All hail the mighty ignore list, silencer of dissention, censor of questions, ensurer of the one true path.
You forgot "starver of trolls"
I don't think it functions very well in that regard.
Maybe.
I mostly use it so the browsing bitcointalk.org is safe for work. Posters who only seem to produce profanity laden posts? Well, welcome to my ignore list, you fucking foulmouthed cunts.
That post made my day. If I could get a Sean Connery voice to read it...