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Ignoring Users
« on July 15th, 2013, 05:55 AM »Last edited on July 15th, 2013, 11:22 AM
Shouldn't this feature also ignore their signature? If I were to ignore someone, it could be because their signature is obscene. Their username should be hidden. IMHO, it should just be an empty post block with reason why it will not display content and option to unignore (Which it currently does, with the above exceptions I've pointed out.)
Posted: July 15th, 2013, 05:53 AM

"Thoughts" posted by ignored users are still visible at the moment.

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Re: Ignoring Users
« Reply #1, on July 15th, 2013, 09:25 AM »
Perhaps it would be better to hide signatures by default?


There are so many forums that look horrible because of signatures with animated gifs, etc.
If someone want to see it, he can enable it in Profile-Settings.


Just a thought.


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Re: Ignoring Users
« Reply #2, on July 17th, 2013, 02:23 AM »
Well, there are several things that apply to this.

Firstly, yes, as far as I'm concerned it is a bug. I believe (though I can't remember for certain) that SMF hid the signature too under those circumstances. If it doesn't, it should. I agree that Wedge should.

However, for the abusive signature thing, there are other things to consider. Namely that if the signature is irritating, there are recourses available to site managers that aren't in SMF, namely if a signature is huge and irritating, the odds are that it's going to generate a warning for someone - whereupon the warning system will allow a moderator or admin to issue a warning just to remove the signature. Of course, if the admin or moderator is abusing their power, there's not really a great deal you can do about it.

Don't forget that you have the option to hide everyone's signature, which may or may not be appropriate.

Perhaps there is grounds for a 'hide this person's signature' without hiding their posts.
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