New Functionality: Unsee

[morganafromka]

Title
New Functionality: Unsee

Short, concise description of the idea
The idea is to introduce a new button 'Unsee' for the users to be able to make invisible unwanted posts/threads/comments in other users' journals if they want to (in order to protect themselves from negative information)

Full description of the ideaLJ could add a new button 'Unsee

Comments

[charliemc]

Actually, though there's no 'button' to do this (reminds me of Facebook options), there is a simple way to do this...

LiveJournal has excellent ways for us to filter how we view Friends. I've been using these filters the entire time I've been here. Generally I'll filter someone out if they make a habit of not using lj-cuts (I hate having my view broken, forcing me to scroll right). But from time to time I've filtered out a person who has been negative in some way.

Also, if we don't want to view someone, we can always Unfriend (or Leave a community), so there are options in place.

I suspect there's some WORK involved to code this sort of thing, by the way.

Anyway, I doubt I'd use it if we had it -- and it wouldn't be at the top of my list for things I'd want LiveJournal working on...

[morganafromka]

I do not befriend negative people and I do know how to filter LJ by adjusting my own filters. However it does not protect me from the negative threads and comments in the journals of my friends, when they are trolled or in case of 'holy wars'.

As to the work you are mentioning - every coding involves work, I assume. However this feature is likely to generate additional profit, I am sure some users would prefer to join the paid users in order to be able to avoid the hate comments/insults (directed not necessarily to them) they read in their friends' journals.

As to whether you would use it or not, it's up to you. My friends liked the idea, and it is a suggestion, not an order. :)

[charliemc]

Saying whether or not we will use a feature is a normal part of reviewing any given suggestion. I get that you're suggesting this as an opt-in. I'm just stating a fact (and I tend to always say when I wouldn't use any potential feature -- not just in this case

[morganafromka]

Actually, my response was not personal or negative in any respect, sorry if you took it that way :). I was just clarifying why we need this feature, that's all.

Being an ERP analyst, I do know the implications of additional coding, but IMO this very option is not time and/or resource consuming. As to the list - everyone has his own, and priorities are different for different people, so no offense taken. :)

[charliemc]

I think we're both concerned with not offending -- something very important to me here in this community.

I take no offense with what you're saying -- and I appreciate you clarifying your suggestion.

Of course we all have priorities -- and what's important to me need not be to you (and vice versa). Filters work well for me -- which isn't to say they work well for everyone.

And the DRAMA here sometimes? Yikes!

(grin)

[charliemc]

Um... I mean the drama at LJ overall -- not here in the community. I think suggestions is pretty drama free...

[morganafromka]

Right, too much drama, sometimes. If not for that, I'd be completely happy here (at LJ).

[charliemc]

Back when I first got a blog I HATED all the drama -- so I wasn't very active here. But I hung in and now I blog daily -- and belong to a ton of communities. I really love LJ.

Hang in there -- the drama is the least of it!

(I've been here since 2002...)

[morganafromka]

Wow! And still alive and kicking! Respect :)

I've been here only since 2007 (and only to comment to my single friends' posts first). As of late, I blog almost daily, but the entropy is killing me. Too much drama I cannot filter out and would like to never have read...