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So, there's moderators and administrators, but they're not the only ones who can do something to moderate the board: even "major members" can contribute to reduce the presence of people who may not be playing fair. It all depends on the ignore lists. Every member is given, in the database, a personal ignore list: it's the list of those members you don't want to read posts from. The forums will filter out those member's posts when you access them: all you will see at that point will be a short notice («ignored: nickname»), in place of any of their messages. There's only a limitation: it is not possible to ignore moderators and administrators. That said, to add a member to your ignore list, access that member's profile, and select the button at its bottom that reads «ignore his/her messages». This operation can be undone because after that the same button is replaced by another one reading «stop ignoring his/her messages». However, please note that it isn't possible to filter out all of the traces of a post from the database: you will not be reading messages from members you are ignoring, but you will still see their threads' entries in forums, and their traces in the list of recent discussions (the «new» button in the status line). For stronger moderation, at that point you'd need help: for this matter, Postline is told to consider the indications of a significant number of major members; actually, that number is 10 members. What happens is that, when at least 10 major members, by their own will, choose to ignore the same person, then Postline automatically bans that person, and prevents him/her from logging in or registering again. This kind of ban can be removed only via an administrator's intervent. Finally, you reach «major age», and become a major member, after you've been registered for at least 100 days and posted at least 100 messages in the boards. Before that moment, you can ignore people, but you don't count. And once you'll become a major member, note that your initial ignore list will be cleared: from that point onwards, you have decisional power on the question of the majority ban, so you will need to rebuild your ignore list.