> If you find my writing to be "passive aggressive," please note my username and ignore (or downvote) everything I write. I admit I haven't really looked to se

> If you find my writing to be "passive aggressive," please note my username and ignore (or downvote) everything I write. I admit I haven't really looked to see if this already exists, but I've occasionally considered writing a filter for HN that would allow users to blackhole other users. And not just hiding with a thin layer, but making them cease to exist. In a hierarchical enivronment like HN it would have the effect of blackholing other people by extension, if they reply, but it's the ultimate way to curate your bubble. Now I'm wondering if I would give it the option to auto-downvote. Ha! Call it the Spite List. Though I do wonder if HN voting algorithms are able to recognize voting patterns like that and discount them. More than just saying "You only get X actual downvotes per day, beyond that the value of each existing downvote decreases as you add more." It should be easy to notice that user X has downvoted user Y multiple times, especially in unrelated conversations.