Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
That's a good attitude to have up to a point, and I held onto it for an incredibly long time. I do think it's important to listen to everyone in a discussion, and even people I disagree with deeply on some subjects have interesting things to say on others.

So if I'm not going to reply, and the posts are pure negativity, then for my own sake it is much better to block them out. It has taken me a long time to reach this point with any one poster, and I wish I didn't reach it at all, but I did. And the forum is immediately more calm and pleasant without certain voices.
I tried this idea and it worked wonders. I've put up with a lot of nonsensical screeching from various posters on the forums, believing that there might be some value in refraining from blocking them out, but last night I grew tired of this never-ending farce and put the worst offenders on the ignore list. I've always wondered why Aveyond doesn't bother with a good chunk of the posters over in general and now I guess I know why.