Ability to hide posts that I have previously written, repeated, favorited, replied to, or have otherwise interacted with. #299

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opened 2023-04-15 05:58:18 +00:00 by Lunatech · 0 comments

Lunatech commented

2023-04-15 05:58:18 +00:00

The idea

I would very much like to see a setting or settings that allow you to hide posts that you have previously seen. Insofar as is possible I don't want to see a post more than once. So if I wrote it (and someone else repeated it), or or repeated or favorited it, or interacted with it in any way, or if the system has some other way to tell that I have already seen a post then I REALLY don't want to see it again, not even if some time has passed since the last time I saw it.

The only other issue I see that is even remotely similar is #259.

I realize that some of this may be more difficult than parts. For example, there may simply not be any realistic way to identify duplicate posts. But the system apparently can tell which posts I have repeated or favorited, because for example on repeated posts it shown my user icon and name and says "repeated" at the top of the post. And it obviously knows if I authored a post, and in that case I only want to see it once so I can check it for mistakes, not every time someone else repeats it (at least not in my home timeline). So at least there should be some way to not show me those posts again. This is a case where half a loaf would be better than nothing, so anything you can easily do to hide even some of the posts I've already seen would be very much appreciated.

The reasoning

Because it already takes too long to read through the timeline, and showing me posts I have already repeated discourages me from repeating anything because I know I'm going have to see it again. There's a perverse incentive to interact as little as possible because if you do anything that generates another post you know it's going to show up again in your timeline.

Basically the reason for wanting this is to reduce clutter in the timeline. What I really hate is when you see the same post close to a dozen times or more because other people keep repeating/boosting it. I have heard that some phone clients are able to suppress the display of these duplicate posts but I'm still hoping for a web-based client will offer that ability.

Have you searched for this feature request?

I have double-checked and have not found this feature request mentioned anywhere.
This feature is related to the pleroma-fe Akkoma frontend specifically, and not the backend.

### The idea I would very much like to see a setting or settings that allow you to hide posts that you have previously seen. Insofar as is possible I don't want to see a post more than once. So if I wrote it (and someone else repeated it), or or repeated or favorited it, or interacted with it in any way, or if the system has some other way to tell that I have already seen a post then I REALLY don't want to see it again, not even if some time has passed since the last time I saw it. The only other issue I see that is even remotely similar is #259. I realize that some of this may be more difficult than parts. For example, there may simply not be any realistic way to identify duplicate posts. But the system apparently can tell which posts I have repeated or favorited, because for example on repeated posts it shown my user icon and name and says "repeated" at the top of the post. And it obviously knows if I authored a post, and in that case I only want to see it once so I can check it for mistakes, not every time someone else repeats it (at least not in my home timeline). So at least there should be some way to not show me those posts again. This is a case where half a loaf would be better than nothing, so anything you can easily do to hide even some of the posts I've already seen would be very much appreciated. ### The reasoning Because it already takes too long to read through the timeline, and showing me posts I have already repeated discourages me from repeating anything because I know I'm going have to see it again. There's a perverse incentive to interact as little as possible because if you do anything that generates another post you know it's going to show up again in your timeline. Basically the reason for wanting this is to reduce clutter in the timeline. What I really hate is when you see the same post close to a dozen times or more because other people keep repeating/boosting it. I have heard that some phone clients are able to suppress the display of these duplicate posts but I'm still hoping for a web-based client will offer that ability. ### Have you searched for this feature request? - [x] I have double-checked and have not found this feature request mentioned anywhere. - [x] This feature is related to the pleroma-fe Akkoma frontend specifically, and not the backend.