What is the difference between mute and block?

Upd: it looks like clarification from Ruben is needed :)

  • kilonova@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I could be wrong but I believe you can still access muted communities via search but they don’t show up in your feed; while blocked communities don’t come up at all.

    • gelberhut@lemdro.idOP
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      1 year ago

      Hm… Could be. Do I understand correctly that “mute” works in boost only? I mean this is a client side feature?

      • Discover5164@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        yes, same as filter in sync

        block on the other end is synchronized between all clients, because that info is stored on your instance

  • Cleridwen@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    I think mute means you won’t be suggested content from this person/community/instance in your various feeds they won’t know you muted them. block does the same, but also prevents that person from interacting with you (can’t send you messages or notifications). I’m not sure what blocking a community would do though.