There is a flaw in the ignore function, that leads me towards false optimism that there may have been an interesting development on a discussion thread.
If you use the 'What's new' link, it filters out threads with the latest post by people you've ignored; 'New posts' doesn't.
So I can confirm I am a technology idiot. Didn't even see the what's new before now.
I have my own internal ignore facility: it almost instantly filters out shouty links with exclamation marks and semi-literate captions. I don't even need to pause scrolling.
More to the point, I hope you appreciated my use of a semi-colon!
Is it down to old age that you can't manage a whole colon, merely a semi?