Wiccan_Seeker said:

Back in the olden days we read a post we didn't like, considered it, then thought "naaah" and didnt respond to it.

The good thing about oldskool ignoring is that people always have the chance to redeem themselves to you by their subsequent postings.  Some time ago I managed to offend someone, unintentionally, by their misunderstanding of my intentions. He put me on ignore. Now I can't take the issue up with him in IM or drop a word, to let him know I regret upsetting him and what I really meant with what I said.

His choice of course but, putting people on ignore is a disempowering act towards oneself, and an unforgiving hostile act towards the other.

You need a degree of friction and opposition to keep in check with reality.

If you keep bumping your head you can forever attach soft comfortable pillows to every obstacle you meet, but it might be wiser to really ask yourself why YOU bump your head ALL THE TIME and others apparently dont.

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