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Is there a way to block a community without going to it's page? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 months ago by ommorsi@lemmy.ca to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
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Hi, I am new to Lemmy and I just need help with something kinda QoL-ish. Is it possible to look at a post on the homepage IE http://lemmy.ca, and block the community it is coming from?

I don't want to have to manually click on the community and go to its page every time I want to block one. Is there like an extension or a specific UI mode that lets you do this? Thanks!

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[–] ommorsi@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Thank you everyone for your client recommendations!

Edit: The Alexandrite web interface allows you to block a community by pressing the three dots next to a post, and this is what I ended up using.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think the web front-end doesn't, but most clients do. No idea why they are making a feature available through the api that they don't use themselves, but that's what it is.

My client of choice is Sync, but really most of them do the trick.

[–] ommorsi@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Huh, kinda weird that it isn't a feature on the web version. I guess I will look for a good client.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah no idea why. Would be trivial to add it to the context menu where you can block the user, hide post etc.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

Feel free to open a merge request

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

I'm on eternity on android and you can do that when viewing a post

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Connect has a block list where you can add instances and coms without going to them.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

there is a "block" section in your profile...

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I'm using ~~Pachii~~ Connect as my client and each post has a "Block Community" option.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But you can also block without going into community as asked here using block list.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 points 4 months ago

You don't need to open the post or go into the community to block it using the method I mentioned.

[–] ommorsi@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Could you link me to that? I can't seem to find it.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Doh, Pachii is on Mastodon.

Connect is what I meant:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect

[–] ommorsi@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks!

[–] rglullis@communick.news -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wait, how many communities do you need to block every day for this to be an issue?

[–] ommorsi@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm mostly blocking news/politics stuff because sometimes ignorance is bliss.

[–] rglullis@communick.news 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

wouldn't it be easier to stop browsing by all and only see the things you want to see?

[–] ommorsi@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not always, I like to sometimes be pleasantly surprised by a community that I didn't know existed without seeing the latest tragic event, political catastrophe, or Elon Musk post along the way that I am all too well aware of. I have nothing against these communities, it's just not the stuff I want to see right now.

[–] rglullis@communick.news 2 points 4 months ago

Fair enough. I think I'd rather be more mindful of what "mode" I am browsing around. I stick with only the subscribed communities, and whenever I am in the mood for something new, I take some time to browse around the instances to see what's out there. Browsing by all and then blocking all the crappy stuff seems to me like a constant effort with very little potential reward.

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There's some new lemmynsfw uber-kink community every like...hour, with some dude shoving pickle jars up his ass or whatever; so...thousands, so long as this list doesn't have an upper limit. Sorry, I don't want pretend-jailbait porn or pickle-jar dude in my /all