The ignore feature is useless to me because I don't like only getting one half of a conversation.
For instance, the wrestling topic will occasionally entertain MWC because occasionally he is rational there. So it's a pain in that regard, because it's like "what am I gaining here?" All that's happening is I'm out of the discussion loop in a community where I enjoy the discussion >_>
I would use it all the time but for me it has to be a kind of unilateral thing - as in, EVERYBODY does it - because otherwise my curioristy just gets the better of me.
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