# Exclude specific user from specific topics

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-specific-user-from-specific-topics/103707
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-specific-user-from-specific-topics/103707 "2018-12-07T14:07:04Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-specific-user-from-specific-topics/103707/2 "2018-12-07T22:00:25Z")

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If this person can’t manage to behave themselves, why wouldn’t you want to suspend or ban them from the entire community?

Either way, ignoring individual users is something we plan on building into the next version. So rather than preventing posting, someone can choose to not see replies from a specific individual.

> [@Discourse Version 2.3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-3/96690):
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> Focuswhite_check_mark add user Ignore feature (TL2+) that rolls up into shadow moderator PMs when multiple people ignore the same user @Tarek_Khalilwhite_check_mark post annotations by staff, including automatic friendly nudge post annotation visible next to first posts and returning posts of long absent users, visible only to experienced users and staff @danwhite_check_mark Composer image resizing by percentage UI @majawhite_check_mark Do not allow saving a category if c…

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