thing, but it happens mostly any week that I frequently use my mobile phone to post on the forum. Any time I come across people on my ignore, I usually wonder when I have performed such actions but seem not to remember then. I realised that any time I am trying to click on trust," I can mistakenly click on the ignore instead of the trust.
I am of the same opinion as you that there should be a confirmation message that permits you to add or remove someone from the list. I just hope it can be added one day.
I am of the same opinion as you that there should be a confirmation message that permits you to add or remove someone from the list. I just hope it can be added one day.
Here's a very quick fix I just tested if you use uBlock Origin (and if you aren't you really should):
Open your uBlock Origin add on and open the dashboard by clicking on the three cogwheel icon.
Click on "My Filters".
Paste the following:
Save your changes, and then refresh bitcointalk. This will hide the Ignore button. This will also work on mobile. It may work with other ad blockers which also implement similar functions to allow you to block specific elements.
Open your uBlock Origin add on and open the dashboard by clicking on the three cogwheel icon.
Click on "My Filters".
Paste the following:
Code:
##a[href^="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=ignore"]
Save your changes, and then refresh bitcointalk. This will hide the Ignore button. This will also work on mobile. It may work with other ad blockers which also implement similar functions to allow you to block specific elements.
Yes you are correct @o_e_l_e_o yesterday when i browsing mobile version so feel this problem, but when i shipped on the web everything is oke.
NOTE: I have been using the "uBlock origin" add on for the past few years(it was nice work for productivity).
The ignore link is an url! 
I knew and I meant about URL links exclude that one.Quote
I've managed to do that by mistake on a tablet when doing the lazy scroll, one bad timing and it's a tap instead of hold and release, and if you're not really careful the guy gets ignored and you won't realize, especially if you have a long ignore list.
I made such mistake on my phone but later I realized it and corrected it. Because I did not click on URL profile of a user I am not familiar with and users I clicked on usually are prominent posters. I easily realized them later and if I saw they were ignored by me, I will Unignore them.Quote
I don't have anyone on ignore so in my case I instantly know I made a mistake when I see an ignored user but users with a long list might not realize for a long time.
Mistakes on phones will not be enough to result in a very long list of Ignored users because I think the probability for mistake is 1% or lower. 
This is common to me, I will just see an user that I did not ignore but ignored. I do not know why this is like that. Not frequent but I do see it very well.
Is any other user noticing this?
This is because no message to check a box or something like that after pressing on ignore which can be a mistake. Is there a place that I can go to to set this on my profile? I mean confirmation before ignoring an user.
If there is no way to set it, I hope theymos will include that one day.
I experienced something similar where I was going to send DM using the shortcut icon on their post and instead of the send message Icon the one that I tap is the ignore button that's what I think the reason why I have someone on my ignore list unintentionally and I just unignore the user. This experienced of mine happened when I am using my mobile phone and if you also use mobile phone most of the time then I think it's the same reason as mine or maybe not at all. It would be great of there's a box for the ignore forum users to check it much easier. Is any other user noticing this?
This is because no message to check a box or something like that after pressing on ignore which can be a mistake. Is there a place that I can go to to set this on my profile? I mean confirmation before ignoring an user.
If there is no way to set it, I hope theymos will include that one day.
I don't think the action can be performed without being given instructions to do so.... Maybe on one occasion of accessing the forum with a cellphone, you've inadvertently clicked on the ignore button -i sometimes realize the same thing during my endless scroll, through every single board.
IMO, If Leo has given a resolution to the situation, then that's shouldn't be a topic to keep 'em peeps repeating the same thing over and over again.. ofcourse yunno what that'll prevent.
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IMO, If Leo has given a resolution to the situation, then that's shouldn't be a topic to keep 'em peeps repeating the same thing over and over again.. ofcourse yunno what that'll prevent.
Sandra 🧑🦰
You can not Ignore a user by clicking on URL links. You only can do it with your Ignore list by adding that username into your Ignore list or by clicking on Ignore. The former is no way to be done by mistake and you don't know about it. The latter can come from mistake when you are on mobile. If you want to click on the username to go to its profile and mistouch on Ignore.
The ignore link is an url!
I've managed to do that by mistake on a tablet when doing the lazy scroll, one bad timing and it's a tap instead of hold and release, and if you're not really careful the guy gets ignored and you won't realize, especially if you have a long ignore list. I don't have anyone on ignore so in my case I instantly know I made a mistake when I see an ignored user but users with a long list might not realize for a long time.
I agree with you the ones who doesn't have anyone in their ignore list can easily know that they have wrongly ignored a user, but for those who have a huge list of users in their ignore list then it would be a really time consuming task to know that they have ignored someone unintentionally.
I also have 0 members in my ignore list because I believe that ignoring users isn't a good practice and it would really make us more ignorant to ignore those whose opinions we don't like. If we can't ignore such humans in real like then we should not ignore them on forum also.
This is very common when you are using a smartphone since the phone are too little to handle and you wouldn't know when your finger might have mistakenly tap on it and it instantly on ignore without your approval but if you see a think like that, you don't need to worry just un-ignore that person back. I don't think is something you must go to your profile to set. I think on messaging aspect, you can set some certain users whom you don't want them to send you pm without your approval or releasing them from your settings.
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This is common to me, I will just see an user that I did not ignore but ignored. I do not know why this is like that. Not frequent but I do see it very well.
Probably you click the ignore button accidentally when scrolling or when you are supposed to view someone's profie because they are close to each other while the browser only do a quick refresh whenever you ignore someone which is unnoticeable especially if you focus on browsing. I do this frequently and I'm just surprised that sometimes some thread is grayed despite I don't ignore someone here.
This is because no message to check a box or something like that after pressing on ignore which can be a mistake. Is there a place that I can go to to set this on my profile? I mean confirmation before ignoring an user.
I really like this, I think you are describing like the trust list which user can add and remove user on the list manually and to monitor whose on your list.
you can go to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=YOUR-ID;sa=ignprefsyou will find a table, delete the accounts you don't want to ignore.
These are already known options to the OP and have already been suggested by other users above.
I think the best option will be what o_e_l_e_o has suggested, tryings to figure that out with my mobile device as am far from home to access my PC.
This is common to me, I will just see an user that I did not ignore but ignored. I do not know why this is like that. Not frequent but I do see it very well.
Is any other user noticing this?
In fact I experienced the same thing in my early year in the forum, almost 3 users in the Nigeria local board were in my ignore list and I didn't do such a thing, at that time I didn't even know what was ignore list was all about, I didn't even know how ignore someone. I wanted to create a thread as you did but I delete the users and forgot about it. And after twice of such appearance it stopped. So for now I am not seeing it again. But later I came to understand the ignore list and I am using it effectively right now. Is any other user noticing this?
You can not Ignore a user by clicking on URL links. You only can do it with your Ignore list by adding that username into your Ignore list or by clicking on Ignore. The former is no way to be done by mistake and you don't know about it. The latter can come from mistake when you are on mobile. If you want to click on the username to go to its profile and mistouch on Ignore.
The ignore link is an url!
I've managed to do that by mistake on a tablet when doing the lazy scroll, one bad timing and it's a tap instead of hold and release, and if you're not really careful the guy gets ignored and you won't realize, especially if you have a long ignore list. I don't have anyone on ignore so in my case I instantly know I made a mistake when I see an ignored user but users with a long list might not realize for a long time.
This is because no message to check a box or something like that after pressing on ignore which can be a mistake. Is there a place that I can go to to set this on my profile? I mean confirmation before ignoring an user.
If you are browsing the forum from the phone, you will inevitably encounter this problem. It is difficult to write posts using the phone, and all things are inconvenient, so it would not be strange if you pressed the ignore button by mistake and there is no warning message after clicking the ignore button.
you can go to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=YOUR-ID;sa=ignprefsyou will find a table, delete the accounts you don't want to ignore.
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