World News and Politics on this website

[David P. Valley]

Let's keep all the useless World News topics and Politics off this MB. I don't care to read the news twice and I don't care to see these cluttered up threads loaded with argumentative posts.

This is a Home Inspection message board, not FOX news.

[rbrady]

Some people can't find another captive audience.

If only there were a way to click a button and have certain threads NOT show up when you select 'new posts'. Something like an 'ignore thread' option.

[Ed Bancroft]

AMEN

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by rbrady

Some people can't find another captive audience

Exactly. It's the same individuals all the time. They post world news Bullshi+ that bores the hell out of me and it clutters up the "NEW POST" option. I'm tired of seeing these nonsense useless threads all over the MB.

[mnahrgang]

What part of:

"Misc. Discussion Discuss whatever you wish in this forum."

are you having a difficult time understanding?

"whatever you wish", means whatever you wish.

[Doug Edwards]

At this posting, there are 9 new thread posts, 5 are "Not for everyone" and are political, 2 are Misc. discussion of which one is political. That leaves two for Home Inspection related discussions. That is the norm anymore. I suggest if there can be a option for members to ignore certain threads or sections, please install it so one does not even have to look at them. The ignore button option for individuals apparently does not work very well either.

[John Onofrey]

I guess I'm just weird but if I scan a topic that doesn't interest me, I don't read it.

[mnahrgang]

Originally Posted by dedwards

At this posting, there are 9 new thread posts, 5 are "Not for everyone" and are political, 2 are Misc. discussion of which one is political. That leaves two for Home Inspection related discussions.That is the norm anymore. I suggest if there can be a option for members to ignore certain threads or sections, please install it so one does not even have to look at them. The ignore button option for individuals apparently does not work very well either.

So?

That suggestion has been made many times (twice in the past by me.) We don't have the option to ignore a thread.

It is what it is.

[rbrady]

Originally Posted by mnahrgang

So?

That suggestion has been made many times (twice in the past by me.) We don't have the option to ignore a thread.

It is what it is.

I believe that an ignore thread option could be done, although I am certainly no expert.
As far as being what it is, we also use to have a way to leave anonymous comments, which was abused. It ain't anymore!

[Doug Edwards]

Originally Posted by jonofrey

I guess I'm just weird but if I scan a topic that doesn't interest me, I don't read it.

John, I usually don't read them either and skip over those. Its the ones that are about HI related items that gets infected when some on the board want to slide their snide political crap into the conversations and the thread goes off topic and into the hopper.

[John Onofrey]

Originally Posted by dedwards

John, I usually don't read them either and skip over those. Its the ones that are about HI related items that gets infected when some on the board want to slide their snide political crap into the conversations and the thread goes off topic and into the hopper.

Roger that Skipper!

[klott]

Originally Posted by jonofrey

I guess I'm just weird but if I scan a topic that doesn't interest me, I don't read it.

Not wierd, but smarter than most on this BB for sure.

[gbeaumont]

Originally Posted by klott

Not wierd, but smarter than most on this BB for sure.

That is quite something coming as it does from someone with an IQ matching his shoe size

Long before some of you mental giants started populating this board most of us had assumed that a HI message boards was just that (a forum concerning Home Inspection related items) when that logic had obviously passed some people by we created a section available to members only called "not for everyone" as a depository for such drivel as you want to post that is outside the realm of Home inspectors.

It appears that that logic has passed many by

Gerry

[John Onofrey]

Originally Posted by klott

Not wierd, but smarter than most on this BB for sure.

I am not worthy of this accolade but I will accept it as a call to action.

[ldapkus]

Originally Posted by gbeaumont

That is quite something coming as it does from someone with an IQ matching his shoe size

Long before some of you mental giants started populating this board most of us had assumed that a HI message boards was just that (a forum concerning Home Inspection related items) when that logic had obviously passed some people by we created a section available to members only called "not for everyone" as a depository for such drivel as you want to post that is outside the realm of Home inspectors.

It appears that that logic has passed many by

Gerry

More drivel !!!