OK, this is so freaking ridiculous I'm not going to put it in the Feature Suggestions but right here among bugs, as I consider this a bug. I just found out that some moron user actually can add me, an administrator, to his PM ignore list. Call it an oversight or whatever, but by default no user should be allowed to ignore a moderator or administrator. If someone was actually crazy enough to want to allow his users to ignore the board leadership make a CP toggle for it, but this certainly needs to be addressed.
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[This message was edited by Charles Capps on May 08, 2003 at 01:06 PM.]
This isn't even remotely close to a bug report, but a Feature Suggestion with a rant. I actually see no problem with it. Users can opt out of administrator emails, so obviously they should be allowed to opt out of PM's from admins too. The UBB is dutifully doing it's job by adding user #### to it's ignore list as designed.
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I do see a problem with it, however. I can mail users who opt out of showing their mails by finding their registration mail in the CP. No such option for PM.
And if you previously decided that there wasn't anything wrong with mods & admins being ignorable, I can only say that it was a pretty shortsighted decision which should be reconsidered. But that's just my humble opinion. Ron there obviously likes to be ignored, so who knows. Maybe you can implement some more masochistic options for the likes of him.
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personally alot of sites have more then one admin .. as with alot of things some people dont get along with everyone .. you may with one admin over another ..
this is a case where that "feature" works. If you feel you have something to say thats so important maybe its time for a public posting of it rather then a PM .. again not in all cases but some im sure
Do you usually use PM for things that require public posting? That's curious. We use it to send a private (note word: private) message to just one user, usually regarding a violation of one of the forum rules. It only concerns the recipient, no one else, and there is no need to make a public example out of someone. PM is a great feature to me, because I can deal with all of the board user problems via PM without cluttering my mailbox and switching between the mail program and the boards. And people now read PMs as soon as they hit the boards, they might never check the mails they registered with, or much later than they hit the boards.
And no, hardly any boards have more than one or two admins, considering the amount of damage someone could cause with admin access. We have two, and I don't want either ignored. And someone who runs a board and thinks it's OK for users to ignore admins needs to get their head examined. But then, I suppose that's just my common sense opinion again.
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while i can understand how you want to make a point to someone if they are a "problem" but dont you think if they put you on ignore theres a problem ..
rather then complain about a feature that i and others personally want .. why not look at what would cause the possible issue. If you have a problem user who puts you on ignore then theres a problem them or your rules not a "feature" of the ubb.
As for saying that alot of sites dont have more then one admin .. even your own site does (as you said), as does ours and many of the sites I know, yes while it can be a risk ... it goes back to personal issues not the ubb ..
no offense man but i see alot of what ifs and possibles (which can be good sometimes) but in this case your complaining about problems you have over personal issues rather then what features you like and dont like on the ubb.
also speaking from being one of Rons asst. admins when he has issues he speaks them well we dont have issues where ignoring the admin comes into play, and if such was to happen he knows the problem will be delt with and not let the ubb fix his problem by unblocking someone whos blocking him.
You don't know what you're talking about. The user had no idea he put me on the ignore list, or how he managed to do it. :rolleyes:
And at least when I speak I don't need a henchman to come along with a loudspeaker to do the talking for me. So take your opinion to someone who wants to hear it. I got the reply I wanted to hear from Charles, and he's the only person whose opinion I care for. I'm done here, if you have any more pointless "advice" use PM.
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Jimbo29, I'm starting to sound like a broken record because I continually have to tell you to tone down your posts.
There is no reason for you to attack someone that took their time to offer their opinion and some advice. If you don't appreciate what they have to say then ignore their post. You need to remember the saying, "if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all!"
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I remember it very well, but you should tell it to those two over there who offered their pointless, useless and unasked-for opinion. And considering their "advice" was more of a smartass reply & personal opinion than having any actual value, I will certainly mark it as such. If you have a problem with that, close the thread. As I said, I got the information I wanted from Charles, anything else in this thread is bloating it up. So work your magic on the close button, if you feel so inclined. It will save me valuable time replying to nonsense here.
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