Fixed Hiding quotes of ignored users completely can cause confusion

[Steffen]

Affected version

2.1.2

Consider the following thread (I've obviously made-up this example for demo purposes):



It is immediately obvious that Bob has replied to Steffen-Test (not to Joe).

Now consider what the thread looks like for a visitor who ignores the user "Steffen-Test":



For a visitor who ignores Steffen-Test, it looks like Bob is replying to Joe which obviously is confusing. (The tiny "Show ignored content" hint at the bottom right can be easily overlooked.)

Could XenForo show a placeholder "Quote by ignored user {username}" instead of hiding quotes of ignored users completely?

This issue was originally reported here (in german): https://www.computerbase.de/forum/t...r-das-neue-forum-ist-da.1853959/post-22808873

 

[Chris D]

Do you have a modified or outdated post_macros template? The Steffen-Test post should look like this:



In your screenshot it is entirely missing.

In a similar vein to how it should look there, I've tried to come up with something that is similarly clear, and consistent with as few changes as possible.

So if I quote the above post by the ignored user, it should look like:



If that works for people, we'll go with that.

 

[Steffen]

Do you have a modified or outdated post_macros template? The Steffen-Test post should look like this:

In your screenshot it is entirely missing.

It only looks like that for me after clicking the gray "Show ignored content" button at the bottom of the thread view. Initially, posts by ignored users are completely invisible (like in my screenshot). I've just tested this here on XenForo.com by temporarily ignoring a user.

In a similar vein to how it should look there, I've tried to come up with something that is similarly clear, and consistent with as few changes as possible.

So if I quote the above post by the ignored user, it should look like:

If that works for people, we'll go with that.

That's great, thank you!

 

[Chris D]

It only looks like that for me after clicking the gray "Show ignored content" button at the bottom of the thread view. Initially, posts by ignored users are completely invisible (like in my screenshot). I've just tested this here on XenForo.com by temporarily ignoring a user.

I... swear... that wasn't behaving like that for me less than 12 hours ago. Now it is though so I'm just confused

I guess we'll leave that behaviour alone though (posts entirely invisible) but move to the new approach with the quotes.

 

[XF Bug Bot]

Thank you for reporting this issue. It has now been resolved and we are aiming to include it in a future XF release (2.1.3).

Change log:

Attempt to make post quotes by ignored users clearer.

Any changes made as a result of this issue being resolved may not be rolled out here until later.

 

[zackm]

I... swear... that wasn't behaving like that for me less than 12 hours ago. Now it is though so I'm just confused

I guess we'll leave that behaviour alone though (posts entirely invisible) but move to the new approach with the quotes.

Is there any way for the posts that quote ignored content to also be ignored?

 

[Paul B]

That would require custom development.