Man that's harsh. We debated the wisdom of having the ignore list public, and decided that publicity would discourage abuse. We also thought abuse of the ignorer would be difficult, given our setup. We didn't consider cross website torture. Some contingencies come out of left field. I'm sorry that happened to you, and I hope you don't resent us for it. We love your content here, for what it's worth.
You folks are all awesome and I love Hubski. Something like this was bound to happen, I guess, and I made an easy target, having posted the link to my stuff on Reddit. I think because it was a Reddit link, it probably felt like fair game to the kids who probably really haven't reasoned it all out and may feel bad when they do.
I hope I've giving them enough credit! We humans have a way of improving with age, at least I like to think that's the case. I'm pathologically optimistic, though. I would rather three people read my stories and enjoy them than the great unwashed masses who shake their heads and don't "get" them. After the current situation settles a bit, I will post them here.
Out of curiosity, how would one "abuse" the ignore feature?
Well, I suppose its a stretch to say "abuse". What I meant is that too much use of ignoring might be used to stifle debate; that's not what we envision its use to be. We like dissent. Of course, the experience is yours to choose, so feel free to ignore whomever you want, in whatever quantity you want. I have employed ignore quite liberally in the last few days myself. I hope to not feel the need to do that going forward.