I don't follow thenewgreen. You'd think I would, given our relationship, but he follows a ton of people and is a very active sharer. I like some of the stuff he does, but not all of it. At the same time, I do see a good number of his posts, because people I do follow either follow him, or follow people that do. And, as it works out, thenewgreen I see, is more-or-less the kind of thenewgreen I dig. For example, I follow cgod and he follows thenewgreen. When cgod shares his stuff, it's almost always the slice of thenewgreen I am interested in. I can see that your example with derek is a test case where this might not work perfectly, but whack-a-mole with tags likely won't be perfect either. I could see thenewgreen constantly surprising me with new tags on content I'm not keen on (#thebeatles4evar) Sorry tng! :).

That said, I was thinking on the ability to ignore external posts based on tags, and that is something that I am pretty sure I'd like to implement. If the Hubski crowd loves #nastystuff, it shouldn't be a constant impediment to me finding new content.

Humor me and see how things feel after that implementation. Like the ignored users, I am going to make ignored tags red. That might help someone determine if there are better ways to structure their follow list. i.e. Maybe there is somebody sharing a lot of thenewgreen posts that you like that you aren't following.

I've got to drive to work, but I'm happy to continue this discussion. There are a few things I haven't mentioned. I do appreciate the feedback, btw.