My eye often skims over the 'edited-by' text, so maybe that would be good to mark a Marcie post.
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P.M. Marcontell - Mar 2, 2003 12:32:18 am EST #3235 of 3268 Mark
Frivolity is no excuse for ignoring Dana. - Dana
text of post rendered blinvisible by Marcie.
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We could have a link to show the post without Marcie, but it would be blue, which would draw your eye, and if you really want to use Marcie on someone, you shouldn't want to see their posts that often. Ten is a number of blocked posters that lets you put a couple on just for posting in weird fonts or whatever. I think ten would be good. I liked how TT let you just type their names in a text box in your profile.
Should the blinvisible be a link, so that you can click on it to expand the post?
Should the blinvisible be a link
I like that. It's actually one of the few things that's nice at the Prospero forums. You can ignore someone and you still see that they've posted and you can choose to read that message.
We could have a link to show the post without Marcie, but it would be blue, which would draw your eye
How about a "Hide" link next to the "Edit Delete Mark" section (or just "Mark" for non-admins, since I doubt many people would want to Marcie themselves). Click on "Hide" and Marcie is activated for that poster. The Hide link then gets automagically replaced with "Unhide" similar to how "Mark" gets replaced by "Marked". Click on "Unhide" and the user is UnMarcied, thus displaying that post (and all others by the poster).
Should the blinvisible be a link, so that you can click on it to expand the post?
Yes, please. Because sometimes, you need to see what the kerfuffle's all about.
Edit:
Click on "Hide" and Marcie is activated for that poster. The Hide link then gets automagically replaced with "Unhide" similar to how "Mark" gets replaced by "Marked". Click on "Unhide" and the user is UnMarcied, thus displaying that post (and all others by the poster).
Oooh. Jon is smart.
That's a very good idea, Jon. I never liked having to retype a user's name in a box, because there's that whole "getting it right" thing I'm not always so good with.
Jon's is better. I edited my post to add a link and it just stands out too much. Edit: plus even if it didn't, his is way easy to use and superior.
I like Jon's idea, too. It fits smoothly in with what we've already got, and it's simple. (From a user standpoint. What's the coding like?)
Plus, my idea is easier on the server, I think, since we only have to track which users Marcie wich other users. We don't have to track which specific posts are Marcied or rendered unblinvisible.
I definitely want to see the word "Blinvisible" used in a Marcied post, though. It makes me laugh every time I read it and especially if I say it out loud.
What's the coding like?
Simpler than the other way, at first blush. Then we should have an "unhide" option on your profile page with a list of blocked users.
So you'll be blocking by ID (immutable), not name (technically variable). I never quite tested what happens with WebX when the user you've ENUFed changes their name from the one you blocked them with.
