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It's not a huge deal, and I know I'm probably going to get the generic "you hate free speech" comment, but I'm just wondering if it's possible? Just sort of a "they can post it if they want to but I'm just not interested in see this type of stuff" kind of thing?

Some of the other "free speech" platforms just let you see everything and then leave it up to you to decide who to mute or block. I enjoy that since it doesn't infringe on that person's right to post what they want yet you also get the choice not to see stuff you don't like. I just didn't see any kind of option for something like that.

If it's not possible will it ever be? If not, why not?

It's not a huge deal, and I know I'm probably going to get the generic "you hate free speech" comment, but I'm just wondering if it's possible? Just sort of a "they can post it if they want to but I'm just not interested in see this type of stuff" kind of thing? Some of the other "free speech" platforms just let you see everything and then leave it up to you to decide who to mute or block. I enjoy that since it doesn't infringe on that person's right to post what they want yet you also get the choice not to see stuff you don't like. I just didn't see any kind of option for something like that. If it's not possible will it ever be? If not, why not?

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Okay so I've managed to finish my duties and I have a few minutes to actually write up a response here.

So I'm not opposed to your idea, I'm really not, however developing such a feature would require a good amount of time investment, I'm not opposed to putting in the work, but I really struggle with the idea, I really considered and thought about it based on the two arguments for it I saw. I'm willing to put in the effort but not today, I have quite a few things on the to do list that rank higher, I'm not saying something like this isn't something we should have but I am saying there are quite a few things we need to do before it. I'm all about people have the choice to choose what they see but that doesn't take priority over me providing more free speech options. So I will add this to the infamous to do list but It'll be a while.

Fair enough, and thanks for taking it into consideration.

For someone like me it's not a huge issue, as I know how to just scroll past posts I don't enjoy. However, it would help to stop the clutter of my feed showing me posts I either find offensive or I'm simply just not interested in seeing.