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First off, I just picked the first name of each level that I saw. Don't be a butthurt baby for no reason, thanks. So... I've seen people ask for user blocking functionality several times, and the usual verdict is 'we don't want to allow the creation of an echo chamber' (which is a valid argument).

That got me thinking about how Poal could make it easier to 'ignore' posts from users without outright removing their posts from the feed, and I came up with the (admittedly simple) idea of turning down the opacity of a post's div with the code below. I know this would take more work on the back-end, but I'm just tossing the idea out there because I would definitely use it.

Thoughts?

var userNames = ['domitiusofmassilia', 'maddmartigan', 'saba', 'professor_de_la_paz', 'timmy', 'wawhite'];
Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.lv0, .lv2, .lv6, .lv20, .lv30, .lv50')).forEach(function (el) {
    if(userNames.some(function (un) { return el.innerHTML.toLowerCase().indexOf(un) >= 0; })) {
        el.closest('.post').style.opacity = "0.2";
    }
}); 
**First off, I just picked the first name of each level that I saw. Don't be a butthurt baby for no reason, thanks.** So... I've seen people ask for user blocking functionality several times, and the usual verdict is 'we don't want to allow the creation of an echo chamber' (which is a valid argument). That got me thinking about how Poal could make it easier to 'ignore' posts from users without outright removing their posts from the feed, and I came up with the (admittedly simple) idea of turning down the opacity of a post's div with the code below. I know this would take more work on the back-end, but I'm just tossing the idea out there because I would definitely use it. Thoughts? ``` var userNames = ['domitiusofmassilia', 'maddmartigan', 'saba', 'professor_de_la_paz', 'timmy', 'wawhite']; Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.lv0, .lv2, .lv6, .lv20, .lv30, .lv50')).forEach(function (el) { if(userNames.some(function (un) { return el.innerHTML.toLowerCase().indexOf(un) >= 0; })) { el.closest('.post').style.opacity = "0.2"; } });

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Are we disagreeing that this is censorship at all?

its more of self censorship.... i.e. sticking your fingers in your ears

its a cool idea dont get me wrong, but i wouldn't use it

Ok I get ya now. To clearly state my point... This is just a QOL change and not censorship. If anything it alerts me even more to posts from users who I've added to the list because their posts stand out from the rest. So ya. disagree.