kbin needs a block button next to magazine names to quickly allow to filter things you're not interested in while browsing

Ideally, id also be able to block an entire instance as well, such as the country/language specific ones where i dont speak the language.

I was literally looking for a way to do that when I came across this post. We REALLY need a way to filter out communities we don't need.
- Do you not use subscriptions...?
- I would feel that would be what the federation section would be used for as well
There's a section for blocked "domains" in your block settings but I've yet to figure out how to block entire instances
- LMAO literally the next post down in my feed had the answer: https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/23632/How-to-block-an-instance-on-a-personal-level#entry-comment-93930
- /d = domain (e.g. so for the lemmygrad.ml domain, you'd use https://kbin.social/d/lemmygrad.ml )
  
  And then there is a block button in the right side panel, next to the Subscribe link. At least, for desktop...
  
  For mobile (even in "desktop site" view), it seems to appear beneath the list of posts/etc rather than as a right side panel. Just use find-in-page and search for "Subscribe"; should be right next to that.
I have sadly just turned federation off since there isn't a easy way block other instances yet.
Yeah this is definitely needed. I am browsing all/active just so I can gather up some magazines I'm interested in but I'm hit with a ton of non-English mags/channels. I'm blocking them as I see them but there are a ton. It's all part of the growing pains for sure so I'm not going to be impatient about it or anything, but this is a needed feature.

Personally, I feel like having the block button constantly appearing next to every magazine name might be overkill. I'd be happy to have an interface like ...

Block
- Block User
- Block Magazine
- Block Instance

... under the "more" menu.

I love this idea. Simple, elegant and not prone to accidental inputs.

with all the garbage out there, this was probably my most favourite function on reddit, filtered out like 80% of the content I wasn't interested in. I think going to a magazine everytime just to block it is just a pain in the ass

that'd definitely be useful. I haven't really blocked any magazines yet, but it would be a good way to clean up the main "all" feed.

I just wish I could hide individual posts that I'm not interested in. Reddit and Squabbles have this, and it makes cleaning up the junk from my feed a lot more convenient.

Sync for Lemmy does this -- it's only on android & unfortunately it doesn't seem like the 'hide' marker persists across devices. that seems to be the issue with everything i've tried

I think a useful option would be if someone could code a pop up dialog showing the magazines info (with the subscribe and block button) that appears when your cursor hovers over the name of the magazines.

You already can! Just open the side bar (over by subscribe/unsubscribe) and click on the stop sign icon to block that magazine

I would think the best course to block a magazine would be on the magazine itself, or like in your screenshot maybe have block options under "more" to prevent accidental clicks. Or add some more whitespace between the title of the magazine and the block option.