True, I've even suggested it once myself, a while ago. Sometimes it's easier to get along with someone when you can't read what they have to say :) I would rather we as members were given the option to select who we want or don't want to see on the forums, than for the moderators to practice wide-spread censorship or suppression of expression. This may be a privately owned forum, but I think it's sad that it's become an acceptable thing to request they delete posts left and right, just because someone's sensibilities have been offended. There are cases where it's warranted (racial slurs, hate speech, etc.) but just because someone disagrees with your opinion should not be one of them. Even when I make some really harsh posts I regret later, I choose not to go back and delete what I posted, simply because I believe I should take the consequences that result from whatever I post. If I'm willing to take responsibility for what I say, why should the moderators have the power to take that choice away from me? I would think an ignore feature would cut down on their workload tremendously as well. Instead of people running to mods on a constant basis to have posts deleted, they can just tick a checkbox themselves and be done with it. But if I remember from when I suggested it, it was something to do with the message system software they chose, and how an ignore feature could not be implemented with it.