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That aside, it occurred to me that the site would probably benefit from a function to hide an individual thread or post, or to block (or ignore) a specific user, thereby automatically hiding all of their posts and threads.

This would interfere in the functionality of the forums itself, and hence will absolutely not get any support from me. I've been to sites with such functionality, and it's pretty much broken as far as the flow of things goes.
(For the matter, I also don't endorse giving GMs mod-level power.)

An "ignore" option should optimally just make users unable to PM, VM or ping you directly. (Basically, it'd be a thing to make a somehow undesired user incapable of annoying you privately. If they start littering threads - and actually littering threads, not politely asking something in a thread you just happened to start -, it'll become a mod problem.)

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Could you elaborate on your experiences with this? I don't really understand what you mean.

Probably because this is a writing forum so let's say you Enter an RP and someone you ignored also enters... How are you going to collab with that person if they aren't able to communicate with you?

For a site like this, Blacklist features aren't really the best of features to use. White listing would be more beneficial.
For example: When someone post in an RP, they can only post in the OOC until they have been accepted into a white list for the IC and Char sections.

It's the difference between rewarding people from doing the right job, and punishing people for not doing the right job. One will breed positivity where as the other will breed negativity within the community.

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Could you elaborate on your experiences with this? I don't really understand what you mean.

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This, however, is something that Mahz has been working on for quite some time, to my understanding. When the functionality is implemented, GMs should have near-complete authority over their threads; superseded only by site mods, naturally.

Mahz is working on much, but giving GM powers mod level isn't something currently on his list. It's very controversial, and therefore is subjugate to more pressing matters.