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How to ... Ignore a user (desktop version)

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#1

Continuing the discussion from The Society's Community "How To" Guides:

You have two options if you want to ignore a user:

1 - Just ignore them, job done.

2 - Let discourse help you and set them to be ignored in your preferences, as explained here:

Go to your own profile page by clicking your avatar in the top right corner and then clicking the rightmost icon on the top of the pop-up window. From the menu that appears click preferences.

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On the next page, choose ‘User’ from the menu on the left.

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On the next screen click ‘+Add…’, in the ignore user section.

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In the popup window, start typing the username in the Username textbox, select the user as it comes up. Set the timeframe and click ‘Ignore’.

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Job done (repeat if you want for other users), this will hide the messages, you can still unhide each message if you so wish.

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#2

Thanks, what happens if that user starts a thread? Is it hidden with the option to view, or totally obscured?

#3

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#4

When I click on my own profile I’m a little surprised to see a 1000 days visited - the vast and overwhelming number of which have been educational, enriching and fun. When users start muting others it points to a changing tone in the community - temporary I hope. Either way, 1000 days tells me it’s time for a break.

Happy new year to all, see you anon.

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#5

Once again, discourse takes something that is relatively simple in all other (vastly superior) forum softwares and makes it 1000x worse rather than easier.

#6

It doesn’t seem possible to hide a thread. Or have I missed it?

#7

Yes, you can mute a topic. It’s one of the options underneath the “topic controls” at the bottom of the thread, where you have tracking, watching, muted, and one other I think. I just used it yesterday for the first time and the topic seems to have completely vanished from my screen.

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#8

Here’s the ‘How to mute a topic’ guide:

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