Hiding and Blocking Users

Does this mean Bruce can be unbanned?

I'm pretty familiar with this system and while I can't fault the logic of adding it, it does lead to weird syntaxical  problems between users and my experience of it is that what tends to happen is if people really hate one another they just toggle it on/off while they have a ****fight then block one another when they've had enough for that particular exchange.

You also get a lot of this: 'What's he saying about me?!

* Edited at 07.09.2020, 3:38 PM ET *

Like I say, I can't fault the logic in it. I'm just saying it tends to not work very well. I think this is because when people are spoiling for a fight is precisely the time they should use the ignore feature, but won't because they want to get into it. So what tends to happen is people actually end up using ignore after all the bad **** has been said, and take it off once they have cooled down. Which defeats the whole point of it existing at all. People don't start at max level rage, they build up to it. It's a bit like drinking; you're not ********d on the first couple.

I get why you're doing it though. And at least now nobody can accuse you of not giving them the choice to opt out.

Edit: Not criticizing these new developments. It sucks being a mod. I've had to do it on a couple of forums over the years. It's a thankless grind, it is like trying to herd cats, there's rarely ever consensus that any implemented change is right, and everybody thinks you're ******* up/they can do it better than you.

And every fifteen minutes you get accused of power abuse.

lol yeah I was gonna say, I don't think Greg should be blockable.