Kill file (aka ignore list, block poster)

[Eule 0]

All,

Several people have requested a way to ignore posts from certain posters. This has been a common feature in Usenet news readers for many years (where it is called a "kill file"), and some other Web forums also support it (under names like "ignore list" or "block poster"). Gossamer Forum (the software that runs the dropzone.com forums), however, doesn't appear to support this functionality.

I have written a Greasemonkey script that allows you to create a list of posters whose posts will not be displayed. Their posts are replaced with a small notice that the post has been killed.

Please note the following important points!

• This is not an "official" feature of dropzone.com! This script runs in your browser, not on the dropzone.com server. If you have any difficulties with it, contact me, NOT any of the dropzone.com moderators or admins.


• This script does not delete the posts from the server. The posts are still there and your browser still downloads them - the script just tells your browser not to show some of them to you. If you disable the script and reload the page, all of the posts on the page will appear.


• Putting a user in your kill file will stop the display of all posts from that user across all forums. There is not a way to ignore someone's posts in one forum but see them in another forum.


• This script will not stop people from sending you private messages (PMs) or emailing you at your dropzone.com address.


• You need the Firefox web browser and the Greasemonkey extension to use this script. See below for more information.

To use the script: install it, right click on the monkey face at the bottom right corner of your browser window, and select "Manage user scripts...". Select the "Gossamer Forum Kill File" script and click the "Edit" button. (If you haven't edited a Greasemonkey script before, Greasemonkey will ask you for the location of a text editor on your system.) Put the names of the users whose posts you don't want to see in the array near the top of the program - it is well marked. Save the file, exit your text editor, and click "OK" on the "Manage user scripts" window. Hit "reload" to apply the changes to the page you are currently viewing.

I have tested it on exactly two sites: dropzone.com and Gossamer Threads' site. I have only tested it on Firefox 1.5.0.6 on Linux, but it should work on other recent versions of Firefox and on legacy OSes. I have not tested it with any legacy browsers. You will need the Greasemonkey Firefox extension to use the script.

This software is supplied with NO WARRANTY. If it breaks you get to keep all the pieces. Having said that, I would appreciate any reports, good or bad.

A screenshot of the script in action is attached, along with the script itself. Or, go here to install the script.

Eule

PLF does not stand for Please Land on Face.

[wildblue 7]

Anyway to just 'collapse' the post? What I really want, is to be able to block people in Bonfire, but actually see what they have to say in the topical forums. An easy way to unmute them would be spiff.

it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality