Need a way to block the commentary from certain annoying (and prolific) readers.

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Certain commenters are very prolific and repetitive; responses to any counter argument is either ignored by said commenter or given an almost word-for-word repetition of a previous comment, including unsupported links to charts and other irrelevant data. This particular commenter is so prolific and so annoying that I simply no longer want to see anything from this individual, no matter what they say.

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SA Jacob Maltz
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As of today, muting of users is virtually unlimited (you will be able to mute up to 300 people)

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Yield Dog

Yeah,have the same problem.But SA does not give a rat's ass.been begging to be able to block other posters for months.Time to move on to better sites I guess.

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Shane Milburn

I've supported a feature like this in the past and want to express support again.  I don't understand SA's reluctance to not enable us to better self-curate the commenters we see.

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Shane Milburn

Just to followup.  I hadn't read many SA articles in a while - I mainly read the conference calls - but investing boards I've been a part of have a strong tendency to fill with sniping political content unrelated to company performance and that tends to run off users interested in investing.  I'm concerned that is happening at SA, and it is causing me to read comments less and unfollow threads in which I have interest.  The thing is - there are some really smart and insightful comments - but I ask SA to let me turn off the unhelpful commenters.  

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rjm22

How can I ignore a poster I really dislike?

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Shane Milburn
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How can I ignore a poster I really dislike?

Since the discussion above, SA added a "Mute" feature.  Out to the right of a comment there's a dropdown arrow that gives the "mute" option.  Unless you're a paying member you only get 3 mutes, but that might help.  

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rjm22
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Since the discussion above, SA added a "Mute" feature.  Out to the right of a comment there's a dropdown arrow that gives the "mute" option.  Unless you're a paying member you only get 3 mutes, but that might help.  

Yes, I found that but It does not work probably because I used up my 3 already. Is there a way to remove prior mutes so I can mute the new one?

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Shane Milburn
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Yes, I found that but It does not work probably because I used up my 3 already. Is there a way to remove prior mutes so I can mute the new one?

I think if you click the mute option it toggles mute.

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I think if you click the mute option it toggles mute.

Thanks. It seems I muted the guy yesterday when trying but did not realize it?  Anyway, problem solved for now. Thanks

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SA Jacob Maltz
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As of today, muting of users is virtually unlimited (you will be able to mute up to 300 people)

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jmcgoo- CMT
Even when wrong, there are some authors who revel in berating commentators. They can even remove a comment when they please, it seems. Censorship. Can anyone MUTE anyone? Three mutes? Does that mean you have only 3 mutes a lifetime, or you can only mute a person 3 times? Does this apply to authors?