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A third reason: Ignored people might still have productive discussions underneath someone who doesn't want to hear it, and it could be beneficial of they were still allowed to post, and it was still visible to others who are browsing the thread. I really can't think of a good reason not to provide true "ignore" functionality rather than blocking ignored users from posting. edit: also, i just realized that ignore lists are public. you certainly have an interesting approach to this. why do you hate the beatles?