Allow users to fully ignore/hide other users

[thecoalman]

It's already done for posts, so doing it for quotes should not be particularly difficult.

It's easy to do it for posts because you have direct reference for the user id. That's not the case for quotes since it's stored with the post data and I'll add easily manipulated. See the quote box above for reference.

[thecoalman]

I have these features implemented on my forum since mid-2023:

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    // workaround to get list of foes -- we fetch the entire page and parse it to get a list of foes
    xhttp.open("GET", "/ucp.php?i=ucp_zebra&mode=foes", true);
    xhttp.send();

That's pretty expensive to get list of foes. At some point there is probably an array of foes available while viewtopic is executing and you can just set it as template variable.

[danieltj]

Based on what I've read so far, it's safe to assume that hacking together bits of JavaScript and CSS is clearly not the way to do this. If that works for you then power to you, but an extension that filters post content based on your foes is the only way to go about this. Quotes will be sort of tricky because some quotes might be modern (3.3 quotes for example have user IDs etc) but legacy quotes or 'basic' (like in 3.0) ones written by users that just have the username will be even trickier to filter out.

[Gumboots]

It's already done for posts, so doing it for quotes should not be particularly difficult.

It's easy to do it for posts because you have direct reference for the user id. That's not the case for quotes since it's stored with the post data and I'll add easily manipulated.

Good point. There's also the possibility of people splitting a quoted foe post to allow a more detailed reply.

See the quote box above for reference.

In which case you are totally screwed for hiding it.

So, can be done for foe quotes which contain user ID, but cannot be done (sanely) for foe quotes that lack user ID.

[Gumboots]

Based on what I've read so far, it's safe to assume that hacking together bits of JavaScript and CSS is clearly not the way to do this. If that works for you then power to you...

I used custom CSS just to clean up the default presentation for ignored and deleted posts. IOW, not an addition to the default ignore system, just a way of making it less obtrusive and reducing the amount of scrolling required.

ignored_posts.png

This had been very popular, because people really do not want to read the default ignored posts blurb (including the username of their foes). They just want to know it's a post they're ignoring and can skip without worrying about it. As I said, deleted posts get the same treatment for the staff. The link to view the post is still functional if required. It's clean and effective. IMO this is a valid use of CSS.

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.postbody > .ignore {
	position: relative;
	overflow: hidden;
	height: 16px;
	padding: 2px 4px 0;
	font-size: 12px !important;
	line-height: 16px;
}
.postbody > .ignore::before {
	display: block;
	font-style: italic;
	content: 'Ignored post.';
}
.postbody > .ignore a {
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	right: 4px;
}
.postbody > .ignore a::before {
	display: block;
	padding: 2px 4px 0;
	content: 'Here be dragons.';
}

This is all on default markup. No template hacks are required.

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<div class="ignore" id="post_hidden138261">
	<strong>
		<a href="./memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=91" style="color: #BF8040;" class="username-coloured">
			Foe Name
		</a>
	</strong>, who is currently on your ignore list, made this post.
	<br>
	<a class="display_post" data-post-id="138261" href="./viewtopic.php?p=138261&amp;view=show#p138261">
		Display this post
	</a>
</div>

And yes, I added the CSS to an extension we were already running (one of mine) so it applies to all styles. ZOMG, Gumboots will actually use extensions sometimes. Don't tell anyone.