On social platforms in general you can run among some offensive content. How can Lemmy users avoid rule breakers on Lemmy and viewing certain content. Preferably without running into the rule offending comment and then having to block a user.

Is it better for users to view posts at latter dates, or the day the post is out the comments start coming? What can the user do to avoid such content. Are their steps the user can take before a moderator reviews a post such as word filters?

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
    16·
    6 hours ago

    Edit: Lemmy cannot filter words, but some apps and alternative frontends can.

    Lemmy can filter words, users, communities, or entire instances, if you know what you’re blocking for. Often illegal or excessive content will get reported by other users who browse new before it hits hot or active. But without forcing everything posted under a moderator review first, I’m not sure you could achieve perfect preemptive filtering.

    This is Voyager’s filter settings, they should be accessible through the Web UI settings too.

    • Rob200@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      3·
      7 hours ago

      I don’t think the web ui has the keyword block function, but some lemmy apps seem to. I couldn’t find it on the web ui atleast.

    • Asudox@programming.dev
      31·
      5 hours ago

      Lemmy does not support blocking posts, users, instances, communities or comments via keywords natively. That is a client sided feature of Voyager.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        7 hours ago

        Huh I see, but I wonder it appears to sync with the website? Is this coordinated outside the lemmy server? I did just learn the keyword filtering is unique to the apps.

        • Asudox@programming.dev
          2·
          6 hours ago

          I don’t know. But Lemmy does not block based on keyword natively. You can just add them manually, but no automatic blocking is possible yet.