And I guess I don't mean hurt feelings, but it's a sensitive subject for some, even before we get into having to tell people "No, 'I'm so gonna BOZO you!' is not really the way we like to communicate."
I do see your point about the communication issue -- the hurt feelings bit always pings me a little strangely, though, because from my perspective, having some kind of kill file, filter, or whatever is so old-hat that when I first joined this group (on WX) I hesitated to get too involved because I really felt like any board was badly broken without one. I know that other people's experience with them is different, however.
YFilteringMV.
True that. For instance, in other places, I tend to filter as a means of traffic control, rather than because I think someone's a raging fuckface that I never want to see again -- say, if I were tired of Batman, I might filter myself, shrift, and Plei, and then come back in a week to see if we'd calmed down or more-or-less confined the discussion to the comics thread, without thinking any of us were intolerable asses, only that our main topic of conversation was one I didn't have the headspace for at this moment. You know, if I weren't filtering myself and thereby sending myself into some kind of horrible existential crisis.
Mostly, it's what Jesse (?) said earlier about keeping the FAQ for actual questions that are actually frequently asked. We have no idea how people will use this thing, or what their concerns will be. Both keeping the wording fairly neutral and not assuming in advance that it's going to be a big emotional issue seem like the best way to keep it from becoming one.
With Kat on the whimsy. I plan to filter people. Some people, they make me want to send them to the cornfield.
I assume other people want to send me to the cornfield.
Threatening to send someone to the cornfield is stupid. Like making a loud stomping off the board and coming back two days (hours) later.
Really now. Jesse is right, RIGHT I TELL YOU, that it should just be called user filter. And then, the post should read, "This post has been filtered."
There's nothing cutesy about the "edited by" and I've always sort of not liked the "Stompy Feet" designation, because it's cutesy.
I truly am the Cutest Malcontent.
This all reads grouchy, I think. But the simplest way is the best.
Yes, I think the filter will cause hurt feelings. Not as hurt as if I were to say, "Dana, I scroll right by your posts because I think everything you say is so fucking stupid, it ruins my whole day just to remember you exist."
And it's all very passive-aggressive. I know.
Oh, Dana, for clarity, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
Jesse is right, RIGHT I TELL YOU, that it should just be called user filter.
I swear to god, everything would be MUCH SIMPLER if I were just in charge.
Agreed that blinvisible is a whimsical term for someone at whom I've taken a fairly radical step. And that whatever term used will soon become invisible, like how we all were curious the first time a "this post deleted by" came up (it was Rio, IIRC, although that may have been on the test board), but is no longer even noticeable.
Also that people stating their intention to block someone is just garden variety assholishness that doesn't need to be warned against in advance.
Speaking of flouncing off the board....
Here's a quick question for filter makers. It filters out by ID number, right? Like I'm 59, so if people filter me, it filters all posts made by 59 not by Kat? So if I change my user name by Stompy fiat, people who filter me will still have me gone right?
But say I flounce and come back with a new name (or a sockpuppet) or my old name, people will have to refilter me, right?
okey. good to know!
I'm pro user-filter and this post has been filtered.
And I do notice tag lines and deleted by/edited by lines.
I love blinvisible. And I think the whimsy is a good thing - I've already blocked this user, and so taken a concrete step. So maybe now I should embrace the funny instead of the frustration.
That said, can the list of blocked posters on the set profile page be titled "Wrongheaded Crackpots?"
Kidding, sort of.
Oh, and I hate ENUF. Not wild about Bozo filter either.
