kill file
(Internet slang) A user's file listing the users of a newsgroup whose postings are to be ignored, or other criteria for ignoring posts.
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(Internet slang) A user's file listing the users of a newsgroup whose postings are to be ignored, or other criteria for ignoring posts.
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(transitive, Internet slang) To add (a user) to a kill file ().
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An ignorelist — also known as a kill file — is an internet term for a personal block list used in forums, newsgroups, and chat systems to filter out posts or messages from specific users you've decided aren't worth your time. Predating modern block and mute buttons by decades, the ignorelist was the old-school way of maintaining your sanity in early online communities. Adding someone to your ignorelist meant their words simply vanished from your view — silent, invisible, gone.