Quote from maxpi:
The ignore feature is a partial solution at best, threads still get taken off course and enthusiasm deflated by people I have on ignore, and when posters quote them and respond I still see the idiocy. Baron could try a two tiered system could he not? Tier 1 members could either prove they trade or pay some not inconsequential amount to afford entry, that would include traders and academics, tier 2 membership could be as it currently is with ability to see tier one posts. Tier 1 members could put tier 2 posts on ignore 'en masse on a thread by thread basis and still have the option of individual perma-ignore choices. As it is each serious poster has to discover who to ignore one by one and banned parties can sign up again in a minute and be back to pester a thread to death even if everybody has them on ignore...