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Option to temporarily hide read posts
It would be nice to have an optional feature that filters out posts that a) you have read and b) don't have any new unread comments. When a post gets new comments it should reappear. That way we could see more unread content on the page, but still keep long running topics going. Have it not affect search, so people can still find posts for reference.
I like this idea. When browsing through my feed on reddit, I'll come to the realization that I'm looking st the same crap over and over again. Since the 'hide' button isnt very prominent, I often forget about it. Perhaps a button and visual effect similar to the 'Read' and 'Unread' in email. You could mark a post as read manually or have it be marked read automatically after you open it and it'll grey out/become more see through. That way you can visually distinguish what posts you've looked at by just browsing, and they wont just be gone completely.
We already have it as an option for comments. It's just a matter of extending it to post lists.
Do you think muting the posts visually, rather than hiding them entirely, would do the trick?
That could be a option for people that prefer that style, I suppose. For me personally, once I've read a post and the existing comments and engaged with whatever I'm going to engage with, there's no point in having it take up screen real estate until there is something new. The exception might be reading something and then stewing on it for awhile before deciding what to say. But in that case one can just search for the specific thread.