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Varun Srinivasan
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We’re considering adding "Block" to Warpcast. Trolly behavior has increased as the network has grown. Some users constantly pile onto people they dislike with quotes and replies. Mute was enough when FC was smaller, but users need better tools. If you're an FC dev, would you want to add block to your app?
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Varun Srinivasan
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Block is difficult to get right in a decentralized way. So the initial version will be a Warpcast level feature. If you block someone: 1. They can't quote cast or reply (using Warpcast) 2. They won't show up in your feed, search or notifications A user's blocklist will be made publicly available over an API so you can integrate it into your applications. If this is something you'd use, please DM me.
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Varun Srinivasan
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The initial version will also have a lot of limitations. For example: 1. The blocked user will be able to see your casts and profile. 2. If you have accepted a DC request, the conversation will still be open. If the feature ends up being used, we will improve it to solve these edge cases and try to make the data available on the protocol.
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Varun Srinivasan
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It's important to remember that block in a decentralized social network will have some fundamental limitations. You cannot prevent someone from seeing your stuff. They can always find another client or read directly from hubs. You also can't prevent someone from replying to you (at the hub level). However, apps can respect your blocklist and filter such posts out.
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Shaya
@shaya
This is much appreciated. I know I wasn’t the only one thinking about this feature but I brought it up in a Dev meeting early this year and Dan’s response was “just mute them”. I understand why he said that and the obvious limitations of this feature, but love to see an initial rollout 👏🏼🙏🏼🤝🏼
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Dan
@seyex.eth
will one be notified if they get blocked by someone?
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Anthony Pete
@odogwupete
Can there be a feature that if the person is blocked they automatically won’t be following you anymore
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