demigraff wrote:The main problem I can see is that you'd be seeing part of a conversation. If someone you've ignored replies to a topic, then somebody gets annoyed and responds "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard", then you might think they're commenting on the OP ... could be quite confusing.
What you say would make a lot of sense if applied to a normal mind. The thing is, in the case of the unnamed user I have mentioned above, the whole reason I want to block their posts is because, in most cases, they contribute NOTHING on point to the thread. It's hard to describe, but I'll try: Imagine you are reading a forum thread on binaurals. User X writes a post that summarizes as "I would like to know the best frequency for binaurals." User Y responds "I wish I could tell you, but binaurals always give me a headache." Then user A comes along and writes "I think mens fashins is are fashins many times."
See my point? Removing that isn't going to make you lose track of what was being said in the thread (whereas reading it might).
demigraff wrote:I guess you could just have a one-line "(Ignored post by whoever)", to at least let you know that later posts in the thread might be responding to one that you can't see.
I think a line like that makes perfect sense, and would resolve most potential confusion of the sort you mention above.