[M T]

This (and the message before it) might be a good example of a thread turning political.  It's easy for all of us to get sucked into the back and forth, so I am not trying to pick on these particular posts, but they are about Trump and not COVID-19.

A few days ago, I made a post that seemed pretty normal to me.  There was someone that replied with a few paragraphs all about an unrelated politicized topic, which IMO had absolutely nothing to do with my post.  I started a reply "WTH?" but I decided it wasn't worth it and it just gives the person another chance to reply.  In the past I've sent people PMs when I thought they might realize the next morning their post was over the top,  but that never worked.  Instead I just ignored it.  That worked: No one responded and the detour died.

There are one or more posters whose posts have repeatedly made my experience in the COVID board unpleasant. I took the (IMO) drastic step of having their posts not shown to me (User CP > Misc > Buddy/Ignore list).  I hate to do that, but my blood pressure dropped and reading the board left me irritated less often.

[M T]

This (and the message before it) might be a good example of a thread turning political.  It's easy for all of us to get sucked into the back and forth, so I am not trying to pick on these particular posts, but they are about Trump and not COVID-19.

A few days ago, I made a post that seemed pretty normal to me.  There was someone that replied with a few paragraphs all about an unrelated politicized topic, which IMO had absolutely nothing to do with my post.  I started a reply "WTH?" but I decided it wasn't worth it and it just gives the person another chance to reply.  In the past I've sent people PMs when I thought they might realize the next morning their post was over the top,  but that never worked.  Instead I just ignored it.  That worked: No one responded and the detour died.

There are one or more posters whose posts have repeatedly made my experience in the COVID board unpleasant. I took the (IMO) drastic step of having their posts not shown to me (User CP > Misc > Buddy/Ignore list).  I hate to do that, but my blood pressure dropped and reading the board left me irritated less often.