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I don't have issue with any of what you have said and on the odd occasion when you may have forgotten the qualifers I would assume they were there, I suppose it is because I would judge any comment based on the track record of you posts.  We all have bad days or days when we do not choose the right words to say what we are trying to say.  There are also many for who English is not their first language.  There are however others who have a completely different track record of being unhelpful and quite honestly rude and downright arrogant which does the forum no good at all.  

It is a very small minority, I only have 2 members of my 'ignore' list at present, not because I disagree with their veiwpoints but I have yet to see anything positive they have brought to the forum which, by definion means it is all negative.  The ignore button for me has had a major impact but it is a shame that it is needed at all.

As to balance, yet again I agree, the mods have an impossible task and their balance will often be seen by others as stifiling comment.  All I can say is that I am so very glad that someone is brave or crazy enough to do the job.

The 'ignore' button can often cause more trouble than it prevents. You can stop the original post but not the subseqent responses to it. Especially when people quote the OP. So you still read the original post, often out of context and attributed to the wrong person.

A bit more coding, and you can have the quoted bits showing nothing but "You have this person on your ignore list. To see this quote, unignore" plus link to unignore the person. I have seen it elsewhere, as standard plugin for some of the popular commerical forum packages. Also, a quote function that attributes the quoted passage to the correct person isn't impossible.

But I think we're lucky to get the ignore button. So, I agree that there can be issues with it, yes.  I'd hate to ask for more and come off as totally unappreciative (that's not how I see your post, btw). Besides, just have someone on ignore creates a small, but not insignificant barrier to following the immediate impulse and pressing "quote" or "reply". Even a moment of hesitation can stop many people from bothering with a post that they might have otherwise made without thinking. (At least, I know I've made a few without thinking. :D)

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