h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, rather than simply ignore someone you could do something similar to what I did recently. I came up with this Guide Entry: A6206069

This way I don't have to ignore anyone nor leave what was last posted by someone not answered to. It's often quite annoying not to be able to *say something*, especially when you know it might just be taken as 'agreed to' by others if you don't reply. This way, I get to reply, state my disagreement, but then take any possible 'thread disruption' outside, as it were.

Since creating this guide entry I actually haven't had to use it, but I think it's quite a handy thing to have ready just in case. And it would be fine with me if anyone else ever wanted to use it.

The other thing it might prevent is going to someone's PS (or having someone come to yours) to continue an argument. This way it's something completely separate and people can hash things out to their heart's content without disrupting threads nor starting possibly embarrassing threads on someone's PS.


az

What would be an effective technique for ignoring someone who refuses to be ignored, but with whom you'd rather not rise to the bait? A person who's fixated on you for whatever reason and is too self-absorbed to accept that you, or anyone, could feel completely indifferent toward them? "Yikesing" wouldn't work, because you'd have to both read the person's postings, and acknowledge having done.

Using Az's guide entry seems like a good idea, but would this just reinforce the person in question's idea that they are important enough to you to warrant wasting your time and energy?

In reply to post 1 - *mops brow* phew! (Having read through the backlog am now happy to find post 1 wasn't about me)