said by Jehu:Ya, but that's a different request than this one. This is just to turn of IMs, not create a whitelist.
Also, this is not a contextual request as has been discussed in previous threads. It is a simple on/off switch.
I don't really care why a person may choose to turn off IMs, but there's no harm in doing so.
I have to agree with you and that's the only reason I signed for it and I don't really think it's such a "needed feature" that nil should have to go to all the trouble of setting up the capabilities of a block-all, blacklist, whitelist, my opinion is it should be a simple all or nothing feature since the block user feature works perfectly well for anyone else who only wants to block a few people.
If people are wanting something more complex with the ability to have a whitelist, blacklist, "I just want to block annoying people" list, it should have been stated in the OP but I think it would be more trouble than what it's worth but heck, if someone wants to do all the hard work, I still would have no problem with it, I don't think the feature whether implemented or not will make or break the site.