So, The 4th Party was like: you'd have to un ignore them to see what they said :) One would click the 'Read Anyway' button. the thread could make a really strange read for someone who wasn'r ignoring anybody A good time to click the 'Ignore Thread' button. B^) Seems to me the way to deal with jerks is for admin to adress it But the admin won't. The tendency aruond here is to threaten the complainer, from what I've seen. And then EricofSD was like: I don't need an ignore here, never did, and hope I never will. Then don't use one. Eric, I'm really sorry about this, and I'm not trying to be mean and jump on you but... pardon if this sounds rude, but I do think it's really shitty to step in on my suggestion and tell me it's not necesssary because you don't want to use it. Following that logic, there should be no sports played on television ever, because I don't watch them. Very few brands of beer should be sold, because I don't drink most of them. I shouldn't have a lock on my flat door, because I have never been burglarised. And I don't need to stop smoking because I haven't gotten lung cancer. In other words, I do need an ignore here, whether you need one or not. Anger has a virtue Not when it's forbidden. It's forbidden on Renderosity. You have to treat all members with respect and kindness even if they have earned contempt and a boot to the head. Frankly, I think it's a stupid nancy sook rule to disallow tearing into people and I'm never going to make any such rule on any web community I run -- especially as I do know (from running www.gothic-classifieds.com for six years now) that the community will act as an organism -- if allowed to -- and will take care of it's own and reject incompatible elements. But even the most peaceful communities have the concept of a Pariah, and the ignore button would facilitate this.