# of people on my ignored list

[Messi>CR7]

I actually have 59 people on my ignored list now. I usually use the "New posts" link to see if any helpful posters have posted something new. Unfortunately these days almost every thread is last updated by someone on my ignored list. Accordingly this site has become less useful and enjoyable for me.



Rough demographic of people on my ignored list:
19: Self-appointed Covid experts, i.e. they know how to use a browser to google things
10: These people are both Covid and soccer experts
10: Perpetual whiners of everything related to club soccer
8: Fiver-year-old's who have to have the last words. Their discussions usually end by correcting each other's grammar.
7: People who have zero ability to stay on topic
3: People who have zero intention to stay on topic
2: Perpetual whiners of everything

I hope when soccer resumes, there will be more posts from helpful posers such as @Mystery Train, @mirage, and @Dos Equis. They and others have helped flatten my learning curve for club soccer since my kids started playing a few years back.

 

[espola]

I actually have 59 people on my ignored list now. I usually use the "New posts" link to see if any helpful posters have posted something new. Unfortunately these days almost every thread is last updated by someone on my ignored list. Accordingly this site has become less useful and enjoyable for me.

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Rough demographic of people on my ignored list:
19: Self-appointed Covid experts, i.e. they know how to use a browser to google things
10: These people are both Covid and soccer experts
10: Perpetual whiners of everything related to club soccer
8: Fiver-year-old's who have to have the last words. Their discussions usually end by correcting each other's grammar.
7: People who have zero ability to stay on topic
3: People who have zero intention to stay on topic
2: Perpetual whiners of everything

I hope when soccer resumes, there will be more posts from helpful posers such as @Mystery Train, @mirage, and @Dos Equis. They and others have helped flatten my learning curve for club soccer since my kids started playing a few years back.

This prompted me to check my own ignored list. I was surprised to see that it was so big. Looking closer, however, I noticed that there are 52 individuals on the list who have made zero posts. I have no idea how that happened.

 

[espola]

This prompted me to check my own ignored list. I was surprised to see that it was so big. Looking closer, however, I noticed that there are 52 individuals on the list who have made zero posts. I have no idea how that happened.

I unignored all those with 0 posts, and I still have over 50 on the list. All the posters I want on the list are there, plus dozens of others who I have no idea who they are, or how they got on the list.

 

[outside!]

I have twelve on my ignore list. They are mostly people that cannot keep politics out of soccer discussions. I suspect that at least one of them is an actual Russian troll or is doing their best to be one by sowing dissension.

 

[Ellejustus]

I actually have 59 people on my ignored list now. I usually use the "New posts" link to see if any helpful posters have posted something new. Unfortunately these days almost every thread is last updated by someone on my ignored list. Accordingly this site has become less useful and enjoyable for me.

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Rough demographic of people on my ignored list:
19: Self-appointed Covid experts, i.e. they know how to use a browser to google things
10: These people are both Covid and soccer experts
10: Perpetual whiners of everything related to club soccer
8: Fiver-year-old's who have to have the last words. Their discussions usually end by correcting each other's grammar.
7: People who have zero ability to stay on topic
3: People who have zero intention to stay on topic
2: Perpetual whiners of everything

I hope when soccer resumes, there will be more posts from helpful posers such as @Mystery Train, @mirage, and @Dos Equis. They and others have helped flatten my learning curve for club soccer since my kids started playing a few years back.

This is way bigger then soccer forum. Soccer is poltics and politics is soccer.

 

[notintheface]

This is way bigger then soccer forum. Soccer is poltics and politics is soccer.

That is the saddest statement I've read today, and that includes LAUSD going online-only.

On edit: I mean depressing. Soccer should have nothing to do with politics.

 

[Ellejustus]

That is the saddest statement I've read today, and that includes LAUSD going online-only.

On edit: I mean depressing. Soccer should have nothing to do with politics.

It breaks my heart too.

 

[outside!]

This is way bigger then soccer forum. Soccer is poltics and politics is soccer.

I disagree. Soccer is just a game.

 

[espola]

I have twelve on my ignore list. They are mostly people that cannot keep politics out of soccer discussions. I suspect that at least one of them is an actual Russian troll or is doing their best to be one by sowing dissension.

I had no ignore list until recently. Then some posters started acting as you suggest, so I actually started a short list and only read them when someone else makes a response to one of them that makes me wonder what it was about.

 

[Giesbock]

I guess if I’m on someone’s ignore list (most likely due to not having much knowledge about the game) they’ll never know I just commented about it..

 

[Ellejustus]

I disagree. Soccer is just a game.
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Trust me outside, soccer at the highest level was full of politics. Agree to disagree and I wish it were not

 

[pokergod]

This is way bigger then soccer forum. Soccer is poltics and politics is soccer.

That is why you make the lists.

 

[LASTMAN14]

I actually have 59 people on my ignored list now. I usually use the "New posts" link to see if any helpful posters have posted something new. Unfortunately these days almost every thread is last updated by someone on my ignored list. Accordingly this site has become less useful and enjoyable for me.

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Rough demographic of people on my ignored list:
19: Self-appointed Covid experts, i.e. they know how to use a browser to google things
10: These people are both Covid and soccer experts
10: Perpetual whiners of everything related to club soccer
8: Fiver-year-old's who have to have the last words. Their discussions usually end by correcting each other's grammar.
7: People who have zero ability to stay on topic
3: People who have zero intention to stay on topic
2: Perpetual whiners of everything

I hope when soccer resumes, there will be more posts from helpful posers such as @Mystery Train, @mirage, and @Dos Equis. They and others have helped flatten my learning curve for club soccer since my kids started playing a few years back.

Great post. Thank you.

 

[Giesbock]

Lot of us who love watching our kids play soccer are frustrated, lashing out, venting and getting in the weeds over petty bs.
This post is a fun diversion!

 

[Ellejustus]

Great post. Thank you.

Welcome back from vacation Lastman. How are you doing by the way? I honesty hope all is well for you and the family. Peace

 

[Sandypk]

I have 4 Usernames ignored and I am pretty sure it’s the same person. Once in a while I will unignore them and then kick myself for getting sucked into the whiny bs again.

 

[JumboJack]

I actually have 59 people on my ignored list now. I usually use the "New posts" link to see if any helpful posters have posted something new. Unfortunately these days almost every thread is last updated by someone on my ignored list. Accordingly this site has become less useful and enjoyable for me.

View attachment 8122

Rough demographic of people on my ignored list:
19: Self-appointed Covid experts, i.e. they know how to use a browser to google things
10: These people are both Covid and soccer experts
10: Perpetual whiners of everything related to club soccer
8: Fiver-year-old's who have to have the last words. Their discussions usually end by correcting each other's grammar.
7: People who have zero ability to stay on topic
3: People who have zero intention to stay on topic
2: Perpetual whiners of everything

I hope when soccer resumes, there will be more posts from helpful posers such as @Mystery Train, @mirage, and @Dos Equis. They and others have helped flatten my learning curve for club soccer since my kids started playing a few years back.

I totally agree. Just about every new post turns into a "You're a racist Nazi! You're a pussy snowflake!". It's sad because there are a lot of great, knowledgeable posters here.

 

[Technician72]

Based on who is on my ignore list, the only posts I can see are "Pre-March" timeframe.

After that almost every single thread on this forum has been hijacked.

 

[Surf Zombie]

Based on who is on my ignore list, the only posts I can see are "Pre-March" timeframe.

After that almost every single thread on this forum has been hijacked.

This is the best site out there, bar none, when it comes to youth soccer talk. That said its been an unmitigated disaster with all the Covid and political takes over the last couple months. Hopefully once games start all that nonsense will wane and we can get back to ECNL v. DA/GA and that kind of stuff instead of all the other BS. It's just insufferable. I'm sure I'm not the only one on here who has just tuned out for the most part.

 

[LASTMAN14]

This is the best site out there, bar none, when it comes to youth soccer talk. That said its been an unmitigated disaster with all the Covid and political takes over the last couple months. Hopefully once games start all that nonsense will wane and we can get back to ECNL v. DA/GA and that kind of stuff instead of all the other BS. It's just insufferable. I'm sure I'm not the only one on here who has just tuned out for the most part.

I’ve called it a vacation. But the behaviors despite the climate are inexcusable.