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user-inactivated  ·  3127 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hi, I'm new here

    Two basic questions: is it possible to choose which tags I want to see? And is it possible to preview the reply before posting it?

I'm not jleopold, but I'll be happy to help as well.

You can do a few things with users, tags, and domains. Following any of the three ensure they show up in your feed. Filtering them not only makes them invisible in your feed, but on global as well. Filtering names and domains is particularly useful for spammers. I will say it's best to be judicious when it comes to filtering, especially tags. You can miss out on some pretty interesting stuff if you filter out too much.

As far as I know, there is now way to preview a post or a comment. However, you can edit to your heart's content and there is no time restriction on editing.





FuzzyWords  ·  3127 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thank you, are the filters persistent? How do I configure them?

user-inactivated  ·  3127 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So, when you click on a tag or domain you'll be taken to a page that has posts that also include that tag or domain. Towards the top, you'll see two text buttons. One that says "Follow X" and another that says "Filter X". Click those to get the desired result. If you follow something, every time it appears it'll show up in blue.

To unfollow a tag or domain, click it again and you'll see a new text button that says "Unfollow X." That's pretty self explantory.

To follow or filter a user, click on their profile. Towards the top, you'll see a button that says "Follow Username." Click that to follow them. To filter them, scroll further down to where you see the moderation tools. Click the box that says "filter" and hit "update."

If you ever want to unfiltered something, at any time or any reason, go to your personal profile and click "settings." You'll see a column called "filters." Click that, find the person, domain, or tag you want to unfiltered and click the "unfilter" button next to it.