Quote Originally Posted by LittleFuzzy View Post
I didn't really want to get involved here but apparently I have to. Even if Loki beat me to the punch. The ignore function is there for a reason and it exercises a useful function. Did not we all BEG Kane and Tear to make use of it? There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking preventative action to reduce the likelihood of unproductive bitchiness between posters. It in no way keeps you from looking in at a blocked post and making a reply if you think the material might actually be worth it. But this is a discussion forum, not every post can or should be a major expounding of a critical idea and it is irrational to assume or passively demand that every post be both read and be worth the reading. Excessive filtering may be bad but it is beneficial to the forum as a whole if exercised in moderation. The moderators of course pose a semi-exception to that but you guys knew what you were signing up for.
Of course not every post, but let's put it this way; you rarely make a joke, but when you do I appreciate reading it because they are rare and sometimes put a more human face to a person capable of also contributing things that evoke new thoughts behind my eyes. As you say, if someone proves they're solely (or to an unbearable percentage) capable of producing white noise, I think it's far more efficient to use any device capable of smelling certain EM bands to generate that brand of 'entertainment'.

Actually now that I think about what you wrote again, I think we're almost perfectly agreed. Gee whiz!