Grumpy old moo alert

[Ruthi]

I am having a real problem with one member of this board. Their posts never fail to annoy me - ignorant, opinionated, and frequently irrelevant.

Is there a way I can block them?

[Hidden]

Tolerance Ruthi, we're all individuals.

[Rennixon]

Smile Ruthi just smile , breath & let it pass. No help I know! But you made me smile 🙂 Thank you x

[Hidden]

You made me smile too!

[puncturedbicycle]

I have genuinely wondered if this disposition is the result of overmedication, but decided it would be impolitic to mention it. (I was unbearable when overmedicated.)

[Hidden in reply to puncturedbicycle]

Hi punctured bicycle

Could you tell me what you felt like when over medicated, I think I'm over medicated but I don't feel any different from when I wasn't Thankyou.

[puncturedbicycle in reply to Hidden]

Impatient, grumpy, a bit tightly wound. I had trouble 'turning off' at night. The telltale sign was diarrhoea. I had great energy and strength though. I can see why bodybuilders use it, and why it can cause problems.

I didn't ever see much difference in my temps or heart bpm, which was awkward. I only every had a racing heart once, when I must have been quite overdosed on t3. I had taken a quarter of a tablet more than normal and I got hot and my heart raced for an hour or so. But in the course of the average day I didn't have those side effects.

What makes you think you might be a bit over?

[Hidden in reply to puncturedbicycle]

Hi punctured bicycle,

I only started on T3 on 14th June and went on a rampage with it up to 56.25 and reduced to 100 levo, I posted yesterday that I had slumped ( before the slump I felt like wonder woman) and my replys were I was on to much.

[puncturedbicycle in reply to Hidden]

Blimey, yes that is a lot, and I think too quickly. Why so quick if you don't mind me asking?

[Hidden in reply to puncturedbicycle]

I don't know to be honest I think I just got carried away with how good I was feeling, I was given good advise but I've read that much over the last few weeks my mind was doing sumer salts, I've started reducing it down though so fingers crossed, I've felt that horrible for 20 years I just got carried away oops.

[puncturedbicycle in reply to Hidden]

Sure, no judgement. And I understand about feeling so awful for such a long time. I was just curious if there was a plan behind it, eg the sttm crowd suggest increasing until you feel well, which for me was bad advice. That was how I ended up w palps. And then I didn't learn but tried the same thing w ndt (increase until you feel well) and went very very hypo. So you're not alone.

[Hidden in reply to puncturedbicycle]

I've always had palps anyway but yes I was looking on that site too I will put it down to information overload☺I love this site it's like meeting loads of new friends but you don't know what they look like.

[puncturedbicycle in reply to Hidden]

[TupennyRush]

Hi there

Hopefully not my posts!

Why not scroll over his/her posts without reading? Or do you get a glimpse of what they've written and then have to read it?

If they're consistently spouting stuff that you think is wrong could you send them a dm with links to articles that would assist their understanding?

Alternatively i've been told that some organisations have the 'stick of learning' to assist the education of people that are particularly intransigent in their views despite all evidence to the contrary

[Hidden in reply to TupennyRush]

Lol are we all reading this and thinking 'Is it me?' x

[Rapunzel in reply to Hidden]

I'd imagine that quite a few of us are, Hidden . Struggling not to find this post downright rude, honestly. What is the point ? Is it not possible to take what you need and ignore the rest ?

FYI there is a poster on this forum who never ceases to annoy me with caustic one liners. Do this, ignore that, don't let the other happen. When challenged by admin to back up a claim with science or reference, there is no response. Another who constantly implores that we sign this, send a letter, march on parliament, write to our MP. I do my very best to ignore these posters.

If the poster you're alluding to sees this Ruthi , doubtless they will be too ignorant to appreciate you're writing about them, too opinionated to care and thus unaware of their irrelevance.

For quite a few of the rest of us who choose to spend time in friendly, helpful communion, those many with the flaky self confidence which accompanies being overweight and sometimes slow of head, you've left a floating question mark over our morning for little reason.

I suggest that you delete this thread. But perhaps I'm being opinionated. Love your dog avatar BTW; if you painted it you have a rare talent x

[Ruthi in reply to Rapunzel]

No, I wish I had painted it. The artist is Liz Chaderton, the dog my late great soul dog, Tiger.

And no, I won't delete the post. It was a genuine enquiry to ask if there is a way of blocking particular members from my sight. As you will see from the post I made at around the same time as you, I will live with it.

[scorp1o in reply to Hidden]

Yes!!!

[Ruthi]

I'm fine folks! And no, it's none of you.

I don't tolerate fools too gladly at the best of times, and this person is just winding me up a bit. Not staying on the thread topic, not reading others answers before posting and constantly banging on about their particular situation/viewpoint rather than answering the question.

But it's clearly my problem, and if I can't pretend they don't exist I'll just up to live with it.

[alangardner]

hi there ruthie , it isn't your problem ITS THEIRS , you just need to totally ignore them [ even though it may be hard at times ] and concentrate on the others on this site that may help with advice , understanding and empathy ---- all the superb things that make this site unique ----- for every pleb there are thousands of cyber-friends for support !!!!!!....alan xx

[Jefner]

Hope its not me. I dont think it is cus i ask more ? Than am able to answer

[Ruthi]

I love it here. I kind of expect all that rubbish on facebook and apart from occasionally leaving a group, I just let it float by. But standards are so much higher here that the few really stand out.

[Clutter]

Ruthi,

No way to block irritating members. You could email [e-mail] and ask that they consider introducing such a feature. I think it would be as valid as having the Follow feature.

[greygoose in reply to Clutter]

I can't see how that could work - unless the person in question was PMing you. But if they are just responses to ordinary questions in ordinary threads, seems to me you would have to block that person completely from posting, you couldn't just do it so that just one person is shielded from the replies. Could you?

[Clutter in reply to greygoose]

GG,

Some fora manage it. Everything the annoying member posts can be blocked from the view of the person who blocks him/her. The replies will simply show 'blocked' or 'ignored'.

[greygoose in reply to Clutter]

Really? I didn't know that. Sounds awfully complicated. But very good for the blood pressure! lol

[helvella Administrator in reply to greygoose]

Before forums like this one, indeed technically before the World Wide Web even existed, Usenet was created. In that, instead of using a general purpose web browser, you used special software which could "talk" Usenet. At times suitable applications have included Outlook Express, Thunderbird and Opera. And in those days, it was THE way of communicating in groups.

Because you were in total control of what you see, you could invent your own rules. Many offer a "killfile" facility and you set up a rule so that when "user X" posts, you never see their contributions.

For an example the following is a newsgroup:

news:alt.support.thyroid

It still exists. It still gets traffic, but at the rate of a post every few weeks!

[This is not a suggestion that you go and look. It can be tedious setting things up to work and I don't have the time to hold your hands. Sorry. But if you already understand Usenet, you could take a gander.]

[helvella Administrator in reply to helvella]

It is possible to access these old newsgroups using a web interface. Trouble is, they don't work very well. Bearable for viewing but often dreadful for posting.

alt.support.thyroid.narkive...

groups.google.com/forum/#!f...

I emphasise, this is for interest and is not meant for serious use.

[greygoose in reply to helvella]

A bit over my head, but thank you for the explication.

[SAMBS in reply to greygoose]

Just Seen this post by Ruthie, and quite agree with you GG, we are all able to Reply or suggest, according to our own experiences! None say they are medically qualified either, which can make many suggestions about buying unknown products online from unknown websites and far awaŷ countries, as I saŵ on a different TUK post this evening, quite dangerous.

I thinks it's a great shamed that HU and Communities noŵ have many if not all posts linked to social media, alloŵing the miscreants and trollers in to sign up and perhaps create havoc, ultimatelŷ one day someone may die from buying a bad product from an unknown source.

Too many are or can be too trusting of all that is posted by non regular or unknown members! Fortunately I'm not one of the ones on loads of meds that can play havoc.

I agree with many of the replies to Ruthie that have said, if you don't want to read it ignore it! I'm not even going to query whether or not it is me she refers to. Yes I also think it's a shame she even put the Post - look how many felt compelled to ask if it was them or hoped it wasn't. A lot of disquiet, possibly a little stress also caused for no good purpose so I do hope she will reply and apologise to those people. In that vein, I'll apologise now to Ruthie if she doesn't like my reply to you.

[greygoose in reply to SAMBS]

SAMBS, l don't think l said anything like that.

[SAMBS in reply to greygoose]

Greygoose - what I agreed with that you replied to Ruthie, is - "................if they are just responses to ordinary questions in ordinary threads, seems to me you would have to block that person completely from posting, you couldn't just do it so that just one person is shielded from the replies. Could you?"

As you say, responses to ordinary questions in ordinary threads.........

Hope that explains my mentioning you The rest of my reply was just that, a reply to Ruthie.

[greygoose in reply to SAMBS]

OK, but, as it turns out, I was wrong! lol They can do that. Ah, technology is a wonderful thing!

[SAMBS in reply to greygoose]

It certainly is GG - it's the keeping up with it that gets harder these days, lol

[greygoose in reply to SAMBS]

lol I'm totally lost!

[Ruthi]

I'm over my grumps guys! And the annoying person has disappeared.