I am wondering if it is possible to create an extension that would allow my users to fully ignore other users. The friend/foe list is not sufficient for our needs.
This is a group of users who have posted with each other for over 20 years and often fight like siblings. There's no reason to ban anyone but there are times when my users would prefer to ignore another user (either permanently or for some period of time) to improve their personal experience on the forum. Where we originally came from (not a phpbb forum), there was a feature to block another user. If blocked, that user's threads and posts were completely hidden from sight for the user who blocked them, allowing them to have a true out of sight, out of mind experience. As it is, threads and thread topics are still visible and posts are just hidden behind the "show post" option, which clutters the screen for these users. If I could at least hide the thread topics and make them something generic, this would probably be an ok workaround in combination with the friend/foe list, but still not optimal for what we're used to.
I've tried to find something like this in the extensions available and haven't found anything. It looks like this may have existed in (much) older versions of phpbb, but not anymore. If I missed something, I apologize. I've been searching for weeks with different keywords hoping to find something suitable.
I'm on version 3.3.14
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
This is a group of users who have posted with each other for over 20 years and often fight like siblings. There's no reason to ban anyone but there are times when my users would prefer to ignore another user (either permanently or for some period of time) to improve their personal experience on the forum. Where we originally came from (not a phpbb forum), there was a feature to block another user. If blocked, that user's threads and posts were completely hidden from sight for the user who blocked them, allowing them to have a true out of sight, out of mind experience. As it is, threads and thread topics are still visible and posts are just hidden behind the "show post" option, which clutters the screen for these users. If I could at least hide the thread topics and make them something generic, this would probably be an ok workaround in combination with the friend/foe list, but still not optimal for what we're used to.
I've tried to find something like this in the extensions available and haven't found anything. It looks like this may have existed in (much) older versions of phpbb, but not anymore. If I missed something, I apologize. I've been searching for weeks with different keywords hoping to find something suitable.
I'm on version 3.3.14
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Statistics: Posted by tahiti — Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:43 am