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Maybe its to with the need of the moderator to be able to mod you rather than be ignored.
Clue is in "Moderator "

They can still moderate if you're ignoring THEM, Derek

Sid Pervcat wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:44 pm They can still moderate if you're ignoring THEM, Derek

Shoes with another classic gaffe. He never has quite worked how the ignore function works.

My favourite was when he tried to quote himself so someone who was ignoring him would be forced to see his post

Sadact7 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:40 pm

Sid Pervcat wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:44 pm They can still moderate if you're ignoring THEM, Derek

Shoes with another classic gaffe. He never has quite worked how the ignore function works.

My favourite was when he tried to quote himself so someone who was ignoring him would be forced to see his post

Classic Del

I assume it's so that you can see important forum update posts e.g upgrades, rule announcements, regardless of which moderator has posted them.

Plus all the PM'ing stuff too.

Rowntree wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 11:49 am I really did think one of them would give me a genuine and sensible reason.

I presume there isn't one.

gheko wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 3:04 pm It's part of the forum programming. Not to do with any settings on this individual forum.

Better late than never and did actually think I'd replied to you, Rowntree, so apologies. Was only up here looking for something else and just noticed i hadn't.

Gheko has answered it, always been this way. Same as with PMs. When Del wasn't accepting PMs, we could still PM him.

But, also and genuine question. even without the ignore button, can't you just scan over the posts and not read them? Surely only takes a few seconds.

subsub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:25 pm

Rowntree wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:19 pm Don't get me wrong, I don't want him banned - there are very very few people on here who, over the years, have deserved bannings. I just want to go into interesting threads and not read bizarre, outdated views for fear of replying with incredulity and get a wannabe bully threatening me with this and that. Far better to be able to ignore them. But no, apparently not.

Agreed.
There seems to be a pattern on here, too:
- poster writes something abusive/offensive
- other posters (quite rightly) pipe up and call them out on it
- mod weighs in and defends original poster and threatens those who replied with warnings/bans etc
- original poster walks away, satisfied with a job well done

Repeat to fade etc

some certainly seem to get away with it

and are definitely protected

maybe they prompt the mods as to what to do

these slimey fucks get away with it