Can you force forum members to ignore each other through the admin area? Not ask them to and they be able to do it, but go in and as an admin make them ignore each other as a punishment for fighting on the boards.

That is not presently a feature.

Well, dear God, it should be.

There are much more effective ways of dealing with such members. Like either punishment or discussion.

And when you've done that, and it doesn't work, and you tell them to ignore each other, and they don't for various reasons, and you're left with two well-liked and otherwise productive board members whose only issue is with each other, you, as an admin, should be able to force them to ignore each other so they cannot see each and respond to each others' posts.

It seems like a common sense "punishment" to me, yet I've found no board software that does it.

Even if we had such a function, what do you propose to stop one or both members from removing the block?

 

It seems like a common sense "punishment" to me, yet I've found no board software that does it.

If no forum software has such a feature, then logically it must be something that very few people want.

I just use the current feature and suspend both members for the same length of time. It does work sooner or later. I always find ways to control the environment using the current set of features.

 

Even if we had such a function, what do you propose to stop one or both members from removing the block?

It would be an admin block. Only an admin could remove it.

 

If no forum software has such a feature, then logically it must be something that very few people want.

Fair enough. It's still a good idea. It'd solve a lot of nerdfights.

The two users can still post and PM about each other. Also if the forum is visible when logged out, they can read the other person's posts.

I wouldn't mind having that as well..

Sure there are ways around it.. But it would make it harder on them to fight.

I run a Christian forum and I have had two members who constantly debated (I personally do not like to see debate..)

I would have loved to be able to just set this and them not see each others posts.

Though as IPB3 is feature locked, I guess this topic isn't to necessary unless we are discussing for IPB3.x

Personally, no matter who I block, I cannot resist the temptation to click the "view anyways" link - I suspect two people in a heated debate would feel the same way. Any such block is likely not to accomplish much in my opinion, if they aren't willing to voluntarily block each other.

But by that argument, the entire Ignore function is worthless. :)

True, they could log out and possibly see something, but they couldn't click on the offending email to reply to it and even if they then posted "so and so is a such and such," if the other person is logged in at the time, they would not see that reply. I think short term you'd have a bunch of trying to get around it, but long term, they'd just forget to check and forget each other.

I think it would be a worthwhile weapon to have in the admin arsenal.

 

But by that argument, the entire Ignore function is worthless. :)

True, they could log out and possibly see something, but they couldn't click on the offending email to reply to it and even if they then posted "so and so is a such and such," if the other person is logged in at the time, they would not see that reply. I think short term you'd have a bunch of trying to get around it, but long term, they'd just forget to check and forget each other.

I think it would be a worthwhile weapon to have in the admin arsenal.

Are you aware how the ignore system actually works? The posts don't just disappear; they're hidden with a message that says something like, "Hey there! this post is hidden. Do you want to see it anyway?"

And then the click the link, and it shows up.

 

Are you aware how the ignore system actually works? The posts don't just disappear; they're hidden with a message that says something like, "Hey there! this post is hidden. Do you want to see it anyway?"

And then the click the link, and it shows up.

I remembered they were hidden by a message, but forgot there was a link right there to click (that does seem rather silly).

For an admin forced ignore, there would be no link for the user to click to reveal the message.