Two things:
1. Yes, ignoring users is possible. It requires upgrading to phpBB 3, which I have been wanting to do with FlameFans for some time now. Unfortunately my addition of the mobile version of the site made that a much more complicated process than it should be. I'm hoping we can get it done this Summer when things reach the "What'd you have for lunch today?" stage of boring.
B. In regard to this...
Hold My Own wrote:All the guests that only come on here to read and not post will now be forced to sign up in order to get rid of some of the foolishness!
We could force everyone to register in order to read, but we won't go that route. It just ends up killing traffic to the site. I do, however, purge users who register and don't post after a certain period of time.