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forwardslash  ·  4626 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can we ban this blog spammer now, please?
I ignored him immediately and he hasn't come up in my feed since. Does hubski even have the ability to ban an individual user?




insomniasexx  ·  4626 days ago  ·  link  ·  
>Does hubski even have the ability to ban an individual user?

If they don't, they should. It's only going to get worse as we get more users.

thenewgreen  ·  4625 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Just "ignore" him. -not figuratively, but literally by clicking on his name and clicking the "ignore" button. You won't see his posts any longer unless someone "shares" it with you which is unlikely. I ignored him the other day and haven't seen a post since.
insomniasexx  ·  4625 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Yeah, I've already ignored him. I just think it will be a useful feature to have for spammers, people posting phishing links, etc.
thenewgreen  ·  4625 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Valid concern, for sure.

Completely unrelated: I was wondering if you ever got your Les Paul back before leaving Australia?

insomniasexx  ·  4625 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Nope, it's still there. I'm apply for uni at university of sydney for next semester (starts in feb) though so it's all good. I had too much stuff to take back in addition to the guitar. It has a good home now though.
thenewgreen  ·  4625 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Good luck with the application. That's a beautiful guitar and because of my past blunder, your situation has resinated with me. Glad it's in good hands.
user-inactivated  ·  4626 days ago  ·  link  ·  
For some reason, I cannot ignore him. There's no ignore option when I hover over his name or visit his hub.
mk  ·  4625 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Hm. If he is showing up in an external post (the light blue ones) you should be able to ignore him. Oh, I see that you are ignoring him now. Everything ok now?
user-inactivated  ·  4625 days ago  ·  link  ·  
He started showing up as red but I never actually ignored him; the option to ignore him doesn't even show up, nor does the option to unignore him. Could he have been auto-ignored by me flagging two of his posts?
mk  ·  4625 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Hm. No, flagging doesn't go to ignore. It does indicate that you are ignoring him now.

Does he appear in your feed now? And if so, which post?

user-inactivated  ·  4625 days ago  ·  link  ·  
He no longer appears in my feed.

How do I ignore someone? I thought if you clicked on a username or visited their hub there was an ignore option but when I just tested it on you (not that I actually would ignore you) I didn't see it anywhere.

mk  ·  4625 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Currently you only get the option to ignore if the user comes into your feed as an external post. The thinking was if you are following them, then you won't choose to ignore them. But, I can see that someone might share a post with you by a user you'd like to ignore. I can add the option there.

However, whether you ignore someone or not, if someone you follow shares their post with you, you will see it (although the name will be red). -If you keep getting red names in your feed, it means you might be following the wrong people.

I'll make that change.

user-inactivated  ·  4625 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Every interaction I've had with you has been about ignoring someone or some thing. What does that say about me?