Silencing a user on cohost:
- hides their posts from your stream
- hides their shares from your stream
- hides their comments
In general, silencing a user means "I do not want to see this user's content."
Blocking a user on cohost:
- unfollows them, if you were following them
- force-unfollows you, if they were following you
- hides their posts from your stream
- hides their shares from your stream
- hides their comments
- prevents them from viewing your posts while logged in
- prevents them from commenting on your posts
- prevents them from replying to your comments on other posts
In general, blocking a user means "I do not want to see or be seen by this user."
NOTE: These lists reflect the current functionality of blocking and silencing. Further functionality, such as hiding a user from search results, may be added or changed in the future.