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Also, if this selected, it will hide any posts you make. I have been saving the posts I make as a favorite until Lemmy fixes this.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like a hide post button. I sometimes want to hide posts, but not usually ones I've interacted with.

[–] garwalut 1 points 1 year ago

I was thinking about that as well. But what Lemmy needs right now are interactions even if it’s just votes.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a feature request here to make this into a more obvious setting, and here to stop counting your own posts as read, plus more ideas here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Just need a "mark read in scroll" for those of us who like fresh content and doomscroll often.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Those first 2 are definitely good enhancements.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hm but then you won't see that the post you were engaging with had new comments since your last visit

[–] Mewtwo 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best method to keep track is save posts as a favorite or use an app, specifically Summit keeps a history of all posts you've visited.

I keep switching between Summit, Jerboa, and Connect

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any functional difference between the 3 apps that you like\dislike ?

[–] Mewtwo 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There have been major updates on each app nearly everyday and the devs are great at intending requests. At first, you could only view posts with no option to post or login.

I really like Jerboa, which has been down the past week after the latest update. It has a clean layout, can be fast, and is the best for posting but lacks in a few areas that the others have.

Connect has been the snappiest, it loads thumbnails and has a more clearly defined "thumbnail click area" to a "title text /comments click area" then other apps.I love to swipe to upvote. But, I frequently get an error some posting, which leads to double posts.

Summit had the best layout, list 2, which feels more comfortable an be the dev said he'll add left handed mode, which would be nearly identical to rif. It has a history feature so I can go back to a post I viewed if I wanted to upvote it still. It didn't always load the thumbnail, but I think that's Lemmy world issue since there's been a lot of lag this week.

Edit: I still frequently use the browser version on my phone to see my notifications and respond to posts, as all the apps give me an error while posting due to the lag.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

There should really be an option to simply hide posts...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

It’s also worth noting that the “Hide Posts” setting also hides your posts too, so if you need to edit a post you’ll have to unhide it.

[–] scarabic 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I hope we come to a better solution than upvoting things to mark them read and make them go away. That generates a lot of noise in the voting data. Say what you want about whether votes are useful for sorting content, but flooding them with garbage data can only make them worse.

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[–] mysoulishome 11 points 1 year ago

I like this however I don’t want to never see a post again when I view it but definitely would like to be able to hide posts or communities manually

[–] TheDubz87 11 points 1 year ago

I'd like to thank you guys with all the YSK post explaining the little intricacies of lemmy. It's been a huge help the past few days to get situated here.

[–] Gold_ghost057 10 points 1 year ago

Thank you for this! Just made the adjustment, I was starting to get a bit annoyed with the same top/ active posts showing for the last day

[–] Opacity9850 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks for the info but will this eventually reflect in wefwef? Because it's the only app I use to surf lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yes. It affected every app that I used so far. The only one I'm not sure is connect for lemmy (android), because it has its own hide read posts settings.

[–] dis_honestfamiliar 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use jerboa. Can someone tell me how to do that? Or suggest an app with such feature?

[–] Mewtwo 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Top left lines, settings, username settings, uncheck show read posts.

[–] dis_honestfamiliar 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the information.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Three lines in top left > settings > [username] settings > scroll down > uncheck "show read posts"

[–] dis_honestfamiliar 3 points 1 year ago

Oh so it is available. Thank you for the information.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

A true hero

[–] arayvenn 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Can anyone confirm if toggling this on web carries over to mobile apps?

[–] Mewtwo 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes it does. It's a hard setting for your Lemmy profile that is applied to your account, which effects your apps. Some apps allow you to change this in the settings.

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[–] tristar 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this! I’ve seen the same few posts in my r/all feed for a couple days now and this completely fixes it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Has dramatically improved my experience on the site

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Game changer holy shit thanks! I assumed I'd have to wait for the app I use to implement that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is super cool shit thanks!

[–] where_am_i 4 points 1 year ago

oh my gad, where have you been all this time?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Atm this is a quite hacky way to do it. Wish it didn't hide your own posts, and only affected active and hot for like a day after seeing the post

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd rather hide the posts that I've downvoted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It does work like that too. So both.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't see this option in kbin.

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[–] qaz 3 points 1 year ago

Will this only hide those posts on the frontpage or also on other pages?

[–] TheMercDeadpool 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a way to change the default comment sort?

[–] Mewtwo 2 points 1 year ago

Not at the moment. You can only select three sort type for posts and your default homepage. But these are in the works.

[–] where_am_i 2 points 1 year ago

oh my gad, where have you been all this time?!

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