The Ignoratron 5000

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The Ignoratron 5000

The Ignoratron 5000 extends abctales forum functionality, allowing you to ignore other users, which can reduce stress, lower blood pressure, and generally make the world a nicer place.

(Typically, after ages spent trying to work out how to do this properly, I discovered someone else had already done all the hard work and all I had to do was knock up a little script.)

First you need to be running Firefox, which is a web browser (like IE, but better), free (as in beer), and an all round good thing. Get it here

Second you need to add the GreaseMonkey extension which is designed to allow Firefox to extend or fix web sites using user scripts. Get it here

Last you need to install my script. Go to here
Select "Install User Script" from the "Tools" menu, and then click "OK"

Here's a screenshot

1legspider
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Hellooooo... HELLO... helloooo Got some Beers!!! Look! Got sum bee....... John, Radio, Jude.. ! Can you see me? Stop pissing about willya!
maxwell eddison
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you prick
1legspider
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It does bring monkeys to mind: See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no... Not for me thank you even at though at times I can see the temptation. Anyway, surely all one has to do is change ones name to beat it... or is it cleverer than that?
ebola scumbo
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It's a load of old crap. You could change your name, get a new proxy every goddarned 2 minutes and anyone who is THAT affected by another person that they have to go scurrying about pissing around with firefox and this file and that script and all this bollocks, needs to lighten up.
Dan
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No 1leg, it's about as dumb as a bag of hammers. But people won't change their name unless they know they're not getting through, and they won't.
fish
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i better not get it as i might be tempted to ignore so many people ...
1legspider
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Yes when it comes down to it the real sometimes ugly world is better than a cloistered one.
Lisa
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Evening Jasper - how are you? Now, who would want to ignore you I wonder?
Emma
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The title of your bit of programming brought to mind my boarding school days...we had a heading taped over one of the showers that read 'Orgasmatron' ...so many silly girls wouldn't use it...not me of course...
stephen_d
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sound slike the begining of the new third reich or a 'wee' facist encampment when people in charge of web sites that are initailly set up for socially excluded people start to knock peoples voices of because they don't like what they're saying ? but in the same breath would be quick to be ignorant to them. More of the Uk writing scene clear for all to see !
Liana
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No stephen, Tony isnt doing this... it a personal thing for people to use when they prefer not to have to wade through piles of poo to see interesting or amusing posts. You are not someone I would ignore, and Im sure no one else would. It the endless posts which serve no purpose at all... Its not something that people are forced to use.
mississippi
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I've been pondering on this for a few days now. I can see that my world would be instantly brighter and cleaner without having to scroll past the dog-shite emanating from the penal colony, and also the gypo crap from the goon, not to mention Casey's crusade to make himself the most hated person here, BUT... Blanking out these people will leave the threads disjointed, with even less cohesion than they have anyway. I would also have a problem with my archiving; it would end up looking like an expurgated history book. The single most important aspect to me though is, the availability of such a 'red pen' has brought into focus the REAL need for it. How badly do I want to exclude these twats? How hard is it for me to suffer them? Would their exclusion actually give them a victory? I've always fought against censorship, personal or otherwise (though I DID suggest it was time for one twat to be disenfranchised). I believe I'd have a 'principle problem' if I 'delete' those that I find slightly annoying at times. I think I'll sleep on this for a week or two.
Radio-lizardman
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The real beauty of this is watching everyone have a ka-nipt-shun. It's sunny over here on these rocks.
Dan
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Orgasmatron comes from the Woody Allen movies Sleeper I think. Ignoratron 5000 comes from the name "Comunicatatron 5000" which we lowly engineers once tried to persuade the marketing dept' to call a new product, they didn't. The script itself is a slightly higher tech version of putting masking tape on the screen, if you want it use it, if you don't, don't.
Liana
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*drum roll* and there you have it, (points up to last post) laydeez and gennulllmen, why the dejaspernator/ignoratron, is so fantastic.
John
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Every one to their own I suppose. Personally, I wouldn't give the twits the satisfaction. Although their have been one or two that would make Dan's code very tempting. But no. Not for me.
1legspider
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Having read some of the posts now, I can now see how it may be useful. Say for whatever reason, you are continually exasperated by someone you dislike to the point that your blood boils... and thus your only response to anything they say is a personally insulting one... I can see then why it may be good for your health and enjoyment to ignore them entirely (even temporarily)... for the health of the forum too. As for archivers, one can always switch the thing off before saving.
Radio-lizardman
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Do reptiles have reptilian brains?
Radio-lizardman
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Fuck off moron.
1legspider
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You could try googling that.
John
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Hoy! I've just realized something!! (((((Ha low))))) (((((((((Is ANY ONE OUT THEIR)))))))))
Radio-lizardman
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Spidey....It's warm up her on the rock. C'mon up and sit in the sun.
1legspider
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I did
1legspider
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Whose post is that between the 'googling' one and yours Radio?
1legspider
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Arachnids ought to be careful of Lizards... Do you have any beer?
Radio-lizardman
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Spidey, It's safe up here on the Rock in the sun. Here, I'll move over and make room.
Radio-lizardman
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errr....Yeah, I have beer.... Yeah....
John
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OK! Knock it off!!
Radio-lizardman
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John, If you rub my chin, I'll stand up on all 4 and be really still. (don't mind that flakey stuff, it'll be gone in a day or two)
John
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I wasn't getting paranoid you know! Was just testing. Thats all.
Radio-lizardman
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Were did Spidey go? He was here a minute ago. John...it's warm up here on the rock, come on up.
Radio-lizardman
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C'mon John....I have beer!
mississippi
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You've deleted him Denver? It's just occurred to me that if everyone 'blanks' out those they find a pain, pretty soon there won't be anyone to converse with. There will be 25 one-sided rows, all of 'em with just the kangaroo jockey taking part.
John
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Starts climbing.
Radio-lizardman
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George, it's warm up here on the rock. Come sun yourself a little. I have beer.
mississippi
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Yeah I need to tan up my legs a little before that beach party at Paradise Cove, LA, next month.
Radio-lizardman
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I have suntan lotion. Here, I'll loan you some....C'mon up. Where'd John go, he was here a minute ago?
John
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Knock it off. I know you can see my post. *Starts to worry*
Radiodenver
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John....you had me worried...I thought you were scared...C'mon back to the rock...it's warm up here on this rock.
John
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Scared! Me Scared!! Phoooo.. No way. * Looks for safety harness, Hard hat and instruction book *
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