Would it be possible to add an ignore user button to gather?

well perhaps if we do not react to her articles that would be the easy way out..did you happen to read my article "hats off to jake s."
i had read some of his thread before and had no idea what was ahead..look even if there was an incident, my god ,does she ever place all the soldiers in one boat and sinks it happy 4th of July! how can people live with so little appreciation for American soldiers that wear their unifiorms in 40 degrees and do their duty, what's so great about sipping your latte in starbucks and type in hate e. mail to the army?
i am far from militant but really ..how ungrateful, negative attention can one person be?
i would say that if you ignore her, it is the best solution , don't go near her venom and then she won't spread it around!
much strength to you and enjoy 4th of JUly!

Screw limiting the length of the kill file. People don't change. If I don't like a person, I'm probably going to like them even less in a month.

I so agree with this. There are a few people who I'd like to ignore, especially for the reasons above, but also a few just because I don't like them. I commented on an article by one guy, and he shot back with a very insulting reply, so I not longer read his stuff. But I still get notifications.
Others just aggravate me because they are arrogant, or yeah, stupid.
Good article.

there is a block button, but is that just for mail/messages?

Marty, that's one of the better suggestions I've read in a while, on how to improve the site. I don't care about so-called "flame wars," and I don't care to read articles about "people who wrote articles about people who made an outrageous comment in response to someone else's inflammatory article." If we can have a "connections" list, it wouldn't be a particularly hard thing for the gather gurus to program in a "blacklist" feature. For now, I suppose we'll have to be happy with simply "not commenting."

Woo, hoo! I guess Stephanie read my post and gave me a rating of one! Or maybe it was kathryneo, no matter. I'm impressed that some have chosen to give me a rating of one. (2 votes with an average of 5.5) It's awesome to know that someone was motivated to give a 1. I could care less. Maybe it affects the number of gatherpoints generated. Whatever! Gatherpoints are just a gimick.

Peter, it's awesome that you've heaped on praise. Hopefully the gather gurus would consider this constructive modification for inclusion in a future release.

Maura, I just noticed the block button in the messages. I'm not sure if I always saw it there, so maybe the modifications won't have to wait until a major update. But sadly, maybe I just did not pay attention, and it was always there.

Although, if it was, why didn't someone just tell kathryneo to make use of the block feature? I know, she would say that I'm only doing bringing this up because I want to save others from falling into Dr Oza's trap.

Nancy, Echo, Thank you for supportive comments.

Sigalit, wow, 40 degrees I assume that's celsius. It's not so much that it's hot over there, as much as it is that your buddy's get hurt when a roadside bomb goes off, and many soldiers are able to be saved due to the Battle Rattle that they wear ~40 extra pounds...16 kilograms of body armor/helmet.

Some of the injuries coming back from Iraq are amputations, traumatic brain injuries, and various other forms of polytrauma--multiple complex injuries. The rehabilitation departments at some VA hospitals are doing a Yeoman's job (where's that darn dictionary... ahh, wiktionary well, maybe it fits--intending excellent-stellar-very good job) in trying to get these soldiers "back" from dark places indeed.

I'm startled by the resolve that soldiers show to keep improving.

Oh, big whoop, this article will now never make it on the list of best recommended articles. Getting rated a "1" is really something to be proud of, the fact that some people didn't like what was written.

Well, one can do a mental ignore. I'm doing it now. But a way to filter out people/articles you don't agree with sure would be nice. Life's stressful enough due to work and family without adding the stress of strangers.

I've now got to go and find that article and see if I can come back with an intelligent comment. Moya

Actually, Marty, I wasn't the one who popped in and gave you a 1...I just found this just now...(gee, could it be that I have some sympathizers lurking around?)...

I'm giving your article a 2, actually, if only because I want an ignore feature myself (the low rating is for dragging me personally into this yet again. Because GOD FORBID someone should have an unpopular opinion around here).

I would be happy if certain people ignored me, since they'd probably be the ones I'd stick in my ignore section as well. I regularly get people requesting me to join their networks and groups (about 5 invites today alone, SINCE the controversial article was published) so I can assure you, I will not miss the people who want to ignore me whatsoever.

I am just trying to think of ways to make Gather better. Having an ignore option can prevent people from contributing gather points to provocative people.

I can see the points that making gather a more diverse place is ultimately better for the whole, and if ignore is allowed, people will tend to gravitate toward similar thought pattens.

Congratulations on feeling more included.

I have an ignore button on my computer. You might recognize it as " back", or "home" or "Refresh" or even the little "x" in the upper right corner.

very good, Donna!

YES PLEASE!! Want an IGNORE USER button very badly