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PSA: Server admins, you can hide communities from the All feed using /api/v3/community/hide (feddit.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Blaze@feddit.org to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee

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You can do this with /api/v3/community/hide, or in the database by setting community.hidden. Unfortunately this is not available from lemmy-ui yet.

From a comment by nutomic: https://lemmy.ml/comment/16090216

Context: https://lemmy.ca/comment/13891923

Not sure if that feature was known to everyone, so sharing this as its own post.

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Will it hide them from other instances All feed? Because that's where usually the main problem posters come from.

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago

No this only affects your local instance. So it doesnt affect how your communities are shown on other instances, but it lets you hide remote (or local) communities from All.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not sure, I feel like the use case here is more to hide remote communities from your local users, not the other way around

@nutomic@lemmy.ml ?

[–] Alice@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Can't you just make the community Local only ?

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

While I see the usefulness of this, I kinda hate the idea of having to rely upon social contacts to discover communities that would be of interest to me - I'm not terribly social, and I don't keep a collection of online friends. I come out of my hole, look around, get my fix of whatever I need at that moment, then hide away again. Yeah, it's pathetic, but that's my life. Please don't make my world any smaller.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you aware of !newcommunities@lemmy.world ?

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, ty for that. However, that relies upon communities wanting to be found, doesn't it? I'm more concerned with communities that may be forced to keep things quiet due to being out of political favor, social acceptance, or even legality. Especially with the incoming administration, I fear that may be more of a valid concern than in the past. Discussing how to get an abortion in Texas, for an easy example of something that might be targeted.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Indeed. Don't worry, your instance will be fine, nobody is changing any feed for anyone, and I'm sure @rikudou@lemmings.world would ask the instance member feedback before doing anything.

!AskUSA@discuss.online might interest you too

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks - I've subbed & will check it out.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

No worries, I won't be hiding anything. I'm of the opinion that stuff that breaks the rules is removed and any other content is up to individuals to block.

And I'm not US based, the current political scene there doesn't affect me directly. You're free to discuss abortions in Texas all you want on my instance!

Thanks for the ping @Blaze@feddit.org.