Blocking a board (forum)

[Grace]

When you sign on to PT, you don't have to check the New Posts or Today's Posts. You can just look on the left side and see where there are new topics. Just stop scrolling down before you get to the bottom (Dog House)

And Kuhio, you very recently posted a topic in the Dog House

[kuhio98]

When you sign on to PT, you don't have to check the New Posts or Today's Posts. You can just look on the left side and see where there are new topics. Just stop scrolling down before you get to the bottom (Dog House)

Yes, I know this. That's how I used to do it and I can go back to doing that way. I'm just wondering if there is a way for a user to customize their account to not view thread titles for a specific forum.

And Kuhio, you very recently posted a topic in the Dog House

Not sure what point you're trying to make.
I will probably continue to post in the Dog House from time-to-time. Like I said, it is a valuable and much enjoyed forum. I just prefer to choose when I see headlines about animals being tortured, children being drowned, acts of violence and cruelty that are in the news, etc.

Everyone here is great ensuring that those kinds of stories are posted in the Dog House. I'm just wondering if there is a way to limit exposure to these nightmare inducing headlines (for me, anyway). Most of the time, I don't read the thread, but the title is disturbing enough.

[Grace]

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Not sure what point you're trying to make.
I will probably continue to post in the Dog House from time-to-time. Like I said, it is a valuable and much enjoyed forum. I just prefer to choose when I see headlines about animals being tortured, children being drowned, acts of violence and cruelty that are in the news, etc.

Everyone here is great ensuring that those kinds of stories are posted in the Dog House. I'm just wondering if there is a way to limit exposure to these nightmare inducing headlines (for me, anyway). Most of the time, I don't read the thread, but the title is disturbing enough.

I was confused, that's all. You don't want to see the titles, yet you were in there posting. Why would you go in, if the titles upset you?

I often see titles that make me cringe in Cat General or Dog general, or the Health forums. I don't go into these topics, but I know the feeling you are describing. If I didn't want to see any of them, I guess I'd have to give up PT all together.

[kuhio98]

I was confused, that's all. You don't want to see the titles, yet you were in there posting. Why would you go in, if the titles upset you?

I often see titles that make me cringe in Cat General or Dog general, or the Health forums. I don't go into these topics, but I know the feeling you are describing. If I didn't want to see any of them, I guess I'd have to give up PT all together.

Ok, the last thing I'll say on the subject. It occured to me at lunch that it's kind of like the Creepy Crawly warning that sometimes appears on the Pet of the Day. The pet it is still there. You can click on it to view it and read it, but it's not thrown in your face in case you have a phobia or something.

You can go into a forum and post without reading the titles of the threads already there. I do it all the time.

The Dog House is a valuable and appropriate board. It's full of lively discussion and debate. I will continue to visit it and post there. I have no issue with anything there. Once again, I'm just asking if there is a way for a member to customize their controls to see only the forums that are of particular interest to them. If there is, I would like to take advantage of it. If there isn't, I'll go back to the way I used to do things. (Clicking on the forums I want to view one-by-one).

I am not, in any way, finding fault with the Dog House forum. I don't find it objectionable at all. Simply asking if a setting exists that I didn't know about that might increase my PT-viewing pleasure.

[blue]

Simply asking if a setting exists that I didn't know about that might increase my PT-viewing pleasure.

Cant hurt to ask.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Cant hurt to ask.

Can't hurt ... too much.
As long as you can live through a little bit of "lip".

[caseysmom]

Good question Kuhio and you have every right to ask it.

[kuhio98]

Can't hurt ... too much.
As long as you can live through a little bit of "lip".

I know I posted that I was through discussing this, but I wanted to thank you and blue and caseysmom. I thought I was just asking a simple question. Maybe I used the wrong terminology. Maybe if I had asked if you can filter the thread titles instead of blocking some folks wouldn't be so snarky.

Maybe I went into too much explanation, but I thought by giving some detail it would help Karen and Paul figure out what I was trying to say. I've never understood the whole subscribing to a forum option so I was just asking if there was a way to do what I described (since I don't know the right terminology).

I think I'll go back to the way I used to read the forums. For the first 2 or 3 years, I don't think I even knew the Dog House existed. Not the the most observant.......

I don't want to block certain member's posts -- I think that was one suggestion. That's not what I am trying to do.

Sheesh! I'm beginning to think this thread belongs in the Dog House! Still not sure why some folks continue to think I'm criticizing something. I love it here at PT and have not plans to leave anytime soon.

[Cinder & Smoke]

If I didn't want to see any of them,
I guess I'd have to give up PT all together.

I think she was looking for a little less *drastic* remedy.

[lizbud]

To each his own I guess. I just "customize" my viewing with my own 10 fingers.

[kuhio98]

FYI to those to suggested using the Ignore option.

I tested it out. It doesn't work. I still see thread titles started by the ignored member, but when I open the thread, I don't see their post.

Didn't work as I had hoped. So, I removed my test subject off of my ignore list. I don't really want to ignore anyone.

For those of you who have PM'd me interested in my questions, I've been advised that Paul is not feeling well so he hasn't had a chance to look into it. It may also require a lot of code revision.

[Grace]

You know, it's not just topics in the Dog House that may need blocking.

I recently went to a new topic in Cat General - title was rather innocuous. But the subject matter was extremely disturbing. It sometime seems that it's not safe to read anything.