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Too tired of sh*tposters - How about a user blacklist thread to save our time?

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DavidAlfa:
User 1 asks question, gets lots of answers, never comes back, doesn't answer anything, he just wasted our time analyzing and answering his dumb questions. He does it again, and again...
User 2 asks to get helped out with some tedious work like programming, reverse engineering. We get the job done for free, then he also disappears or moves to something else without giving a f.
(...)
User 100 keeps spamming the forum with silly questions. "The board is is square, should I use a square base to mount it?" - No, use a hexagon :palm:. We all know this user starting with F and ending in arington.

Sincerely, we could make a community blacklist. Not to be abused because he likes pinneapple pizza and I don't, only for legit causes and must be a repeating behavior.
So we simply add those time wasters to our ignore list and filter the junk.

hans:
I keep a personal ignore list for mental notes, but typically still read what people have to say, however it sets a bar for whether I want to respond or not. After all.. putting time & energy into something is a choice.

I don't feel inclined to answer every single question to upmost details unless the question or discussion itself is interesting. What I sometimes also see on forums in regular discussions, is that some people throw in a fallacy or hot take just so they can run hard and observe the misery caused.

Its not anything limited to newbies ordering a take-away or delivery meal answer. Being ready to serve everyone unconditionally is usually at the cost of the person helping out.

[/my 2 cents]

Simon:
So your point is? I am afraid that do a degree this is what a forum is.

nctnico:

--- Quote from: Simon on October 07, 2023, 09:31:03 am ---So your point is? I am afraid that do a degree this is what a forum is.

--- End quote ---
Agreed. You don't have to answer a question or engage in a topic. It is a free choice.

RoGeorge:
The forum has this feature, each user can keep a list of ignored users:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?area=lists;sa=ignore

There is also a list of ignored topics and/or ignored subforums.

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