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Upon reflection I think the functionality has some issues and I have brought those up with the developer.

In most cases, just ignoring someone's posts should be enough. It's a simple idea. Someone is annoying and having that person on ignore removes the annoyance. Fair enough. I think we can all relate to that. Nobody wants to be a part of a community where they feel constantly annoyed or irritated by someone else. It's a reasonable way to deal with a difficult situation.

However, blocking someone else from seeing your own posts is really something that should be something quite rare. The problem with this functionality at the moment is that it's either all of nothing. I'm not sure if that is apparent to everyone who is adding people to their ignore list. At the moment, either there is no two-way ignore or everyone on your ignore list is two-way ignored.

Here's the option in your Ignoring settings.

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As you can see, if it is enabled everyone you ignore is also blocked from seeing your own posts. I'm not sure I'm happy with that. A two-way ignore should be an action of last resort and only used in circumstances where someone you find intolerable won't stop commenting on your posts in a way that is causing you serious irritation.

I would suggest that most people uncheck this option for now. I have asked the developer if he would consider separating the functionality so that you can ignore most people, but have the option of a two-way ignore in rare circumstances that you believe warrant it.