Google+ adds 'Ignore' option for users

Users of Google's upcoming social network Google+ may soon get a middle ground of sorts between seeing less of what a person is doing and blocking them outright by clicking on the "Ignore" option. Google's Olga Wichrowska said the "Ignore" option can spare a Google+ member from seeing what an "ignored" person is sharing. "Ignoring someone is basically saying you’re just not interested – maybe you don’t know them, or maybe you don’t want to see what they’re sharing," she said in a Google+ post. She said that when a Google+ member ignores someone, they won't:

• see any of ignored person's posts in the Incoming stream
• get notifications about their activities
• see them on your Circles page

People who had been ignored in Google+ will not be notified, Wichrowska said. She said the Ignore option can be accessed from Notifications in the Google+ bar, or the Notifications stream; or from Incoming. It can also be accessed from a Google+ member's Circles page. "Just highlight them, and click ignore," she said. "If you change your mind you can always find the list of people you’ve ignored under More Actions on the Circles page. You can un-ignore directly from here, or by adding people back to a circle," she said. Ignoring vs blocking Wichrowska said blocking someone is much stronger than Ignoring them. "It’s basically saying you don’t want anything to do with them on Google+," she said. Blocking someone on Google+ will lead to a number of things, including:

• The blocked person is removed from your circles and your extended circles
• You won’t see any of their new posts in the Stream
• They won’t see anything you share with your circles
• They can’t comment on your posts

Wichrowska said they are working to improve both Ignore and Block in the next few weeks. — LBG, GMA News