Ignore List -- WTF??

[-Jrabbit]

I've never really used the Ignore List feature (maybe once, long ago), so it's possible this has been true for ages without my knowing it. Still...

So when I went to the Ignore function (Settings and Options/Edit Ignore List) today, I was shocked to see 16 names on my list. All of them were names of posters I'm not familiar with.

WTF is up with that?

[snoopy369]

Could be you're just old...

Also, there was in vb2 an exploit that users could cause you to add someone to your ignore list by clicking a link... could be that.

Or, there's a bug...

[-Jrabbit]

Well, ignoring the fact that I'm old...

There are 16 names, all of them with join dates of 1999-2001. (FWIW, I joined in 2002.) Only two show more than a couple posts (one guy has 132, another with 30+). The 'about me' info varied (locations include Minnesota, Rio, UK, Netherlands, Jupiter). Using 'find all posts by' -- some have no matches found, others seem to be actual gamers (though nothing current, and no games that I own). Not one had any user page visits until mine.

I've left it untouched in case someone wants to see it, for bug-chasing purposes, curiosity or whatever.

I'd also be very curious whether these (or other) phantoms exist on anyone else's Ignore List. Here they are:

* Alex the Ape
* Bisqray
* CLOUD1005
* Griff
* Jamed
* JLenn
* Marco Polo
* mhauer
* micrif
* MSB
* ostrander-bellepoint
* overflow
* Rege
* Ri-jon Boom!
* stoner
* Titus

[Ben Kenobi]

I have the exact same with my list. A whole pile of strange names.

[-Jrabbit]

Same names? Anyone you've ever heard of?

[snoopy369]

I don't have anyone on my ignore list. Interesting. Must be a bug, I'd suppose, if two of you have the same list. Maybe Gramphos has an idea...

[-Jrabbit]

Ben didn't actually say he had the same list.

But yeah, it would be interesting to learn what Gramphos thinks.

[snoopy369]

Hmmm, I interpreted "exact same" to mean same names... but I suppose that is not necessarily the same meaning.

[snoopy369]

Well, it's not a general thing (only a handful of users have more than two or three users on ignore; you two have two of the top 3 counts by my measure). And, it was that way on the old forum as well, as far as I can tell (you both have similar sized lists on the old forum), if I understand the ignore list structure properly on both forums.

So... either an odd database glitch, or too much clicking on links Krill or Asher provided a while ago, or ... something else. Nothing obvious to me, though.

[Tuberski]

I have 11 people on my ignore list, I've never used it.

none the same as Jrabbit.

ACK!

[-Jrabbit]

Hmm, never heard of the vb2 exploit.

I basically don't use the ignore list, so I have no idea how long mine has been like this. I'm capable of ignoring people all on my own.

[Nikolai]

I have no persons on my list. It's empty. I do remember a couple of those posters you have on ignore btw, Marco Polo and Titus both posted a loooong time ago on this site.

[Asher]

Hmm, never heard of the vb2 exploit.

I basically don't use the ignore list, so I have no idea how long mine has been like this. I'm capable of ignoring people all on my own.

I used it a while ago to add Ben Kenobi and Agathon to people's ignore lists until Ming got mad.

Then I used it to add me to people's buddy lists and he still got mad.

There's just no pleasing him.

[Ben Kenobi]

Same names? Anyone you've ever heard of?

I have the exact same problem, although the names are all different. I sent Ming a PM about it quite some time ago when we had the new forum software.

[conmcb25]

* Alex the Ape
* Bisqray
* CLOUD1005
* Griff
* Jamed
* JLenn
* Marco Polo
* mhauer
* micrif
* MSB
* ostrander-bellepoint
* overflow
* Rege
* Ri-jon Boom!
* stoner
* Titus

I believe all but one or two of these are all my D/L's.......................