I Have About Had It (Page 3): Could be that the previous answers didn't quite do what they wanted and so they ask again hoping either some different people will respond with different...

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Longshadow wrote:

I'm not sure why people would ask the same question twice. I can understand different people asking the same (similar) question.
They forgot that they asked?
Hoping for a different answer? Maybe one they liked?
Hoping to get different people to reply?

Could be that the previous answers didn't quite do what they wanted and so they ask again hoping either some different people will respond with different answers or some of our experts may have learned something different in the mean time.

You go to the Doctor and they ask the same questions over and over each visit - things change and the answers may be different now.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

rmorrison1116 wrote:

Or possibly because a large number of members are seniors and sometimes those senior moments cause some of us to forget something we did a few days or weeks ago, possibly.

Sorry, what were we talking about?

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Longshadow wrote:

Sorry, what were we talking about?

Darn, I don't recall. Probably wasn't all that important anyway.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

jradose wrote:

I am losing interest in this site. I still love th... (show quote)

If every topic that has ever been discussed previously were to receive that kind of treatment, every poster would be referred back to those relevant posts. However, we don't do that. We continue to answer the questions because some people have not seen those threads. The person who gave you the hard time with his response is a boor.

wide2tele Loc: Australia

Sorry, can’t agree with the OP here.
The OP asked the same question again after 6 pages of extensive answers the first time on a pretty simple subject. It is unfair to waste the time of people who have made the effort to reply and help out the first time. If you have a bad memory, bookmark your own thread. I personally think it shows people who helped you no respect.

The person in question referred too in this thread I have zero issues with. He’s knowledgeable, funny, an absolute positive on this forum.

In the end, I’ve never hit ignore for anyone.
You are all text on my screen. The day I am bothered by text on my screen, I’ll start worrying about my own health.

srt101fan

wide2tele wrote:

Sorry, can’t agree with the OP here. br The OP ask... (show quote)

The ignore list is pretty meaningless. As Linda pointed out, it only applies to "Private Messages".

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

srt101fan wrote:

The ignore list is pretty meaningless. As Linda pointed out, it only applies to "Private Messages".

Not true. There is one person on my ignore list and I have not seen any of his posts. I checked a minute ago to see if he is still active on UHH and he is. He has posted to Photo Gallery and a couple of other sections that I am subscribed to.

Dodie

srt101fan

luvmypets wrote:

Not true. There is one person on my ignore list and I have not seen any of his posts. I checked a minute ago to see if he is still active on UHH and he is. He has posted to Photo Gallery and a couple of other sections that I am subscribed to.

Dodie

Hmm...interesting. I just checked the Help section and here's what it says:

"Ignore list is a way to control users you don't like. Users in your ignore list won't be able to send you private messages. You will not see topics by ignored users in the digest, Newest Topics, Active Topics."

So now I'm a little confused! But that's OK...🤔

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

srt101fan wrote:

Hmm...interesting. I just checked the Help section and here's what it says:

"Ignore list is a way to control users you don't like. Users in your ignore list won't be able to send you private messages. You will not see topics by ignored users in the digest, Newest Topics, Active Topics."

So now I'm a little confused! But that's OK...🤔

Dodie is correct. I forgot about the "you won't see their topics" part as I was responding to UTMike's comment about being able to block a user from your own topic. Mike's comment is incorrect. He never took me up on my suggestion that he try putting me on Ignore, and then I would try to comment in one of his topics. But since what you quoted doesn't include the blocking part (except for pm's), I'm assuming that Admin's decision to undo that original feature has not changed.

The benefit to not seeing another user's topics seems to be of limited value. If you know who wrote it and want to avoid them, you wouldn't open their topic anyway. The one time I found it useful was when we had a member who posted multiple topics every single day, all foolish stuff. Putting him on Ignore cleaned up my "newest topics" list significantly

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

srt101fan wrote:

Hmm...interesting. I just checked the Help section and here's what it says:

"Ignore list is a way to control users you don't like. Users in your ignore list won't be able to send you private messages. You will not see topics by ignored users in the digest, Newest Topics, Active Topics."

So now I'm a little confused! But that's OK...🤔

Do what I do when I'm confused. I just ignore it.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

luvmypets wrote:

Not true. There is one person on my ignore list and I have not seen any of his posts. I checked a minute ago to see if he is still active on UHH and he is. He has posted to Photo Gallery and a couple of other sections that I am subscribed to.

Dodie

Hi Dodie! It has come to my attention that what I assumed about what you said might be incorrect

"Posts" could refer to those by a Topic Creator or those by a Topic Respondent. I read your comments to mean you were talking about a topic creator.

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

Linda From Maine wrote:

Hi Dodie! It has come to my attention that what I assumed about what you said might be incorrect

"Posts" could refer to those by a Topic Creator or those by a Topic Respondent. I read your comments to mean you were talking about a topic creator.

I don't see anything this person creates nor any of his responses. I did check that he has responded to posts that I have and I did not see any of his responses. It is as though he doesn't exist.

Dodie

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

luvmypets wrote:

I don't see anything this person creates nor any of his responses. I did check that he has responded to posts that I have and I did not see any of his responses. It is as though he doesn't exist.

Dodie

It gets curiouser and curiouser. I just tried putting a prolific main forum user on Ignore and I can still see his comments in other people's topics. I've asked srt101fan (whom I'm using as a test case

) to try commenting in my last topic.