The ignore function is necessary sometimes. If you know that you don\'t want to read most of a person\'s posts, just put them on the ignore list and watch how much faster you can read the board. You\'d be amazed at how well you can still follow the conversation while skipping right over that hapless little numbskull in your cyberlife. On the rare and miraculous occasion that the dunce actually says something important, you can view just that post without taking them off your list. It\'s a good feature.