That's it. Our instance requires us to stop responding if you explicitly ask us to. It's right here buried in our Code of Conduct
Any discussions may be opted out of by disengaging.
In the past, this rule has only applied to the specific user you say it to. I'd like to suggest going forward that if someone on another instance uses it, we treat it as applying to all of us.
Unfortunately this rule wasn't communicated clearly before, so I'm making this post for visibility.
Edit: As the comments clarify, this has to be done in good faith, typically just a one word "disengage" comment. If you add more stuff to the discussion and then say "disengage" at the end, you're not disengaging, it's a way to put a stop to a toxic argument not to get the last word in.
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It's not a bit, this is a site rule that has been around for a long time though not everyone's heard about it. It was primarily for before we had a block feature but it's still in effect.
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Replying after someone says "Disengage" is against the rules and the mods will remove it (unless it's like an obvious wrecker)
Yeah i think something like that would make it clearer.
Makes sense if it was introduced before blocking, but I don’t see the point after the fact. The person who’s done with a conversation can say they’re disengaging, then block or turn off notifications and forget about it. Shouldn’t prevent others from continuing the conversation at that spot, that’s what forums are for.
Yeah, but that’s not how the rules read nor exactly what they say
Regardless, that's how it works and has been for years.
Yeah, but what the person was saying is that the phrasing out to reflect that and I was agreeing with them
I didn't even know we had terms of service or conduct rules until last week. I thought we'd just been self-policing the whole time and doing the occaisional struggle session.