IMO a better system would be for you to be able to respond to these threads, but the person who has you on ignore just can't see them. That way they don't see whatever is triggering them...and any type of flaming will be removed anyway, right? I don't think it's fair for someone to be unable to post in a thread just because the OP has ignored them, especially if it's a general conversation, like in coffeehouse. Just saying. I know it's probably not possible for the admins to edit this feature.