I really do believe the issue will simply go away as soon as you truly IGNORE those you have an issue with.

It seems as though your intention to ignore is over ridden by your curiosity/desire/need to know what is being said....hence there is no ignoring in place.

I have several on my ignore list. Because of past experience/reasons I put them there, I have absolutely no interest in what they are saying. One only needs to read a word or two in the title box to know who the thread author is. And even if one opens the thread the content will not be shown....only responses from those not blocked.

You simply need to activate the ignore option and then DO NOT ENGAGE. The problem will go away.

But this is all pretty obvious.....is it not?