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6. short of an alert (given they have actually demeaned or broken other rules) about your only alternative

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 10:58 AM

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and a generally good practice - is to just fail to respond. That may not be as gratifying as you would wish - but, on the other hand, it's fairly easy to appreciate (I think) that you do not have a right (on a public forum) to muzzle someone else for the fact that they express a different point of view. Even if they are doing it over and over, and at great and exhausting, length. They are not required to 'come around' - moderate - reconcile - agree with you, or disengage at some point. And you can't require that they do.

Walk away ... It's what all the rest of us learn to do.
(or stay engaged - until the eyeballs are rolling back in your skull - if that is your particular gig)

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Need advice on coping with single-issue flamers spammers. [View all] UTUSN Monday OP

Like the old saying goes... LuckyCharms Monday #1

Yip, the no response has its message. The flamers go by the internet "rule" about the Last Word wins. UTUSN Monday #11

LC, please see reply 18. highplainsdem Monday #23

I was unfamiliar with the thread, highplainsdem, and was replying in generalities. LuckyCharms Monday #46

If you use "ignore," you will not regret it, IMO! Why let a few people annoy you and get in your head? Doodley Monday #2

Same experience here jmbar2 Monday #3

Absolutely perfect, am saving it. Would like to post it to the flamers but it might be called a personal attack. UTUSN Monday #7

It is a striking resemblance jmbar2 Monday #10

Am going to post it in Lounge, crediting you, in order to get it into my Journal. Thanks! UTUSN Monday #12

You may need to include a Trigger Warning for jmbar2 Monday #13

That's what I thought too. FoxNewsSucks Monday #34

My first impression of the WARREN resemblance was just the immediate impact of the face. UTUSN Monday #36

There's definitely a facial resemblance FoxNewsSucks Monday #38

Yeah, the vid is spoiled for me now, too. This highlights another flamer trait, UTUSN Monday #44

The ignore button is your friend Fiendish Thingy Monday #4

We provide tools to help with problems like this, but it's up to you to use them EarlG Monday #5

Yip, my choices make it insoluble for me. UTUSN Monday #9

Please see reply 18 to understand the thread UTUSN is complaining about others complaining about. highplainsdem Monday #20

short of an alert (given they have actually demeaned or broken other rules) about your only alternative stopdiggin Monday #6

Yip, doing that more than can like, reaping a pain in the gut and actual stress. Sometimes I dread UTUSN Monday #8

As a big fan of the ignore function, I'll tell ypu how I manage it. NNadir Monday #14

Excellent and very understanding points. Back when, during the early Ignore era, tried it on bad actors. UTUSN Monday #15

That's the best part of an ignore list. Checking through it and realizing... NNadir Monday #19

Yip, silently ignoring the stalking and lies until they expose themselves is satisfying when it happens. UTUSN Monday #21

See reply 18 to understand the thread UTUSN is complaining about others commenting on. He was highplainsdem Monday #22

Ok. I'm not going to get involved other than to say.. NNadir Monday #25

I'm not going to ignore someone recommending an AI channel using illustrations of rape to advertise highplainsdem Monday #30

Ok. I understand your postion, but to be perfectly clear I often... NNadir Monday #35

Timely and relevant post. yorkster Monday #16

Thanks for the understanding! - Insoluble because of my choices, but at least it's on record. UTUSN Monday #17

UTUSN, you're apparently complaining about multiple people objecting to the lurid, non-historical content highplainsdem Monday #18

And btw, if anyone here who's been sympathizing with UTUSN feels the replies he received in that highplainsdem Monday #24

I use the Ignore feature because, for me, it's better not to know what's out there. mahatmakanejeeves Monday #26

Yip, I use a kind of Ignore - skipping. It's always been irritating when posters feel obligated UTUSN Monday #28

Please see reply 18 and let me know if you think I was wrong for objecting to the content of the highplainsdem Monday #31

I ignore people like that to keep track of them. pwb Monday #27

Thanks. It's consolation that karma sometimes makes itself known. UTUSN Monday #29

Please see reply 18. UTUSN is unhappy that people objected to his reccing an AI channel with gross illos of rape, highplainsdem Monday #33

I know how you feel about AI from Music Appreciation. pwb Monday #37

"but there is a moderate side where the main content is not pernicious," WhiskeyGrinder Monday #32

The thread UTUSN is upset about wasn't primarily a debate about AI, either. It was about the inaccurate highplainsdem Monday #39

I also pushed back on the inaccuracies ("100 vikings vs 10,000 Mongols," come on) and I think it's important to WhiskeyGrinder Monday #40

If what was posted was inaccurate then post an article or video with the correct info questionseverything Monday #41

He was recommending an entire channel whose video thumbnails focused on rape, torture and highplainsdem Monday #42

Your post I referenced said it was about the inaccuracy of the video questionseverything Monday #43

I just scrolled past thumbnails of hundreds of YouTube videos about Khan. None of them showed Khan raping highplainsdem Monday #45

Honestly you keep moving the goal posts questionseverything Monday #50

I'm not moving the goalposts at all. This is the same objection I made when UTUSN posted about highplainsdem Monday #52

Don't respond to them LearnedHand Monday #47

Thanks much. UTUSN Monday #48

IGNORE IS YOUR FRIEND MY FRIEND Skittles Monday #49

Block them using the ignore feature. n/t FSogol Monday #51

This message was self-deleted by its author EarlG Monday #53