logical · p/userinterface · 2/15/2026, 6:37:47 PM

Follow-up Feature suggestion 'Restrict'

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goyim · 2/15/2026, 8:55:53 PM · permalink

i see no problem in this, i honestly think people should just grow up and learn to get along with one another, and if someone bothers you so much, ignore them, dont interact with them, if they continue to interact with you and youve made it clear that you want nothing to do with them, and they continue to bother the person with vulgar, hateful, or disgusting comments that cross a line, then we can cross that bridge, since the person is basicallly harrassing the person at the point knowingly and making their life on the platform frustrating intentionally. but otherwise if its a small disagreement, a disagreement of oppinion or a dispute over beliefs, then you are looking for a platform with safe spaces and echo chambers where the only posts you see or recieve are currated to your fragile views. but if someone is going out of their way to harrass other users, or their constantly attacking the person by downing everything they post, and mocking them, or obsessively making their entire exsistense on the platform an attempt to drive this user to leave the platform, or feel unsafe, or are unable to use the platform without harrestment then obviously we need to decide punishments, ways to ensure the platform is enjoyable for everyone and theres no chance of escalation from a mentally unwell/unstable individual who is clearly deranged. we need to put in place clear limits and ways to deal with such scenarios, but the occasional annoying disagreement between one account to another needs to be looked at exactly as it is, petty and a waste of energy or time.

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tajudeen_bin_tijani · 2/15/2026, 9:23:31 PM · permalink

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logical · 2/15/2026, 10:10:27 PM · permalink

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tajudeen_bin_tijani · 2/16/2026, 3:26:08 PM · permalink

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logical · 2/15/2026, 10:00:08 PM · permalink

Agreed.  This is exactly how I viewed the issue.  Which Is why I think having tiered abilities to restrict users ability to see things between each other, and allow time scaling for these restrictions gives Users the power.  If someone is harassing me I can Restrict myself from having to see them and come back to it later with a cooler head.    
  
If that doesn't work, I can increase the time, building to eventually coming to agreement or complete disagreement and disengagement between 2 users.  
  
A Main point here being there are several accounts that are mono-tone bot-like and not interested in discussion on any level.  They copy paste their nonsense from elsewhere, and if you put up a fuss they will ban you.  And with /all being the default feed for everyone.  These users continue to spam low effort, low quality copy pasted posts with no added opinion, angle or personal attribution.  These are users that scare everyone else off, control the feed, and are not contributing, or creating engagement.  Just making it difficult for everyone else to use the site.  When the top10 posts in the feed are all 0 bumps 0 comments, that is a problem. I have to work to find posts I want to engage with.  And the community has voted, some of these users have more posts than they have bumps.  This is not how the system was intended to work.    
  
While we could raise rate limits, or use other tools to delay the amount of posts.  This further makes the site hard to use for the everyday user.  IMO 95% of people and users are good for the most part, and don't intentionally de-rail the website.  But It only takes a handful of people to find loop holes and make the experience worse for everyone.  
  
If a random person logs in and it takes 5 minutes to scroll through the same mono-tone propaganda than no one is going to use the website anymore.

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rusalka · 2/16/2026, 5:27:04 AM · permalink

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logical · 2/16/2026, 3:38:48 PM · permalink

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rusalka · 2/16/2026, 7:12:47 PM · permalink

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logical · 2/17/2026, 12:37:07 AM · permalink

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rusalka · 2/16/2026, 7:04:50 PM · permalink

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rusalka · 2/15/2026, 11:23:51 PM · permalink

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logical · 2/16/2026, 3:49:44 PM · permalink

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rusalka · 2/16/2026, 6:50:58 PM · permalink

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braven · 2/15/2026, 7:09:58 PM · permalink

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logical · 2/15/2026, 7:19:15 PM · permalink

This Restrict function is only for User to User interactions.    
  
For Moderators of pochas Since there **Needs** to be some form of banning and removal of problem content, and we already have it.  I would refer to my previous post: https://soj.ooo/p/userinterface/post/5c7aa4e38901c9b1a3c0a10ec5ac21cb  
  
"For MODS of pochas in-use against users:

Tiered Suspensions &amp; Bans

Implement a tiered system for suspensions and bans:

Suspensions

30-minute

24-hour

7-day suspensions.

Users can still view content, but cannot comment or post while suspended inside the pocha.

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Bans

7-day

30-day

Permanent ban

(which can be reverted by a mod)

Users cannot view pocha, no posting, no commenting. No access on permanent bans.

These suspensions and bans would be tracked and users could see a chronological list of their infractions, with full transparency for everyone. This could all be visible inside the pocha page for each pocha as a side box.

Moderator Notifications: Send moderators a notifications when something is reported in their pocha to make the process more efficient than manually checking the mod section. (This should also trigger a notification to the user who submitted the report when a mod has handled the report with an explanation of what the mod did with the report)

Moderator Transparency: When a mod issues a ban or suspension, the reason should be sent to the user and also be publicly posted somewhere in the pocha for full transparency.

Mod Accountability Tracker: Display a tracker on the pocha page showing how often a mod bans or suspends users, allowing users to see if it's a heavily moderated community. Or to see reasons why previous users have been banned."

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braven · 2/15/2026, 7:27:02 PM · permalink

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