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Social platform Discord announced a new feature today called Ignore. This allows a person to hide any new messages, DMs, server notifications, profiles and activity from selected users without alerting them.

Discord is rolling out the Ignore button to enable users to give themselves space from certain people without their knowledge.

Discord's moderation tools aren't always the best. But now the app finally has a mute feature, called Ignore. This lets you quietly mute and hide someone without them knowing about it at all.

Discord is offering users a new way to block people without the confrontational nature of an actual block. The new feature, called Ignore, is essentially a mute function that can hide annoying or abusive users without attracting unwanted attention — thus avoiding unnecessary anxiety or flare-up drama.

“Ignore” is part of the Discord safety toolbox and is designed to help create space from certain people. It is also designed to help maintain social boundaries in a softer way, Discord writes on its website.