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Originally Posted by pramjockey
Well, it's not that people shouldn't have the option to ignore me. I'm sure that a lot of people do. It's more a thought of mine that if you want to come here and use the board as a one-way means of communication (which is exactly what ignoring other members creates), you should have to contribute in some other fashion. Purchasing a membership is one way to reimburse Marc for providing a platform upon which you can spout your message.
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pram I have a lot of people on ignore simply because they don't contribute to discussions, their intent appears to be to insult others who don't see the world the way they do, and they use offensive language.
Not all of these people are on the opposite end of the political spectrum from myself - and there are many people whose view is vastly different from mine who I do enjoy engaging with. I can learn from these people.
But I can't learn a lot from people being rude and insulting. I already know that that just gets people's backs up and makes disagreements escalate. And I already know why people behave like that. What else is there to learn from such behaviour?