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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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"being put through the mangle"
that's July's phrase on my calendar, pretty self explanatory really but it does explain a bit about how old mangles worked.

you ever heard any nice phrases?

alt. everyone in the office is smartly dressed today (this is very rare), the new overlords are coming in to see how they work, is suspect there might be a revolution. you?
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:46, 227 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
I'm wearing a suit, but no tie.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:50, Reply)
Rebel^

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:52, Reply)
In the last thread I just pointed out how fucking excellent "new ignore" is,
I thought I'd just mention it again.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:53, Reply)
what's excellent about it?
who do you have on ignore/who is ignoring you?
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:57, Reply)
I have JMG only on ignore
Mainly due to MASSIVE PICS
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:58, Reply)
he hardly ever does those, he's alright really

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:59, Reply)
he's a hero.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:00, Reply)
I found his/her every post to be tedious in the extreme

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:01, Reply)
UPSET
ONLINE
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:04, Reply)
For some reason I found all the pictures of the bloke from Coronation Street extremely funny. I have no idea why

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:36, Reply)
it were genius.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:50, Reply)

www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=steve+mcdonald+gurn+of+the+week
then click 'Images'
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:55, Reply)
^^ditto
don't have phone data to waste on pointless pics.
Pointless text uses next to nothing though.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:06, Reply)
I've tried for fucking years to get swipe to stop commenting on my posts.
Even had her on ignore for over a year, now with one click sorted.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:59, Reply)
lovely
you should probably pay her back all that money you stole tho
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:59, Reply)
I go for the "can't stand the heat" ignore reasoning
Scroll down if you dont like the posts
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:59, Reply)
So I can ignore Battered and then post links to his facebook and linkedin pages
and there is no way for him to know I've done it?
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:02, Reply)
i don't even understand the new ignore.
what was wrong with the old ignore?
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:03, Reply)
basically if you ignored someone they could still comment on your posts
now you can prevent people from seeing your posts by ignoring them
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:04, Reply)
but that was the best part.
oh, b3ta. what have you become?
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:05, Reply)
:(

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:05, Reply)
It's almost like this change was designed directly against people like you?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:07, Reply)
it does mean there will be virtually no heated discussion anymore tho, probably on eof the few enjoyable aspects of the site
i prefer the other guy's idea of taking replies off QOTW, that way they don't see any comments on their posts unless they come to OT or talk
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:10, Reply)
They tried that it was fucking shit.
Now they'll try this. I like the idea. To see the whole site and all the threads not only do you have to not ignore people, you have to not act in such a way that people ignore you.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:13, Reply)
so, borring then?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:15, Reply)
It will be for you.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:16, Reply)
and most other people i think
who wants a messageboard where you're not allowed to say anything remotely controversial or disagree with other people?

might as well go back to trolling yahoo forums :(
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:22, Reply)
What are you talking about?
You say anything controversial you like, but if you go out of your way to actually target someone then you run the risk they might ignore you and you'll miss out on some stuff.

Of course some people will be over sensitive about comments, but are they the sort of people who's posts you're likely to be sad about missing? I highly doubt it.

All this does is provide a decent solution to the fact that people with nothing to contribute but abuse will find their selection of targets diminishing, whereas those people that actually provide some amusing banter and give and take it in the spirit of the site won't.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:29, Reply)
what you're doing here is underestimating the over-reactors
i got nearly 15 people ignoring me pretty much from the off, and I don't even think i was mean or nasty to anyone

and yes, i do want to see those posts. all the general chit chat is fairly lame, it's only when someone makes an idiot of themselves that things get interesting around here
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:32, Reply)
I'm not underestimating them at all
I've managed to be rude to people for years on here and I've had plenty of great back and forth so people obviously aren't ignoring me.

You have to consider the fact that you might be the problem, not everyone else.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:34, Reply)
oh i'm sure that i am, but i assure you that you will have several people ignoring you right now
and that if they weren't, you'd probably have a bit more to do around here

i just think it'll eventually leave the site as a much tamer, duller place
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:36, Reply)
agreeing with rory, right here.
the whiners and the dullards are entertainment, not 'targets'.

i think you need a new tinfoil hat, bamongoloid.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:52, Reply)
What happens if she slightly changes her username after this? She'd then be able to see and respond.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:27, Reply)
no she'd need to set up another account

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:28, Reply)
Why?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:30, Reply)
for what chompy said, the account is ignored, not the username

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:30, Reply)
See below, so if I ignore you, I'll ignore user 90123 not "Battered" and you can't change your user number

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:30, Reply)
I get it now. Ta.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:32, Reply)
You know why someones name stays purple after they change their name?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:31, Reply)
I always assumed that was to do with cookies for some reason.
I am not technical, as this clearly shows.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:33, Reply)
Well, it is to do with cookies
but the cookie is linked to the account number, not the name. That's how you can tell when someone changes their name but you have already looked at their profile.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:35, Reply)
It wilL be interesting to see how people's behaviour changes as a result of this change.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:37, Reply)
i'm hoping it won't, i think we'll end up with more posts with fewer replies though

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:42, Reply)
Ignores based on the usernumber not the username.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:30, Reply)
Ah.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:30, Reply)
got your period, chompy?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:12, Reply)
Making people ignore you had no downsides.
Now you see less spastics.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:04, Reply)
spastics make b3ta what it is

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:11, Reply)
i bet you look like Bradley Cooper in Limitless

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:55, Reply)
Jacket and jeans.
Rocking the Clarkson look.
Nah, not really. I'm nowhere near as bouffant
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:57, Reply)
i'm wearing a mummu and a fat-guy hat.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:51, Reply)
Good morning Janet

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:52, Reply)
alright, spurtscow?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:52, Reply)
I am, thank you

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:56, Reply)
You're not going to be getting any cock gazes unless you put the effort in.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:55, Reply)
she turned down my off of a thumb up the bum,
She's a picky one.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:58, Reply)
standards, pigso.
how dirty ARE your thumbnails, anyway?
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:02, Reply)
alright then - i'm wearing a world of warcraft guild hat and a week-old pizza.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:59, Reply)
World of Warcraft is dying on it's arse.
Long live Guild Wars 2
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:00, Reply)
"Go and take your face for a shit"
There was Revolution on Tuesday night. I had mojito
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:51, Reply)
you went down the Revs?
oh man i used to love the revs
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:55, Reply)
It was lovely
but not as nice as the Bloody Mary I had in the hotel
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:57, Reply)
(joke about you doing it with a transexual still bleeding from the op)

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:58, Reply)
It's no joke

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:00, Reply)
I'm pretty smart today,
Head of the brand is doing the disciplinary, gotta make an effort for the big boss. Even trimmed my moustache.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:53, Reply)
swish cunt

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:56, Reply)
seens as the 'lympix' is on
i have had to work from home, so im in my birthday suit.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:53, Reply)
my shoe is full of blood...

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:55, Reply)
heavy flow?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:57, Reply)
Pearl Jam's lesser known.......zzzzz

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:58, Reply)
Allison's got the shits today, dan
how do you feel about that?
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:56, Reply)
HARD

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:57, Reply)
no sue or tracey today either
dom should be in tho, she's not here yet

i miss her
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:03, Reply)
Your one about thalidomides is the best phrase I've heard in ages.
I am wearing a Motorhead 30th Anniversary t shirt, some manky old Carharrt carpenter shorts and some fresh-dipped Adidas 'Decades':

www.flickr.com/photos/doobybrain/385719878/#
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:57, Reply)
Good shoes

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:57, Reply)
if it wasn't for the white, i might like those
white shoes is for charvs
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:58, Reply)
I bought them in 2003 and promptly forgot I had them until recently.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:02, Reply)
mine:
www.schuh.co.uk/womens-white-and-purple-dcshoe-co-rebound-hi-iv-splatter/1925452820/
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:14, Reply)
Very nice.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:56, Reply)
you mincing fag hound.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 9:59, Reply)
i think you'll find he's a post-hipster ponce.
they're the worst sort, you know.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:00, Reply)
sadly, it's all an act.
he's really a smelly tramp.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:00, Reply)
It's true, I really am!

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:02, Reply)
*sad trombones*

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:03, Reply)
You're tromboning him in a sad way?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:08, Reply)
I have no idea justine, the gerbil should come back out of there on it's own accord.
/ac
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:10, Reply)
You did have it de-clawed, right?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:13, Reply)
I saw a monkey cry once, fucking hilarious.
/ac
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:27, Reply)
i saw a video of the hipster olympics.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:01, Reply)
i saw that five years ago.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:01, Reply)
awww, read that as hamster at first :(((((((

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:02, Reply)
You really are too old to dress like that.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:03, Reply)
*ignores*

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:17, Reply)
I cannot see this.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:18, Reply)
Byker Grove lolz

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:20, Reply)
SPUGGY!

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:21, Reply)
They're playing near me soon
I was thinking of going to see them. My favourite is Damage Case. The End.
Two Hats, aged 9
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:10, Reply)
They never fail to entertain.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:14, Reply)
I've found them extremely samey the last two or three times I've seen them.
They should mix up their setlists a lot more than they do.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:23, Reply)
Getting old and set in their ways I guess

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:28, Reply)
Mine is possibly either 'No Class', 'Bomber' or 'Shoot You in the Back'.
Or some other ones.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:15, Reply)
Yes, I believe there are other songs to choose from
Have you seen Lemmy: The Movie?
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:15, Reply)
I saw it in the cinema, with my missus and a bottle of 'Jacques Danielles'.
I nicked a poster.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:16, Reply)
i always forget until my daughter has friends round
that we have a massive framed poster of lemmy at the top of our first flight of stairs with the legend '49% motherfucker, 51% son of a bitch'.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:22, Reply)
That's the one I nicked.
I hide it round the back of my records when my daughter comes round, as she is learning to read at an alarming rate these days.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:26, Reply)
I have a Pantera 'FUCKING HOSTILE' t-shirt
that has now been relegated to the bottom of the drawer for exactly the same reason
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:27, Reply)
My Zodiac Mindwarp 'FUCKED BY ROCK' shirt doesn't get the outings it used to either.
Pesky kids and their 'reading'. I don't know. Tsk.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:30, Reply)
I believe that Pol Pot's whole regime
was based around trying to hide his Marilyn Manson 'God of Fuck' t-shirt from his kids.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:31, Reply)
I also believe this.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:32, Reply)
That crazy bastard loved his Marilyn!
Especially 'Mechanical Animals' apparently.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:33, Reply)
So I hear.
Idi Amin, conversely, was obsessed with Leo Sayer, and had a tattoo of his first album cover on his right bicep.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:34, Reply)
oh god i fucking love zodiac mindwarp.
i had this exact conversation with a random man last weekend.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:53, Reply)
The babygro version of this is particularly fine

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:31, Reply)
Brilliant
About 15 years ago I bought my nephew an 'Austin 3:16' babygro. My sister didn't know what it was. Money wasted.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:34, Reply)
Ha, nice

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:26, Reply)
+1% discalculiac

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:27, Reply)
stone deaf in the usa.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:23, Reply)
Good choice.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:26, Reply)
"Dirty Love"
Should be on all romance albums.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:29, Reply)

HATShatshatsHAtsHaTsHATSHATShatsHATShATSHATSHATSHATShatshatshatsaHaTShaTShatsHATShatshatsHATSHATShatshatshatsHATShatsHATShaTSHAtsHATSHATSHATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:25, Reply)
Hey, I know you!

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:27, Reply)
*ruffles hair*

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:28, Reply)
*asks for hair back*

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:34, Reply)
*hands back wig*

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:37, Reply)
I'm wearing satin underwear.
LETS SKYPE!!!!!
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:00, Reply)
i had no idea you wear so posh :O

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:01, Reply)
I am a REAL lady.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:01, Reply)
+CT

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:03, Reply)
ctlady?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:06, Reply)
is drimble trying to tell me I need a ct scan?
OH SHIT!!!!
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:11, Reply)
i'll be honest here, i have no idea what Drimble was going for

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:12, Reply)
Rectal, I think.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:18, Reply)
And not for the first time, etc

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:19, Reply)
ooooooooooooooooooooooh!
clever
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:20, Reply)
I've got it!!!!
RECTAL lady
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:19, Reply)
oh man, i love david soul.
or joe cocker. take your pick.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:23, Reply)
Speaking of David Soul
I watched Salem's Lot the other day for the first time in years. Totally forgot James Mason was in it.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:30, Reply)
Also speaking of David Soul
my old flatmate used to work for Granada Men & Motors as an editor. He got Soul in to voiceover some ads for Starsky and Hutch repeats: apparently he was drunk out of his mind throughout, and urinated in the lift on his way out.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:39, Reply)
David Soul, on the other hand, was sober as a judgezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:39, Reply)
a friend of mine saw david soul in a chip shop in chelmsford once
and drunkenly sang 'don't give up on us baby' at him. he was pissed as well and they delivered a rousing rendition to two bored housewives and a tramp.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:55, Reply)
As I understand it, he is pissed all the time.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:01, Reply)
whatta man whatta man whatta man whatta mighty good man.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:05, Reply)
If you're offering

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:12, Reply)
Here's a nice phrase
"because ultimately, if you get knocked off and you ain't got a helmet on, then how can you kind of argue. [People] shouldn't be riding along with iPods and phones and things on and [they] should have lights and all those things."

WIGGINS FOR PLAIN ENGLISH AMBASSADOR
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:30, Reply)
GO WIGGO!!!!
GTGB!!!!
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:33, Reply)
you can't expect people who do what some people do to get to work for a living to be especially bright

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:34, Reply)
Olympic bus riding

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:35, Reply)
10metres bus stop shuffle

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:36, Reply)
Tube relay

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:37, Reply)
rush hour wrestling

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:39, Reply)
I think you've misunderstood what Drimble is saying here Quints.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:37, Reply)
I THINK YOU'VE MISUNDERSTOOD MY PENIS

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:38, Reply)
Haha, good one Quincy

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:43, Reply)
I like the "a face like..." phrases
a welders bench
a bulldog licking piss off a thistle
it caught fire and someone put it out with a shovel/acid/an ice pick
a pizza
etc
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:37, Reply)
hahaha! oh man, you're a delight!

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:39, Reply)
'localboy chewing a wasp'

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:41, Reply)
"like Monty ran head first into a parked bus"

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:45, Reply)
"shock on his face, like localboy's expression when he turned to look at me as I penetrated his sweet little hole"

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:50, Reply)

"indescribable pain, like dozers when he found the miniature man-trap secreted in my orifice"
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:55, Reply)
Dude, I put it in there.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:58, Reply)
And without using your hands, too.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:08, Reply)
burst welly

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:45, Reply)
been bobbing for apples in the chip pan

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:46, Reply)
tits like a plasterer's radio.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:58, Reply)
I read a good one the other day
Charles Stross, one of his characters used the phrase "when the tentacle hits the pentacle"* in place of "when the shit hits the fan" which I found quite amusing.

*it's an occult end-of-the-world type book.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:46, Reply)
I knew someone that used to say 'shit in the dark'
Meaning 'unpleasant surprise'. At first I thought she'd just misunderstood the expression 'shot in the dark'.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:52, Reply)
is this the same one the misquotes monty python to you all the time?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:56, Reply)
No-one accepts the Spanish intuition!!!!!!

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:57, Reply)
Our five cheap wipe-ons are farts and supplies!

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:59, Reply)
Haha, you remember that?
No, different person. Different job actually.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:22, Reply)
God, that was awful.
I still feel embarrassed for her now. Just thinking about it makes me cringe. Poor girl.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:23, Reply)
'like Bob Geldof's smellier brother'
I'm dressed pretty swish today, red pinstriped shirt, powder blue tie with a spotted pattern and powder blue detailed cufflinks. My cologne is Man2 by Comme des Garcons and my shoes are brown laceup brogues with perforation detailing by Gucinari.

We buy balloons, we let them go.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:49, Reply)
You truly are the gayest cunt to ever have blighted the face of the earth.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:53, Reply)
Chicks dig me.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:58, Reply)
All birds love a gay BFF.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:02, Reply)
man2 by man2man meets man parrish?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:04, Reply)
Remixed by mantronix

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:06, Reply)
'Hip Hop Be Bop' by Man Parrish is a work of electro genius.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:07, Reply)
That was the second album I ever bought.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:14, Reply)
it gets better
I take the collar straighteners out to give the shirt a softer, less starched look.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:24, Reply)
Don't worry Q
The new ignore feature is fucking shit, open to outrageous abuse and won't stay around for very long. It puts way too much power in the hands of users.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:56, Reply)
Has someone you fancy ignored you?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 10:57, Reply)
I bet it's berk,
one day the b3ta community will bully those two into an akward dinner date.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:02, Reply)
I wouldn't know if they had, would I?
My problem with it is that it's effectively banning somebody you don't like from part of the site. It's not just from replying to your posts, it's from replying to every post beneath you, since that's also how the old ignore worked. The difference being, you're not only stopping yourself from seeing what they write, which is fine, you're stopping them from seeing all these other replies.

That sort of punishment tactic ought to be mod-only, in my opinion.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:03, Reply)
It also means that, to take the example of Chompy blocking Swipe
Not only does he not only stop himself from seeing her posts, it means she can't defend herself to the rest of the forum if he decides to start slagging her off. She can't see it and wouldn't be able to reply if she had.

It's too powerful for the typical user.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:08, Reply)
and by powerful it's still a shitty forum of wankers so like who cares anyway

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:09, Reply)
AND it'll result in shit stirring pricks
saying stuff like "oooh, Chompy just said this about you, swipe", or "Swipe just this about you, Chompy". We see that happening with even the old ignore.

It's a shit idea.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:09, Reply)
Oh no! He might slag her off!
Oh how shocking! Oh my goodness gracious! Oh I had no idea someone would do something like that on this site.

How terribly beastly!
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:10, Reply)
The slagging off isn't my problem.
It's the other person not being able to defend themselves. You can see that's an issue, surely.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:10, Reply)
People spend time here slagging me off when I'm not around.
Funnily enough, I don't care.

The only problem I can see is that you couldn't see if someone was say posting links to your real name, but that could be dealt with by better modding.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:14, Reply)
When I'm made super-spy secret mod,
I vow to protect the innocent at all times.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:15, Reply)
Will you wear a cape?
Please wear a cape.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:17, Reply)
I VOW to wear a cape.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:19, Reply)
MONTY FOR SUPER SECRET MOD!

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:20, Reply)
Better modding is the solution for the entire situation.
You're capable of dealing with it, fine. But there'll be a lot of pricks who can't and will use it to stop people from seeing potentially a lot of content.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:18, Reply)
So you want people who run this site on a voluntary basis to give up more of their time
because some other people who use this site can't be trusted to act in a reasonable manner, rather than the people who run this site coming up with an easier solution that will avoid them having to deal with lots of whiny gazzes?
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:19, Reply)
Sigh.
I can see your point. I just think this is a heavy handed way of going about it.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:21, Reply)
see my post down the bottom
having mods clearly hasn't solved the problem, so they had to try something else.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:22, Reply)
I reckon they should leave the posts there
but blank them out, not even the name of the poster. That way you can see the responses but not the annoying person (and if you're ignoring more than one person you don't even know which one it is).
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:11, Reply)
Actually that is a good idea

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:13, Reply)
apart from logging out to see the offending post and logging back in again to do battle with your internet tormentor

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:15, Reply)
Frankly, if you want to go to that much effort, then you're a lot sadder than I thought you were.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:16, Reply)
it involves no effort at all

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:18, Reply)
Where as before when I had her on ignore for a year and she slagged me off constantly that was fine?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:14, Reply)
No, but if you had that big a problem
it ought to require a mod to get involved.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:15, Reply)
Like me. Me for secret spy mod.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:15, Reply)
I think assuming how it's going to change b3ta as everyone is doing is pretty stupid.
Just wait it out and in a week see if your fears have panned out.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:17, Reply)
NO CHOMPY I HAVE DECIDED ITS SHIT AND THEREFORE IT MUST BE SHIT

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:21, Reply)
I think it's going to be good, but who knows I might hate it next week.
To be honest it wont make much difference to me.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:22, Reply)
It is funny how the people who are complaining are the ones likely to notice a lot of mising content.
But I still think you should unignore Swipe and pay her the money back. If you do, I'll invite you to a BBQ.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:31, Reply)
I don't think I'm likely to notice a lot of missing content.
The rest of your point I entirely agree with. Swipe does have a point.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:35, Reply)
But it's being applied by a mod due to the fact that a lot of people can't be trusted to moderate their behaviour.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:09, Reply)
We don't need super-ignore, we need a fucking mod.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:10, Reply)
KRONEY FOR MOD !!!
you'd be alright
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:11, Reply)
I'd vote for Kroney as mod.
Obviously I'd be the best choice.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:12, Reply)
all he needs is a tear resistant keyboard and he'd be away in a hack

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:14, Reply)
Making you mod would be the worst possible thing that could happen to the Internet. Tim Berners Lee is sobbing right now at the mere thought of it.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:17, Reply)
You'll be my inaugural banning before the ink's even dry on my spy-mod contract.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:20, Reply)
I don't want to be mod.

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:20, Reply)
OK I'll do it.
You've forced my hand here. I accept, OK?
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:21, Reply)
But you want someone else to do it all for you in teh exact way that you want it done?

(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:21, Reply)
Pretty much, yeah.
I actually think LiC's solution is probably the best one.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:22, Reply)
\o/
I put it on the requests / suggestions thingumboard.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:31, Reply)
We don't need anything on off topic
it's all happening on QOTW, and that has mods, so your solution has already been shown not to work.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:16, Reply)
you can certainly see who posts a lot
when you look at the post and it says 100 replies, but you click on it, and there's 1.

haha.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:35, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1691575
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:36, Reply)
if only ladbrokes had been giving odds on this
mind you, it was so predictable, they'd have been shit.
(, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 11:40, Reply)

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