@Admin/mods have you got any input on the subject...?
I don't have time to read every thread. Therefore, I have to be discriminating in the selection of threads I read. Some threads, I can tell by the title, don't interest me. I don't have any trouble simply not opening them. Even with the discrimination involved, I don't think it has ever been determined by which member was posting.
I understand the concept of twit filters, and on some unruly boards and perhaps certain newsgroups of Usenet, they could be used to decrease the background noise from trolls and flamers. On boards such as ours, much of the concept in the moderating is the elimination of excessive trolling, flaming and disrespect in general. If eliminating a member's input is still important enough to stick them in a twit filter, then apparently our skin is a bit thicker. Otherwise, they'd be gone.
For many years, CPF's members never had a twit filter, nor indicated a need for it. Seeing such a social change is a bit disheartening. I suppose, if the social aspect of a group becomes disagreeable enough to merit filtering out fellow members, such a dissatisfaction with the social climate may merit investigating a more enjoyable climate.
Filtering threads for other reasons just doesn't have an important "feel" to me. I guess the ease with which I simply don't open some make it appear to me that others could likely not open them as easily.
That's just all personal opinion though. It doesn't mean anything more than personal opinion.
You will no longer see their posts or threads they start. 
