"Ignore" Feature doesn't work with news comments..


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I've placed a user on my ignore list, because I'm gotten sick of and upset over constant false accusations, negativity, and baseless assumptions. However there is one problem, the ignore feature doesn't work with news comments and I am still able to see comments from users I'd rather not see..

Sure I could just skip over them, but they are still within view. I'd rather have it so it was out of sight, out of mind and I can feel more comfortable when reading and replying to comments..

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Well the front page was custom coded and is not part of IPB, so the ignore feature on the forums, will not work on the front page.

But I agree the code should be transferred over or have a separate ignore feature on the main page.

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I'm just wondering if this has been acknowledged and if it is possible to implement the ignore feature into news comments and other comments systems, other than the ignore feature just being specific to the forum?

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I'll vote for this. I'd enjoy Neowin 100x more if I didn't have to see comments from people on my Ignore List. It's a great feature. It might even win me over as a subscriber hint hint.

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A quick and dirty solution that could work for both the front page and the forums:

add the poster's name (converted to lowercase/underscore) to the divs and table rows containing their posts. Then we could use our browser's custom stylesheet rules to completely hide people we'd rather not see by just adding:

.somejerk,
.negative_guy,
.hates_gays_and_jews,
.evn, 
.some_other_guy {
  display:none;
}

Display none might not work, but something as simple as changing the text-color could go a long way to making undesirable comments more difficult to see.

As an added bonus we could also highlight people we do care about. If I think somebody has exceptionally good posts I could add a rule like:

.some_smart_guy { font-size:2em }
.some_funny_guy { border:3px double blue; }

This way wouldn't change the front-page display, wouldn't require tying into the forum ignore code, and would allow a lot more user customization without the need for neowin devs to get involved.

You can already do this by hacking in some custom rules to ad-blocking software but it's error prone and requires a lot of reg-ex hacking to make it all work right.

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