Want to ignore a thread but not necessarily the person who made the thread??
No problem. The latest (beta) update to my extension will replace those useless status icons on the left of each thread with a checkbox.
Check the box and that thread disappears. And stays disappeared.
Say goodbye to contest threads or any other threads that you don't want to see.
Check out the site for more:
http://www.tycamtech.com/extensions/firefox/ffvb/