I think one thing that would be helpful is making it more obvious how to do this, or more broadly that it’s even possible. I did eventually find out how to do this, but it took some clicking and I wouldn’t have looked for it if I hadn’t seen comments saying it was possible.
Some ideas:
When you donwvote a post, show a box saying “Want to see fewer posts like this? Click here to change the visibility of the tags on this post”
If a post is controversial (lots of both upvotes and downvotes) or has lots of controversial comments (mixed karma of either or both kinds), then offer a similar box at the top of the post.
I think one thing that would be helpful is making it more obvious how to do this, or more broadly that it’s even possible. I did eventually find out how to do this, but it took some clicking and I wouldn’t have looked for it if I hadn’t seen comments saying it was possible.
Some ideas:
When you donwvote a post, show a box saying “Want to see fewer posts like this? Click here to change the visibility of the tags on this post”
If a post is controversial (lots of both upvotes and downvotes) or has lots of controversial comments (mixed karma of either or both kinds), then offer a similar box at the top of the post.