Option to mute players logging in and out! Please!

[Betic]

I know there have been plenty of threads on this and there is a current request for it in the bug/idea log, but please! This seems like such an easy thing to implement that would save so much stress! I really want to use the side bar to look at the history of turns in the games I am in, but having it spam with 30+ messages of friends logging in and out is very frustrating! I cannot be the only person that is very annoyed with this, and the fact that it seems like such and easy simple thing to just implement an option to ignore user status when they log in/out?

This is not a small ask... This is a big ask! Please if anyone else is having an issue with this and wants to see the change, reply to this. Let them see how many of us really want to see this change go in!

[Kayvon]

This has been discussed quite a bit.

Here are a few threads you might be interested in perusing that already cover this exact idea.
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35734
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31843
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23115
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20826
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20696
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15792

[GTSchemer]

BGA does not seem interested in it, for whatever reason.

It's long been asked for, there's a Firefox and Chrome extension that does it among other features, and some devs manually mute it on the games they develop.

[Meeplelowda]

Let them see how many of us really want to see this change go in!

You are in for a very rude awakening if you believe getting features implemented on here is a popularity contest.

Exhibit 1: Go look at the most upvoted requests on the Bugs & Suggestions page. The feature you want has already been requested and has 727 votes as of now. And it's not even the most upvoted request!

Exhibit 2: This thread with over 900 replies and over 2.5 million views.

[GTSchemer]

I know there have been plenty of threads on this and there is a current request for it in the bug/idea log, but please! This seems like such an easy thing to implement that would save so much stress! I really want to use the side bar to look at the history of turns in the games I am in, but having it spam with 30+ messages of friends logging in and out is very frustrating! I cannot be the only person that is very annoyed with this, and the fact that it seems like such and easy simple thing to just implement an option to ignore user status when they log in/out?

This is not a small ask... This is a big ask! Please if anyone else is having an issue with this and wants to see the change, reply to this. Let them see how many of us really want to see this change go in!

Just to provide a link, this is the main fan extension which works on Firefox and Chrome: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30509

[Betic]

Thank you for pointing out the extension!!! Huge win. Not only does it mute the friends activity, it just has so many other features that are so nice to have!!

[skoki]

Hide friends online/offline status using adblock extension

Easy solution is to make a cosmetic filter within your adblocker. The following code should work in adblock, uBlock's and probably others.
In the code below replace

[ IS OFFLINE STRING] and [ IS ONLINE STRING]

with the very exact strings that are displayed in your language (without the [] brackets), and then add these two, edited lines of code to "My filters" within adblock extension.

boardgamearena.com#?#div#logs > div.log > div.roundedbox:has-text(/[ IS OFFLINE STRING]$/):upward(.log)
boardgamearena.com#?#div#logs > div.log > div.roundedbox:has-text(/[ IS ONLINE STRING]$/):upward(.log)

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For English ready code is:

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boardgamearena.com#?#div#logs > div.log > div.roundedbox:has-text(/ is now offline$/):upward(.log)
boardgamearena.com#?#div#logs > div.log > div.roundedbox:has-text(/ is now online$/):upward(.log)

For Polish working code is: (Kod do użycia dla polskiej wersji językowej portalu BGA)

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boardgamearena.com#?#div#logs > div.log > div.roundedbox:has-text(/ jest offline$/):upward(.log)
boardgamearena.com#?#div#logs > div.log > div.roundedbox:has-text(/ jest online$/):upward(.log)

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If it breaks the forum/BGA rules please let me know and I will remove it.