Slavik: I was just thinking about this, and I'm wondering if it might not be quite that complex - after all, being in the negaverse is (mechanically) intended to be identical to being ignored, just 'on by default'. Could it be implemented by making whatever function checks 'are they ignored'...
Heh, I just realized an unintended (but beneficial) consequence of the system I described. Since people in the Negaverse can't ignore people, they have to deal with the other people in the Negaverse (mimicing the 'particularly cruel' variant from the CodingHorror post). My original intent for...
Recommended reading (Don't worry, it's not much):
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/suggestion-view-number-of-ignores.24777/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbanning
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/06/suspension-ban-or-hellban.html
My idea is to combine the current ignore system...