From: WYSIWYG - Date: 19 Feb 06 - 09:09 PM Is it an option some boards where you can set a person's posts as invisible to you?
Date: 19 Feb 06 - 09:13 PM Or another option some boards have to auto-report a troubling post to a moderator?
Are you are suggesting using, or emulating, a different message board program?
The Invision Power Boards have both those features (and many more). They'll even host the site on their servers for $120/ year, and up.
My experience has been that most message board users have far too much curiosity to use the "ignore" feature. Some may say that they have put someone "on ignore", but, as they continue to complain about that person's words, it appears that they do peek to see what is happening.
The reporting process simply sends a PM to designated staff members who will then receive an email alert, asking them to read the "offensive" post and make a decision about taking action, or not. As readers of the Mudcat board can email, or PM, designated staff members directly, an auto-report feature would seem to be redundant?