Telling someone you have 'ignored' them = name calling?

Once you start using ignore, it would be tiresome to tell everyone that you are ignoring them and why. Btw, there are a lot of reasons to ignore someone. Sometimes, they are totally fine but don't post anything useful or start too many threads that I'm not interested in.

I also think it might be rude to tell them. They probably don't really care what I think either.
 
Wouldn't mind seeing an Ignore option for WTS threads, under New Posts.
 
Well, I should have drank more coffee before posting. The original post is in the spoiler tab below without edits.

For anyone just coming in. Is telling someone you are ignoring them a form of lashing out, or is it good manners to let someone know you will no long be looking at anything they post?

There was a recent thread that got me to articulate this.

Personally, I think it is, and should face the same consequences.

Don't get me wrong, I think the ignore feature is great, I have used it twice, though no one is on my ignore list at the moment. So don't take this as me disliking the function.

I do think telling someone you are ignoring them is petty and pathetic. It is basically saying "you are a *@%* and I'm not even going to let you respond." Like a toddler screaming "I hate you" then stuffing their fingers in their ears and screaming "lalalalala." In other words, I see it as no different, and perhaps worse, than a personal attack.

Granted, not telling someone takes all the fun out of using the ignore feature. Usually at the point I want to use it, I would really like to say some things I should not, and like the toddler, I just want them to hurt, which is why I really want to tell them.

I also think this form has made me a better person as I have learned to let things go and stay within the rules of acceptable conduct. It has changed my habitual response to people I feel are stupid and those new habits have bleed over into other areas. So, mods, sorry to suggest adding work for you, but I truly appreciate the environment you guys have created.
In today’s culture what you have done is considered hate speech and could be indictable.
 
Who are you?
Who cares what you do?
Not I.

But you know me and care what I do......think about that.
I was just contributing to the thread.

I appreciate that no one cares about me on here. It's exactly where I wanna be.

I was trying to be courteous to the fact that you should inform someone when you've blocked them.
What if you had reached out to me on one of those other forums and I never got it? Oh the humanity....
 
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