DimensionDev / DimensionDev/Flare

[Feature Request] hide already seen posts

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Description

Scenario: Someone makes a banger of a post and half your follow list reposts it.
Scenario: Someone immediately replies to their own post. (Issue 1671)

Problem: I don't need to see the same post multiple times.

Proposed Solution: Keep track of the original post UIDs and do not display a post if it has already been shown. Prune the table of post UIDs of entries older than, say, 7 days in the background daily or on each app load.

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Find the timeline rendering entry point and the post-storage or background-work entry points, then trace how reposts and self-replies expose original post UIDs. Done means repeated posts are suppressed and UID records older than seven days are pruned on the proposed schedule, covering both scenarios.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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