I am trying to consume existing blocklists, and without an equivalent to "silence", I have to choose to either be more strict or less strict than those lists suggest.
Describe the solution you'd like.
I would like to be able to block posts and media from a given server appearing on my instance's federated timeline and hashtags (when those are available) without entirely preventing federation with that server. In particular, I would like existing users to be able to follow accounts by full handle and keep existing follows.
Describe alternatives you've considered.
Currently, I don't moderate those servers at all. The other option would be to completely defederate (suspend).
Even more granular controls for federation would be nice, especially if importing a blocklist CSV could map from "silence" to the correct set of options.
Additional context.
This is a feature Mastodon and some other implementations have, and it's a nice bit of nuance.
tsmethurst
commented
1 year ago
Is your feature request related to a problem ?
I am trying to consume existing blocklists, and without an equivalent to "silence", I have to choose to either be more strict or less strict than those lists suggest.
Describe the solution you'd like.
I would like to be able to block posts and media from a given server appearing on my instance's federated timeline and hashtags (when those are available) without entirely preventing federation with that server. In particular, I would like existing users to be able to follow accounts by full handle and keep existing follows.
Describe alternatives you've considered.
Currently, I don't moderate those servers at all. The other option would be to completely defederate (suspend).
Even more granular controls for federation would be nice, especially if importing a blocklist CSV could map from "silence" to the correct set of options.
Additional context.
This is a feature Mastodon and some other implementations have, and it's a nice bit of nuance.