I think so. When I distanced myself from reddit in favor of Hubski, the filtering was one of the things I liked right off the bat. On Reddit, the better subs are the smaller ones, but uninvolved moderators and one bad poster could ruin it. Filtering users and subs will improve Reddit. I think. Next they need to eliminate downvoting.If Reddit used a similar filtering and blocking system as Hubski, would it work?
If Reddit implemented tagging and tag filtering, the quality of the place would improve immediately. It's possible to blacklist subreddits, and maybe users, but I would love to have an easy way to remove entire topics from my front page. I can't stand GG nonsense and its derivatives, but I have to put up with it, because it shows up every now and then on gaming subs. I could filter keywords, but I'd have to find what words are used in titles I don't want to see, but not words that I want to never see in a title. People throw fits when characters boobs get smaller, but I don't want to never see "boobs" in a title.