They seem to do the same thing..    • They both make the avatar
of the user small   • They both hide all of the posts of the
user that you are "hide"ing or "ignore"ing   • They both can be
undone if you click either "show posts" or "don't ignore this
user"  Is there any real difference?  And if there isn't any
difference, can we remove one of them so we have just one term
for hiding (or ignoring) a user in chat?  share|improve this
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"Hide posts" just hides them for that 'session' (i.e. you
refresh and they are back!)  "Ignore this user everywhere" is
persistent across rooms / sessions.  On the opposite side of
things, the "show posts" also works for the session. You can
"show posts" to see what the user is saying at that point in
time, but when you refresh they are once again ignored.
share|improve this answer Yes, but "show posts" seems to undo
the ignoring! –  amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A Nov 19 '12 at 20:25
See revised answer –  rlemon Nov 19 '12