Suggestion Block feature

[Bored]

Like other social media, is there a block feature to prevent another user from seeing your posts? Just curious.

 

[tc]

Go to their profile and click “ignore”.

 

[scubaozy]

Go to their profile and click “ignore”.

It is not same, yo do not need ignore feature to ignore someone but you cannot block them. So current ignore feature is pretty limited.

 

[rhwestfall]

You are kidding, right? This is not a platform to host your own message board, but rather a public form to share resources about diving (okay, and other silly stuff too). What you are asking for is to basically have everything you do be only through something like direct messages to your own selected group of people. Little value to a public forum....

This isn't FB....

 

[lexvil]

There are some who are so toxic that a total block is an appropriate response, I sort of like the idea but ignore is handy too.

 

[Wibble]

Are some so sensitive that they cannot accept any discussion of their pet pseudo-religious opinions?

Seems you’re on the wrong forum mate.

 

[Bored]

You are kidding, right? This is not a platform to host your own message board, but rather a public form to share resources about diving (okay, and other silly stuff too). What you are asking for is to basically have everything you do be only through something like direct messages to your own selected group of people. Little value to a public forum....

This isn't FB....

It's a legitimate question. Several forums and platforms allow limiting your audience. I am new and was making an honest inquiry.

 

[Akimbo]

It's a legitimate question. Several forums and platforms allow limiting your audience. I am new and was making an honest inquiry.

Fair enough. ScubaBoard's runs on xenForo, software which does not support that feature, currently anyway. The concept does run counter to the concept of a public forum. By public forum I mean one that is open to non-members and is indexed by search engines like Google and Bing.

The closest feature we have is DMs (Direct Messages), which is private, but can include a number of members.

 

[Eric802]

It's a legitimate question. Several forums and platforms allow limiting your audience. I am new and was making an honest inquiry.

I know of some forums with a block feature that prevents you from seeing a blocked user’s posts, but haven’t heard of forums that allow you to prevent people from seeing what you’ve posted. This isn’t Twitter.

 

[Wibble]

The block feature seems to be designed for those sensitive souls who believe in unicorns and pseudo-religious practices. We’re pragmatic scuba divers and, with a few notable exceptions, most people are interested in learning and not debating their pet cultish hypotheses.

The good news is the moderators come down hard on trolls. The rest is just playing nicely together.