I hope not, brig. That's exactly one of the things that started happening more recently on BG. Surprise! Today your ignore list doesn't work! Surprise! Today you can't conceal your online status anymore! Surprise! Whatever you could or couldn't do yesterday, you can do now, but probably not tomorrow. Maybe.
Oh, I hear you Lonevoice. I don't do PM's unless I have to, and I don't hit the Karma buttons for those very reasons. I understand how you feel. Even if things never changed on a forum, I am a LITTLE sad to tell you, I know who my haters are, and you know why, I'm sure. Yes, you got it, I get a copy of the PM messages from my "bellgab friend", that my hater pm'd to them within minutes. LOL And no, they will never know I saw what they said. I think you're the first bellgabber that I've typed that too.
