How do you Ignore someone?

babelfish

I have never had cause to "ignore" anyone before but have just received an abusive pm from some ignorant person. Ive clicked to add them to my ignore list and it autofills in their name. Yet when I click OK it says the user isn't on the database, despite their little green light being on to show they're online.

Ive tried copying and pasting their name too and their name still isn't found. I can do it with other users for some reason. ??????

Kronkston_2

Who was it

DX2

babelfish wrote: »

I have never had cause to "ignore" anyone before but have just received an abusive pm from some ignorant person. Ive clicked to add them to my ignore list and it autofills in their name. Yet when I click OK it says the user isn't on the database, despite their little green light being on to show they're online.

Ive tried copying and pasting their name too and their name still isn't found. I can do it with other users for some reason. ??????

You can send the abusive pm to the abuse team.

babelfish

DX2 wrote: »

You can send the abusive pm to the abuse team.

Do I copy and paste it into an email? I can't understand why I can't "ignore" him though

Kronkston_2

maybe they were deleted

freyasmum

Kronkston wrote: »

maybe they were deleted

That'd be the only reason I could think of as to why they weren't on the database :undecided

amistupid

Was it to do with your Crochet Help thread?

There are some very competitive knitters out there.

babelfish

amistupid wrote: »

Was it to do with your Crochet Help thread?

There are some very competitive knitters out there.

How did you guess?:D

Premier_2

babelfish wrote: »

Do I copy and paste it into an email? I can't understand why I can't "ignore" him though

There's sometimes a bit of an issue trying to add someone to your ignore list. (think it's something to do with whether or not their user name starts with a capital letter)

But one way that always works for me is to view their user profile (usually available by clicking on their name). That will show you if the user is PPR'd (banned)

If not, from their user profile page, click on 'user lists', and then click on 'Add to ignore list'.
Works every time.

(except against BGs or MSE staff - but you'll get a message explaining why in those instances)

babelfish

I just tried that and it worked, Premier! Thanks a lot!