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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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ive always said blocking users pigeon holes you,

there was a addon for voat a long time called ago called ave, it had a neat stuff in it but i think it was abandoned

https://voat .co/v/ave

I agree, but this method just sort of 'dims' the users post so when you're skimming the list for something interesting its easier to ignore trolls and what not.

naw, i get it

the big blocks can get crazy in /all/new generally when i post videos or whatever im manually doing it. alot of the music i i post i skim thru and treat it like a bookmark... figuring hey someone else might like it. same with videos

but i just keep scrolling

It's not even that. I enjoy the long blocks of posts from users. Most everyone has a loose genre that they post in, and I know what to expect when those users are posting a lot. This would be for people like hans and/or the sad troll who keeps creating names like 'poalsucksdick.'