Unsubscribe from users without blocking them - Is it possible, at all? If so, how?

Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Dicska@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨support@lemmy.world⁩

There is one user in particular that I have no problem with otherwise, but they are just spamming a lot of the communities that I follow, and they remind me of some mid tier Reddit material that you either typically scroll over, or stop to see once, and then you regret your choice.

I have no problem with this account commenting (which they do), so I don’t want to block them entirely; I just wouldn’t like to see their posts.

I might be blind but I couldn’t find an option for that. I’m mainly talking about the desktop environment of lemmy.world.

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Skavau@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
This bleeds into a function I’ve proposed in other contexts in the past for a soft-mute vs. block. I don’t believe Lemmy offers variability here.

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- Dicska@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I was afraid this would be the answer. But at least I know it’s not just me - thanks!
  
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  - Skavau@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    You can hide individual posts on Piefed right now, but I guess that’s not quite what you want.
    
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givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I don’t think you can separately block posts/comments.

But I wish we could for the opposite reasons. Lots of people post pretty good articles, but have terrible takes.

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- Dicska@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Haha, especially then! I wonder what’s preventing the dev(s?) from making this possible.
  
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  - daannii@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I’ve considered two reasons why Lemmy user and mod functions are very limited.
    
    Cost to bring in programmers to add these features. And
    
    Reddit may sue Lemmy over making their platform more similar.
    
    As someone who first started using reedit around 2010, I do recall that most of the features were added with a big update at some point a few years later. Called “new reddit”. And then additional mod features where also added over time.
    
    Lemmy isn’t as old and probably doesn’t bring in the same amount of revenue.
    
    Especially since reddit used to sell reddit gold which also was a major source of income. And allowed them to invest in software designers.
    
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