I think we should have the option. If I lose my cool and end up with 17 ENUFed posters (we need a practical cap), then I'll want to know which one I'm ignoring when. So maybe it's post ignored by thatperson postdatetime or nothing at all.

Okay, that's [edit: just having an ellipsis or the like] not that bad -- what I've seen discussed up until now was something more like a full set of post headers (not the right term, but, you know what I mean):

Joss, datestamp, post number, Mark, tagline
this post has been filtered

Which is way more than I want, when I've gone to the effort of filtering someone out rather than just skimming past them.

And, of course, apologies to Joss, whom I would (probably) never actually plonk.

Why not three options: Nothing at all, headers but no content, or my 'subtle' missing-post indicator, forming a link to read it if desired?

As I said, options good. But since I'm not the one doing the coding, I don't want to get demanding about "this is my personal preference so give it to me now!" either.

In all honesty, in all the time I've spent on Usenet, I never missed seeing any indication that some jerk whose posts I didn't want to see had posted!

Gah.

I just realized, that as admins, we shouldn't ENUF anyone.

However, back in the day, I appreciated knowing when I was skipping, and when I wasn't, at least so that I could work out what I had missed on purpose, and what I'd let slip by me.

Why not three options: Nothing at all, headers but no content, or my 'subtle' missing-post indicator, forming a link to read it if desired?

I'd vote for a stripped-down header, that is, something in between. Unless it's actually easier to code for leaving the header much as is. I would like to have the name of the filtered poster appear; on TT I had more than one person filtered, and the reasons differed somewhat from person to person.

But I think name of poster and missing-post indicator (by all means subtle) would be fine. Again, depending on ease of coding.

(Finally, even with the recent shenanigans on Firefly, I don't yet feel the need to filter anyone. By all means take this into account when according weight, or lack thereof, to my personal preferences.)

I just realized, that as admins, we shouldn't ENUF anyone.

Yeah, I figured that out awhile back. Actually, this is the first guy I've ever felt strongly enough about to want to filter out his posts, mostly because I was afraid that if I tried to respond, I would lose my temper and post something unfortunate. The only guy I ever ENUFed back on TT was the fellow who always posted white text on a black background. Nothing to do with his content, just the way he presented it annoyed me.

I do want some info that would show a post has been filtered and just the poster's name and the post number would be fine. Personally I never pay attention to post numbers so if posts were just missing it would take me awhile to figure out what was going on.

I just realized, that as admins, we shouldn't ENUF anyone.

My God, that is taking one for the team. I salute you.

I really wish that there could be precisely one rule, and it would be Don't Be A Jerk.

Pity the world doesn't work that way.