Blocking/ignoring/archiving/hiding channels

Channels in your address book can have the status ‘ blocked’, ‘ ignored’,‘ archived’ or ‘ hidden’. There is a filter on your connection page that displays the channels with these statuses.

You can change the status of a channel on the pages for editing connections.

The meaning:

Blocked: The channel cannot read your items, regardless of permissions, and it cannot write to your channel.

Ignored: The channel can read your items if it is authorised to do so, but it cannot write to your channel.

Hidden: The channel is not displayed in the connection list of your profile. No one can see that you are connected to it. Note: It is still visible to your other connections, for example in replies to posts.

Archived: If a channel cannot be reached for 30 days, it is automatically marked as archived. This means that all data is retained, but the channel is no longer queried for new information and is removed from the auto-complete. If you find out later that the channel is online again, you can remove it manually from the archive.

Superblock

The ‘Superblock’ app is a moderation method for your own stream. While Hubzilla's normal functionality only allows you to block users you are connected to using the contact tool, Superblock works regardless of whether you are connected to a contact or not.

If you notice a user in the stream with whom you are not connected (because their posts are shared by a contact from your own address book) and - for whatever reason - you do not want to have any posts from this Fediverse user in the stream, you can achieve this with the ‘Superblock’ app.

To do this, click on the small white triangle in the avatar of the user you want to block.

A pull-down menu opens, which contains the menu item ‘Block completely’ at the bottom. Clicking on this menu item places the user in the superblock list. Posts from this user will no longer appear in their own stream. Affected posts are immediately hidden in the stream. In addition, this user will no longer be able to read your posts, regardless of their authorisations, nor will they be able to post to your channel.

If you select the ‘Superblock’ app in the app menu (top right ⋮), a list of all blocked contacts is displayed.

A ‘rubbish bin icon’ is displayed next to each contact. Click on this icon to remove the user from the block list. The user can then follow you again, see your posts and also comment on them and their posts will also appear in the stream again (e.g. by sharing a contact).

Superblock is not installed and activated by default for new channels.