Hey there theorbtwo... i agree that disallowing AM posts is not a good idea, but i also think an "ignore posts by ..." is not a good idea.

Let me tell you why i think so.....

In a purely social situation it could be a great feature, allowing people to not be bothered by other people with whom they don't agree or dislike intensely.

The thing is, perlmonks seems primarily to be a "help board" community, where the primary goal is to ask questions, gain knowledge and help-and-be-helped with all things Perl-related. To allow people to *dis*-allow posts/replies (which is the logical result of don't-view-xxx's-posts) could only result in people not getting the answer or help they need, because they refuse to listen to the words of that particular helper.

For example, some of the local wizards/saints/Perl-ghods have fairly snooty attitudes sometimes. They likely have every reason to have such attitudes, and i note that .sig disclaimers abound. Still, these monks can sometimes be irritating, and we all know that this sometimes results in "personality voting" and such.

If some monk has irritated me through her/his (apparent) attitude, and i 'block' replies from him/her, chances are that the next time i ask a question i'll miss replies from that monk.

Given that ((insert saint here)) knows a whole hell of a lot more about Perl than i, it would be a shame to miss that advice. Worse, others may not answer, since someone a whole hell of a lot more knowledgable (said saint) has already answered.

Anyhow, that's a lot more about it than i intended to type.
cheers!