lemmy_99c4zb3e3@reddthat.com to Boost For Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat is the difference between blocking and muting user/community/instance?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the difference between blocking and muting user/community/instance?lemmy_99c4zb3e3@reddthat.com to Boost For Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareMjpasta710@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoBlocking users keeps their messages from appearing to you. Blocking an instance removes all user and community communications from your views. There might be more
minus-squarelemmy_99c4zb3e3@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoOk, but what about muting? Is it boost specific feature? I don’t see it on the official lemmy website.
minus-squareMjpasta710@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt seems if you block an instance, folks from that instance can still post in other federated servers and be seen. I don’t see an option for ‘muting’ on the midwest.social instance for individual users or other instances. I am guessing it’s Boost or instance specific, where the application would sort back the output and selectively render replies. I don’t know.
Blocking users keeps their messages from appearing to you. Blocking an instance removes all user and community communications from your views. There might be more
Ok, but what about muting? Is it boost specific feature? I don’t see it on the official lemmy website.
It seems if you block an instance, folks from that instance can still post in other federated servers and be seen.
I don’t see an option for ‘muting’ on the midwest.social instance for individual users or other instances.
I am guessing it’s Boost or instance specific, where the application would sort back the output and selectively render replies. I don’t know.