86 votes

Tildes post please ignore (no seriously, use the ignore feature!)

Posted by kfwyre
Tags: self post, help, advice, features, ignore

A lesser known feature of Tildes that is VERY useful:

You can ignore any topic on Tildes! There are two ways to do it:

  • From the main page, click Actions ▼ then Ignore this post

  • From the topic itself, click Ignore

The topic will leave your feed, never to be seen again (unless you want to or made a mistake, in which case you can see it under Your ignored topics on your user page and remove it from your ignore list).

Use this to cut down on clutter from your feeds by eliminating high-activity topics you are not interested in.

It will also mute notifications from that topic as well, so it’s a good way of disengaging from a conversation if you wish.

I saw a few longtime users in other threads who were unaware of this feature until today, so I figured I’d make the PSA.

Go ahead everyone, try it on this post!

Ignore it, PLEASE!

31 comments

  1. [2]
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    1. kfwyre
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      HAHAHA I TRICKED YOU USING REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY SO NOW YOU WILL DEFINITELY GET NOTIFICATIONS FOR THIS TOPIC AND WILL THUS BE FORCED TO READ THIS: You are lovely and I’m happy that you’re here.

      HAHAHA I TRICKED YOU USING REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY SO NOW YOU WILL DEFINITELY GET NOTIFICATIONS FOR THIS TOPIC AND WILL THUS BE FORCED TO READ THIS:

      You are lovely and I’m happy that you’re here.

      17 votes
  2. [6]
    smoontjes
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    It's a useful feature but I would much rather it wasn't a dropdown menu. Quick mock-up to illustrate how I'd change it: https://i.imgur.com/FAOxkIB.png PS: I am totally not one of the long-time...

    It's a useful feature but I would much rather it wasn't a dropdown menu.

    Quick mock-up to illustrate how I'd change it:

    https://i.imgur.com/FAOxkIB.png

    PS: I am totally not one of the long-time users that didn't see this option before today!

    11 votes
    1. [4]
      cfabbro
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      Horizontal space is especially limited on mobile, and there is already lots of more important info to display on that line. I imagine that's why its in a drop-down rather than always visible like...

      Horizontal space is especially limited on mobile, and there is already lots of more important info to display on that line. I imagine that's why its in a drop-down rather than always visible like in your mockup.

      6 votes
      1. [2]
        Tanglebrook
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        I'd argue that Ignore is a more important feature than Bookmark on Tildes with its bump system, and I'd prefer that Bookmark was hidden. But the functions are quite spread out (on my S23 at...

        I'd argue that Ignore is a more important feature than Bookmark on Tildes with its bump system, and I'd prefer that Bookmark was hidden. But the functions are quite spread out (on my S23 at least), and could definitely fit another.

        10 votes
        1. kaylon
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          I think both bookmarking and ignoring could fit on the real estate. But if one had to be hidden (for mobile reasons), I think Bookmark should be hidden and Ignore should be at the top. This could...

          I think both bookmarking and ignoring could fit on the real estate. But if one had to be hidden (for mobile reasons), I think Bookmark should be hidden and Ignore should be at the top.

          This could also have dangerous implications such as a malicious apple shadow-banning someone's post. But considering that ample attention is given to tag filtering, I think having Ignore be readily available would emphasise stepping away from convos that are not wanted.

          Sorry I am 2 weeks late, I was not on Tildes :p

          3 votes
      2. smoontjes
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        I'm not a designer, it's just a little thing that I would change if I could - also didn't even think about mobile..! Space on my 27" monitor is plentiful, so much so that I put the browser in a...

        I'm not a designer, it's just a little thing that I would change if I could - also didn't even think about mobile..! Space on my 27" monitor is plentiful, so much so that I put the browser in a window to make the screenshot narrower lol

        1 vote
    2. Zealotte
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      I had the same request. TemulentTeatotaler was nice enough to make a script for TamperMonkey to do just that. You can find it here: https://tildes.net/~tildes/16h8/lazy_userscript#comment-8ubv

      I had the same request. TemulentTeatotaler was nice enough to make a script for TamperMonkey to do just that.

      You can find it here: https://tildes.net/~tildes/16h8/lazy_userscript#comment-8ubv

      2 votes
  3. [4]
    Algernon_Asimov
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    How could we possibly ignore our beloved bringer of interesting questions?

    How could we possibly ignore our beloved bringer of interesting questions?

    7 votes
  4. Wulfsta
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    Thanks for the useful information, bookmarked! /noise

    Thanks for the useful information, bookmarked!

    /noise

    6 votes
  5. kfwyre
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    Bumping this because There are new users who might benefit from it, and everyone else who doesn’t want to see it again has already ignored it, right? 😆

    Bumping this because

    1. There are new users who might benefit from it, and
    2. everyone else who doesn’t want to see it again has already ignored it, right? 😆
    6 votes
  6. [5]
    chocobean
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    Muhahahaha goodbye sports posts.

    Muhahahaha goodbye sports posts.

    5 votes
    1. [4]
      Eyedontno
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      You can unsubscribe from ~sports and any other topic group. Just go to that topic and there should be an unsubscribe button.

      You can unsubscribe from ~sports and any other topic group. Just go to that topic and there should be an unsubscribe button.

      11 votes
      1. [3]
        cfabbro
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        You can also filter out topic tags in your settings... so if, for example, you still want to subscribe to ~sports but just don't want to see American football topics you can add american football...

        You can also filter out topic tags in your settings... so if, for example, you still want to subscribe to ~sports but just don't want to see American football topics you can add american football to your filters.

        cc: @chocobean

        5 votes
        1. [2]
          Vapid
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          I wish the opposite was possible. I don't want to subscribe to ~sports, but I want to sub to the formula1 tag :p

          I wish the opposite was possible. I don't want to subscribe to ~sports, but I want to sub to the formula1 tag :p

          2 votes
          1. cfabbro
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            Yeah, that's been suggested and discussed before, and IIRC it's in the backlog of feature requests (if not, I will add it later). For now you can just visit ?tag=formula_1 and bookmark it though.

            Yeah, that's been suggested and discussed before, and IIRC it's in the backlog of feature requests (if not, I will add it later). For now you can just visit ?tag=formula_1 and bookmark it though.

            4 votes
  7. [2]
    Lohrun
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    Subscribed for more content +1

    Subscribed for more content +1

    5 votes
    1. Kenny
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      You can filter topic tags from your feed, too.

      You can filter topic tags from your feed, too.

      4 votes
  8. [7]
    dcormier
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    Should it immediately vanish, or is it expected that I should have to reload the page?

    The topic will leave your feed

    Should it immediately vanish, or is it expected that I should have to reload the page?

    3 votes
    1. [6]
      cfabbro
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      You need to refresh. But that's only because Tildes intentionally uses minimal Javascript to keep the site as fast and lightweight as possible.

      You need to refresh. But that's only because Tildes intentionally uses minimal Javascript to keep the site as fast and lightweight as possible.

      9 votes
      1. [5]
        Lohrun
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        It’s definitely possible to add some niceties like @dcormier suggested while maintaining minimal Javascript. I’ve done web dev professionally and lately I’ve been playing with the power of...

        It’s definitely possible to add some niceties like @dcormier suggested while maintaining minimal Javascript. I’ve done web dev professionally and lately I’ve been playing with the power of UserScripts on something like ViolentMonkey. It’s really surprising what you can do with a little bit of JS.

        P.S. we really should make a mega thread on here for people’s suggestions like that. I think it would be great to get some overall community feedback, consolidate it, and make corresponding GitHub issues. Some of the ideas I’ve heard from other users would be really easy to implement but would go a long way for the user experience

        2 votes
        1. [4]
          cfabbro
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          Two steps ahead of you. ;) I'm one of Tildes Gitlab reporters. I regularly add the suggestions people make on ~tildes (and elsewhere) to Gitlab as feature requests there. I have been a bit swamped...

          Two steps ahead of you. ;)

          I'm one of Tildes Gitlab reporters. I regularly add the suggestions people make on ~tildes (and elsewhere) to Gitlab as feature requests there. I have been a bit swamped with handling invites on /r/tildes over the last few days though, so haven't had much chance to do that with all these new suggestions. I will get around to adding them when I am done with the invites though, I promise. :)

          7 votes
          1. [3]
            Vapid
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            I am not asking this out of malice, only curiosity. Is the dev still actively working on Tildes? Looking at the commit activity on GitLab shows there have been very few commits over the last two...

            I am not asking this out of malice, only curiosity. Is the dev still actively working on Tildes? Looking at the commit activity on GitLab shows there have been very few commits over the last two years.

            Maybe I'm ignorant or confused but it makes me a bit worried about the future of Tildes. I'd love to be convinced otherwise ^^

            4 votes
            1. cfabbro
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              He dedicated 3 years of full-time work to Tildes, but we were unfortunately not able to grow enough in that time for him to continue working on it full-time. He has bills to pay, after all. So he...

              He dedicated 3 years of full-time work to Tildes, but we were unfortunately not able to grow enough in that time for him to continue working on it full-time. He has bills to pay, after all. So he has another full-time job now, which is one of the reasons why development has slowed so much. The other being that Tildes is pretty functional as is, or was until this new burst of activity, which may require some new features to help handle. ;)

              But you can read his own word on that here:

              https://tildes.net/~tildes/15q2/is_there_anything_you_dont_like_about_tildes#comment-7yqh

              I think "moved on" makes it sound more drastic than it is—I'm still here every day, but I just don't really post anywhere any more (on Tildes or any other platform). Since I haven't been doing any active development on Tildes there isn't really much of significance to communicate about either.

              The reality is just that everything takes time. You're right that I have a full-time job now, and I'm also married, and own a house, and have friends and hobbies, and so on. For the time I'm spending related to Tildes recently, it's usually dealing with the various stuff in the background that needs to happen, instead of posting. For example, I've currently got over 200 unread emails from the last couple days that I'd like to get through most of today. They're mostly invite requests which don't take long, but it all adds up.

              Tildes may not be the main thing in my life any more like it was for those first few years, but there's still rarely a day when I'm not doing something related to it.

              10 votes
            2. Lohrun
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              That is the benefit of it being open source as well. @cfabbro had also mentioned they are keeping track of bugs and new request features for the repo. Another thing to consider is that with the...

              That is the benefit of it being open source as well. @cfabbro had also mentioned they are keeping track of bugs and new request features for the repo.

              Another thing to consider is that with the new wave of Reddit refugees coming this way, some are bound to be developers such as myself. I’ve seen the stuff just a handful of motivated devs from Reddit can do. I’m hoping once I get some spare time, I’d like to take a look at the code base for Tildes to see if I can lend a hand anywhere.

              I am worried that @Deimos is the only admin here as you should always at least have 1 or 2 contingencies. This is his website and that is his prerogative though.

              4 votes
  9. rish
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    Also you can create filters for specific keywords and posts with those keyword won't show up on your Tildes feed. Like I've added reddit and spez because I'm tired of their drama....

    Also you can create filters for specific keywords and posts with those keyword won't show up on your Tildes feed. Like I've added reddit and spez because I'm tired of their drama.

    https://tildes.net/settings/filters

    3 votes
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