A real 'block' option would be nice on the threadiverse. Right now all we have is a glorified 'mute' button. A block, to me at least, implies that the blocked person can't see or interact with my posts or comments (and not simply that I can't see their posts/comments).
It might complicate things if people who block each other post the same link to a community though. And I assume that federation likely makes implementing this more difficult as well ... but still, it would be nice!
Oof, I knew what this link was gonna be before I clicked it. Maybe even the option to restrict up/downvotes to subscribers as well - the pile-on the OP was getting there was ridiculous (although tbf their post was not within the community in question)
If PieFed is going to hide things that get heavily downvoted, then avoiding brigading seems necessary.
The problem seems like it's pretty accurately described here, but the proposed solution (make AI, but like, make it less bad!) rests on the assumption that we're better off with GenAI than without it. Or that it's even capable of functioning as a reliable transmitter & synthesiser of information. Or that there wouldn't be unintended consequences due to our well-meaning fiddling.
oh sorry, yes!