We have Community Guidelines, and I believe I understand the motivation behind the Ignore feature, but it clearly is the weakest link in an otherwise excellent website.

I really don't understand how it works, so someone please tell me if the following is correct: A puts B on Ignore, so is it true that B cannot respond at all to a thread started by A? If true, can A respond at all to a thread started by B? If so, that creates an advantage for A thereby compelling B to put A on Ignore. Am I correct?

Is there a limit to how many members a member can put on Ignore? If so, what is the limit? You see where I'm going here, right? Yeah, 100X100X100, etc. Taken to its logical conclusion the website is reduced to simply thread starters.

Given that we have Community Guidelines, I believe the Ignore feature is potentially more harmful than helpful.