A few days ago, <span><a class="ajax" href="at?id=forwardslash">forwardslash</a>~ presented us with a <span><a title="http://hubski.com/pub?id=45119" href="http://hubski.com/pub?id=45119>nice script</a>~ that removed all posts with ignored users and tags from your feed, even if someone shared it with you.
As forwardslash noted, this absolute ignoring functionality is something that several people have requested.
I decided it's time that we make ignoring work that way.
Starting today, ignoring completely removes content from your feed. Thus, you can now follow U.S. hubskiers, but ignore their posts with the <span class="usertrigger"><a class="ajax" href="hash?id=politics">#politics</a>~ or <span class="usertrigger"><a class="ajax" href="hash?id=uspolitics">#uspolitics</a>~ tags. I know, a bit too late for that. :)
As always, feedback is much appreciated.
p.s. I hate to render forwardslash's post-ignoring script obsolete. However, the comment-ignoring part of his script still does something that we don't. Thanks forwardslash!
Why do I feel like Twitter?
UPDATE: I just added forwardslash's script to a new <span><a title="http://hubski.com/tools" href="http://hubski.com/tools>Hubski tools page</a>~.
This ignoring, it is really state of the art. It is so complete and effective, so ignorific in fact, that I think we could call it shunning. Can we have two different levels? An "ignore" button and a "shun" button? We should also consider "exile" and "ostracize" buttons, and maybe something a little bit more subtle, something that just says "I want to make this person feel mildly misunderstood, or not entirely appreciated." A "slight" button perhaps?
I detect some sarcasm in your comment. I don't like sarcasm, is there a "tune-out" button? ;-)
There will be! And soon! In the next gen, no doubt. In fact, it will weed out everything you don't like while populating your feed with only the desireable content you have yet to imagine you were missing. Actually, hubski does a pretty darn good job of this already, given sensible expectations. And I know it sounded like it, but I swear, I wasn't being sarcastic. I actually really like this new functionality, and may well make use of it. I just can't resist a good shtick when I see it, and I guess the theme does intrigue me: no matter how developed our methods of communication become, we are still left with versions of the same problems, I.e., 'why is this dullard casting shadows over my place in the sun?' Sad to say it, we just can't all get along. And, when you get down to it, the Amish solution to the problem seems kinda universal.