Well, you guys got me all confused.
I as a user would like to be able to say "Ignore that user" and then not see any of their posts. Or, if I had to see something, a placehold with an unignore link. Ignoring a user would be person preference.
I believe VB has this feature as I sometimes get a message that I cant read a message because I am ignoring the user (which I didnt think I was, so maybe doesnt work right).