Difference between block and filter? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by Thanks4Nothing@lemm.ee to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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If I block a community, just for example - say I wanted to block syncforlemmy@lemmy.world. Would I use "filter" or "block?" I am having a hard time discerning the two.

I get that blocking something like lemmy.world would block the users comments and such as well.

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[-] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 17 points 2 years ago

Filter is local (app only). Block is global (app and web).

[-] Thanks4Nothing@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Excellent, thanks for the answer. Block it is!

[-] ShunkW@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

This is actually a good question. If I had to guess, I would think it would be that filtering will prevent that community showing in your feed. Blocking it might also prevent notifications like comment replies or something like that.