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by generalizations 1311 days ago
> If you try to "keep them around", then you have to say that these are reasonable ideas.

There is a giant middle ground between mocking an idea and accepting that it's reasonable, which you are ignoring.

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Something like "your ideas are completely wrong, but we won't mock you for them"?
Something like: This person gets put in my personal ignore filter, which over time will get better at predicting who and what I want ignored. I can always go back and review what's being ignored and make changes. Individuals and their content can be ignored separately, so "I don't like this topic" doesn't ban someone who I like to engage with on other topics.

I'll also tag this person as a flat-earther so my computer will learn to cluster similar content, so I can query "flat-earther" when I want a chuckle.

Sounds like creating your own email spam filter. Maybe that could work, but it doesn't seem likely.