Can Members Block/Ignore Specific Forum Sections

[Mac5.56]

Hey All,

I was wondering if it is possible for a member to set their preferences to ignore an entire section of this forum? I would like to completely ignore the GD section so that I never see it, and have no option to ever click on it again.

Better yet can we just get rid of everything in that section of the forum minus the Stupid THings Heard In Gun Stores thread?

[gun71530]

Or you could just stay out of the GD forum...

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[RearwardAssist]

I'm guessing he is like me I only cruise this site by the new post unless I am looking for something.

[Mac5.56]

I'm guessing he is like me I only cruise this site by the new post unless I am looking for something.

Yep you've got it, and I'm a bit of a masochist. The result is I want to punch my computer and there are a few people who I no longer will have over for a block party because their "internet balls" got to big for them to handle.

IE: Just get rid of the bullshit in GD, make it go to a forum similar to the LEO Only. If you sign up you can go participate in the stupid ass political pissing match. Call it "The Thunder Dome" or something. Then leave GD for things like funny Gun Show talk.

[steyrman13]

This has been discussed before nuking GD or Thunderdome etc. there are ways around not seeing it though.
Ill see if I can search and find the thread. Someone mentioned a HTML link that excludes words or phrases which would allow you to filter out the GD from the new posts button

[SpeedRacer]

Yep you've got it, and I'm a bit of a masochist. The result is I want to punch my computer and there are a few people who I no longer will have over for a block party because their "internet balls" got to big for them to handle.

IE: Just get rid of the bullshit in GD, make it go to a forum similar to the LEO Only. If you sign up you can go participate in the stupid ass political pissing match. Call it "The Thunder Dome" or something. Then leave GD for things like funny Gun Show talk.

I will say this forum is about as prudently moderated and squared away as any I've ever seen. The mods and admins here do a fantastic job IMO. I would suggest using the ignore feature for particular members that get under your skin. Beyond that, I don't see them eliminating an entire area of discussion because one person can't resist clicking on general discussion topics that bother them.

[Airhasz]

Hey All,

I was wondering if it is possible for a member to set their preferences to ignore an entire section of this forum? I would like to completely ignore the GD section so that I never see it, and have no option to ever click on it again.

Better yet can we just get rid of everything in that section of the forum minus the Stupid THings Heard In Gun Stores thread?



You are showing mental weaknesses, have some simple willpower for crying out loud...

[SeriousStudent]

If you have the ability to answer the member's specific question, do so.

If not, don't chime in from the peanut gallery.

[Army Chief]

Unfortunately, from a coding/settings perspective, I am not aware of any user options that will accomplish this. Specific users can be ignored, of course, but active, open-access boards pretty much have to show up because of search system functionality, if nothing else. When you browse by using the "New Posts" feature, as most of us do, that is effectively what is happening, as the returns are populated via a time-based (i.e. since your last visit or inquiry) search. It obviously does not filter these results by board; at least, not by default.

AC

[Koshinn]

It wouldn't be too hard to code if any of the admins are technically inclined.

[Army Chief]

Perhaps not, but (a) it really only manifests itself during searches, since the rest of the time a specific sub-board is easy to ignore, and (b) specific coding changes can complicate the upgrade path. We're already working to get things up-to-date in that sense, but the amount of time and effort required to do this (a sub-board filter) correctly probably isn't warranted by the severity of the problem; especially when we've got so many other more serious technical issues to stay on top of.

AC

[kdcgrohl]

I posted this sometime back, sounds like what you need.
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=124540

[bp7178]

Thanks for the link, it works.

Less the dribble, it went from 54 to 44 active threads since my last visit.

Finally.

[ST911]

I posted this sometime back, sounds like what you need.
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=124540

Thank you again for that.

[Army Chief]

I got so deep in-the-weeds looking at server-side options that I hadn't even considered how easy it would be to just modify the user-specified search variables themselves.

Brilliant!

AC

[steyrman13]

I posted this sometime back, sounds like what you need.
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=124540

Yup that's the one I was referring to. Thanks for plugging it in here

[WillBrink]

Hey All,

I was wondering if it is possible for a member to set their preferences to ignore an entire section of this forum? I would like to completely ignore the GD section so that I never see it, and have no option to ever click on it again.

Better yet can we just get rid of everything in that section of the forum minus the Stupid THings Heard In Gun Stores thread?

If I don't wanna see posts from a particular person, I add them to "ignore"

If I don't want to be part of a thread any more, go to user CP, go to "subscriptions" and un subscribe from the offending thread.

As far as I know, you can't ignore an entire section of a forum in VB, but you can be blocked :happy:

[wake.joe]

Just don't read them...?

[Airhasz]

Just don't read them...?


Yeah, that's what I was referring to with the willpower statement.

[ST911]

Asked and answered.