On Killfiles

[charmian]

Some time in the future, Dreamwidth is planning to offer a killfile. The specs say that two levels of killfile are planned. The first will collapse posts and comments by the user who has been killfiled. The second will remove all traces of the killfiled user from your view (with the exception of access lists on profiles, and comm membership lists).

Poll #120

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Would you use the killfile described above?

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Yes, I would use it
66 (50.8%)

No, I would not use it
17 (13.1%)

Not sure/don't know
47 (36.2%)

To borrow foxfirefey's question, what effects do you think killfiles (if put into practice as described above) would have on Dreamwidth and the way people use it?

Comments

[damned_colonial]

I might use the "remove all traces" version for people on comms who really annoyed me.

[charmian]

Yeah, I think that situation might be one of the main inspirers of killfile use.

[invisionary]

Yes, this. I wouldn't use it in a personal journal, but sometimes when you have a pervasive troll removing all traces is quite appropriate.

[phoenixsong]

Yep. Someone whose posts generally make me see red and generally leave me wanting to abandon ship on what is otherwise a perfectly good comm? Killfile seems like the best solution.