when I first came here, i did get offended too but then someone in my real life told me when we were talking about another website... think of the button like that knock at the door and you are head over the sink full of shampoo. you can throw a towel on and answer the door or you can ignore the door and finish shampooing your hair. the phone rings you can run to answer it or you can ignore it and finish watching that movie or reading a book. her point in real life we have many situations where we use ignoring to take care of ourselves so why not online too. she then challenged me to go a whole day with out using the tool of ignoring something and see what happens, oh my I ran out of time to do the things i wanted to and many things only got partially done because I was trying to not ignore anything in my life. this challenge gave me a better view of using ignore and other like features on the internet.

now I use them when ever the websites provide them and I suggest them to others when needed. they really are great tools for remembering to not reply to some people, remembering to take care of my own triggers and self when online.