Posted by AMD on June 16, 2005, at 14:31:17
In reply to Re: I'm sorry Larry :-(, posted by alexandra_k on June 14, 2005, at 16:16:03
Instead of letting a single complaint ruin everything for the others on the board -- for example, I could care less about the posts of the person Larry was addressing, but I find his own posts extremely insightful -- why don't you add an option to let individual users selectively filter messages from those posters whom they don't want to read? This would seem much better. In effect you hurt more than help by blocking people whose posts may have saved other people from much pain and suffering (myself included). I actually feel /pain/ when I can't query our resident experts on the various effects of psychotropic drugs and other illicit substances, even if their responses serve to merely bring me back to reality.
From a utilitarian perspective, this ridiculous policy hurts more than it helps.
amd
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