Topics and blacklisting

[Hotohori]

It would be nice to see a name of the original thread creator somewhere around the topic titles in the listing. Some topic titles are purposely misleading and made by individuals who are constantly posting for attention I am assuming. Having a name shown might save some grief for those who are using the forum properly and productively. I'm sure the moderators are already aware of certain posters who enjoy being able to goad others into being mad. As long as moderators are not biased in viewing the topics because of the creator, the showing of the name would only save the time of regular forum goers that were mislead.

Blacklisting could be another good way to avoid having to see a certain individuals ideas which you might find to be constantly displeasing. Instead of finding yourself in trouble for cussing out one another about a difference of opinions, you could blacklist them and simply not be able to view their posts. Although some do enjoy these little post wars for their occasional humor when viewed objectively, it is often a poor source of bumping up topics to the top page when other reasonable and creative ideas may get lost in the back pages. The in-game policy on disagreements with others is to blacklist them which some topics in the forum have shown could be a useful feature here as well.

Someone said it would be nice to edit a topic title in case of typos which I also noticed can not be done right now. I don't know if this should be allowed once they have a lot of posts in the specific thread but maybe it should be allowed if recently created. Like 30 minutes since the creation of the topic, the maker would be allowed to edit the title.

[Hotohori]

Sorry I found the blacklist function. For people who might want to know, you just need to look at the profiles of who you want to blacklist instead of a function through your own profile.

[SkyBear]

What if they are already following you and you don't want them to? I can't find this option anywhere. I've blacklisted them in game, but through these forums and the lodestone they can still see everything I post. I do not want to make a new account or contact SE, I don't like doing those kinds of things. I just want to click and move on.

[Reika]

Ah I was just about to make a new thread related to blacklisting.

Instead of just being able to blacklist them to not see their thread posts (unless you click view thread, which defeats the purpose) We should be able to delete posts out of the threads WE create that we feel need deleting. Like the flame posts, hate posts, ~harassment posts~ etc, and block such people from posting in threads we create. So we can help prevent our threads for discussion from turning into hateful flame fests because someone wants to call someone an idiot or make silly accusations because we have an opinion about something. Help limit the rage that is created by some people on these threads. I have been a victim of ragers that just want to make people angry myself, and they succeed sometimes.