How to hide Coronavirus threads?

sev112 · October 2020

Is thee a way of doing this.
thismplace is one of my ways of switching off from the world, and when I open and navigate through the Recent Discussion page (my normal way of interacting with the website), it just depresses me seeing so many threads.
is there a way of not seeing threads from a certain folder in the Recent Discussions page? It really does get me down.
ta

Bridgehouse · October 2020

Yep - click on the cog next to the area you want to hide and you can remove it from recent discussions there

sev112 · October 2020

@Bridgehouse ;

Many thanks - you have helped my mental health no end
appreciate it
steve

prowla · October 2020

I really want them off too.

I’ve just returned after stepping away from the site when I was threatened for complaining about the language and abuse.

sev112 · October 2020

I think having an outlet for those os us who need to talk about it, is important, as well as making sure that others of us can block / not see them

facebook is frustrating me this week in particular; it I really good for local information, Community support, ideas, history etc. But various people cant stop themselves from posting about e.g. panic buying in supermarkets in spaces related to old black and white photos of where we grew up

GoldenEraGuitars · October 2020

Bridgehouse said:

Yep - click on the cog next to the area you want to hide and you can remove it from recent discussions there

Thanks Mark, I've just removed it. That'll suit me nicely

not_the_dj · October 2020

Nice one, just done the same.

LastMantra · October 2020

They could be helpful but it seems they've been taken over by a small group that just want to argue. Shame.

Bridgehouse · October 2020

LastMantra said:

They could be helpful but it seems they've been taken over by a small group that just want to argue. Shame.

Indeed they have.

GoldenEraGuitars · October 2020

Internet doctors... lord help us. Moaning on a bloody geetar forum

CarpeDiem · October 2020

Thanks - I've removed it too.

Grampa · October 2020

Thanks, it had completely put me off the forum.

GoldenEraGuitars · October 2020

Surely people can be hidden just as easily?

lovestrat74 · October 2020

Had the same query back in May... been covid free for months now

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/180476/is-there-a-way-to-hide-certain-coronavirus-categories#latest

sev112 · October 2020

I’m really pleased I asked now seeing as others feel beneficial too

Philly_Q · October 2020

I've been hiding the coronavirus sub-forum for months. Every now and then I take a quick look, I'm immediately reminded how pointless and depressing it all is so I switch it off again.

TTony · October 2020

That section and many of the threads therein started with good intent and some useful, informed content and advice.

I even setup the Jitsi drop-in sessions, so those who needed or wanted to could see and talk to another friendly face during isolation.

For some/many members here, this forum *is* a primary source of sensible information, a place where worries and concerns can be aired and shared, a place where someone else will happily help, advise and reassure. A friendly and supportive place. Many of us needed to be able to talk to others, to feel that we weren’t alone (isolated perhaps, but not alone). Many of us still do.

But, regrettably, it was allowed to descend to Facebook levels of argumentative, trench-based, stupidity.

That helpline closed down for me.

Sadly, I removed it from my Recent Discussions view a while back.

*Sadly*.

StormshadowGuitars · October 2020

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Surely people can be hidden just as easily?

With a shotgun and a shovel yep

VimFuego · November 2020

LastMantra said:

They could be helpful but it seems they've been taken over by a small group that just want to argue. Shame.

yup, on the whole I find the actual information to be useful, however the threads all seem to degenerate into back biting from entrenched positions (on both sides) and settling of past scores. If only there was a way to filter out all the personality crap and distill out the actual information.

GoldenEraGuitars · November 2020

VimFuego said:

LastMantra said:

They could be helpful but it seems they've been taken over by a small group that just want to argue. Shame.

yup, on the whole I find the actual information to be useful, however the threads all seem to degenerate into back biting from entrenched positions (on both sides) and settling of past scores. If only there was a way to filter out all the personality crap and distill out the actual information.

There are few (if any) actual medical experts on here as far as I’ve seen and certainly not any that would get involved in an open conversation about it on a guitar forum. All you have is a small group of people arguing out the same old nonsense which has spilled over from other related threads. I really don’t have the time to read up online or disprove every bogus claim, chart or quote copied from google which has appeared in that section.

As with many internet debates it merely comes down to who can type louder. And hey, you can pretend to be extremely intellectual about a subject if you have (the time) to sit on a thread all day with google open on the next browser window.

Hattigol · November 2020

The Coronavirus section makes the Brexit arguments appear well-informed.
Keyboard warriors at their worst.
Awful.

prowla · November 2020

Ironically, this is the only ‘rona thread I see now.

Roland · November 2020

Hattigol said:

The Coronavirus section makes the Brexit arguments appear well-informed.
Keyboard warriors at their worst.
Awful.

It was a useful source of information for two or three weeks. Then the KWs turned up. On the bright side, it does keep them out of Off Topic.

WiresDreamDisasters · November 2020

I'm smart.

Gandalph · November 2020

Great post - maybe the section started out with good intentions but I think it should be taken off the forum now. It’s supposed to be a guitar/music forum ffs!
A few times I’ve stumbled in there and (on the whole) it seems anyone who enters and dares to suggest anything that hasn’t come directly from the bbc/sky news/government, etc is hounded away as a ‘conspiracy theorist’ and told to take their tin foil hat off and do their research.This coming from people who believe independent research involves reading a newspaper or switching on the tv. Amazing!
Been wanting to say that for a while and probably wouldn’t have if sev112 hadn’t initiated this thread so hats off to you mate!

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