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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 Yesterday OP

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

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

LC, please see reply 18. highplainsdem Yesterday #23

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

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

Same experience here jmbar2 Yesterday #3

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

It is a striking resemblance jmbar2 Yesterday #10

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

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

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

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

There's definitely a facial resemblance FoxNewsSucks Yesterday #38

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

The ignore button is your friend Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Timely and relevant post. yorkster Yesterday #16

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Honestly you keep moving the goal posts questionseverything Yesterday #50

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

Don't respond to them LearnedHand Yesterday #47

Thanks much. UTUSN Yesterday #48

IGNORE IS YOUR FRIEND MY FRIEND Skittles Yesterday #49

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

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