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Feature request: Filter out new accounts (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world
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Please could you add a toggle to filter out posts by new accounts? My feed often contains low-effort links to news articles, always posted by new accounts. I've filtered out the users, but they just get new accounts on other instances to continue.

Please comment if you'd also like this feature added!

(Edited to add screenshots of new accounts, and my blocklist containing another low effort user)

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[–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

Good point about the unintended consequences for genuine new accounts, and how spammers will find another way to spam. I guess that's why a toggle for filtering new accounts would allow the end user to decide what they want to see.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Yeah I don't oppose the toggles, just seeing the unintended consequence. IE if most users disable accounts under 1 week old... then most new users will think no one looks at their posts... and give up, before they have a chance to learn that's what's going on. It's kind of the fear because it's not those who use the setting that actually see the negative consiquence, besides the possibility of no growth in the platform as a whole (due to people leaving discouraged).

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