I still don’t understand why you don’t like it. What do you care if I put someone on ignore? What affect does it have on you if I use the feature? There are more ways to ignore someone than to use the Ignore feature.
I thought I explained it but perhaps it wasn’t clear enough.
Basically I’m generally against any action that shuts down conversation or debate. I have often found, whether it be in relation to my own posts or even reading the debates or discussions of others, not just here but on social media, that people often get blocked, or muted etc. far too easily. I believe these tools are overused. In my opinion a ‘block’ or an ‘ignore’ is essentially a way out of a debate. The functions often get used (in my view) when people disagree or simply do not to like what somebody else has said. They can’t handle the debate on the issue, so they block/ignore them.
It isn’t that I particularly ‘care’ if you put me or someone else on ignore (you said you wondered why I care), but, as one user called my thread, I actually find it slightly petty. Imagine an actual conversation with somebody in reality, face to face. Do you think it would be appropriate, or good manners, to suddenly ignore them mid way through a discussion because you disagree with their point of view, or even if they say something that annoys you? I don’t so. I think it would be more appropriate, if you really don’t want to continue the discussion, to end it in a polite and civilised way.
I have not been blocked by many people on the internet, but when I have, it has always been because they disagreed with my take on a certain topic. I never insult people personally or say anything vulgar in discussions. I found those reasons to block me very unjust. I have also seen twitter discussions I have not been involved in, where one side was blocked after a while, just when it was getting interesting. It always looks in those discussions like the side doing the blocking is losing the argument, so they block the other person, for an easy way out. In fact, one way people often work, when blocking, particularly on twitter, is to say the last word, then block you, so you can’t respond, even though much of what they have said is false and you might have a valid reply to give. They know you might have a good response, so they prevent that by blocking you.
Now of course I do understand people can feel they have valid reasons for blocking or muting people, but as I said, I just think they are much too quick to do it. And again, why should I care if somebody blocks me you might say? Well, if we are having a back and forward debate on something and then you suddenly hit mute or ignore on me, it’s like you’ve just got up angrily and left the table. I just don’t think it’s the way to go.