Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.
@snan fixed parent comment linking when not showing context in lemmy-ui in #2417.
@matc-pub fixed deselecting community/creator filter for search form in #2416.
@aeharding fixed incorrectly escaped user data export JSON in lemmy-ui.
@kroese added a fix for the pictrs image mode setting.
@richardj added a comment margin to lemmy-ui.
@tracyspace fixed unecessarily duped notifications.
@jim-taylor-business added ignoring lemmy config based on an ENV var. Has also been working on lemmy-ui-leptos.
@dullbananas optimized set featured posts, added more test coverage.
@SleeplessOne1917 added url blocking and post hiding to lemmy-ui and has, more generally, been preparing lemmy-ui to support the 0.19.4 features added to the backend. He has also been working on lemmy-ui-leptos.
@dessalines added alt text and custom thumbnail to lemmy-ui. Fixed private message sort order. Fixed the docker release.. Partially fixed custom thumbnail updates.. Fixed a bug where comment notifs wouldn’t be sent to blocked instances.. Changed defaults on user vote display mode to upvotes + downvotes. Converted many Result<..., LemmyError> into LemmyResult. #4614.
@nutomic added metadata and thumbnail fetching in the background. Added caching of LocalSite::read. Added ignoring of old federated post edits.. Changed exponential backoff for federation sends.. Added a test for fetching from a local url. Fixed a wrongly merged breaking change related to public_key, and reduced api cache duration.
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Great work! I believe my favorite is url blocking. Is that like community and instance blocking? If I don’t want to see posts with links from a domain, can I block them? My biggest issue with Lemmy is that I only see memes and US news. So, anything that lets me see other content without having to block or subscribe many communities would be nice.
Its only for blocking URLs and domains at the site level, mainly to prevent server-wide spam attacks.
Community blocking is your best option for not wanting to see memes / US news. As long as those aren’t spilling out where they shouldn’t be, it should only be a handful of communities to block.