Have you noticed what happens when you 'mute' a user? it makes their posts more visible by making them different to the others. I have put forward a petition to have this feature actually hide the posts of these users. It should really cascade to the comments that follow them as well.

I want to make an interface that implements this feature. I dug up through looking at page source the location of the script involved. I first tried to find the scripts on the github for steemit.com. It does not contain the script so I can't even make a patch myself to be submitted.

The only option right now is if someone builds another interface that actually implements the function. Fortunately there is already now a python library for implementing all of the functions, the developer is now into the development of an alpha version of this.

I am beginning to write a python app that creates a native interface for the Gnome platform. Since there is sufficient implemented, python is the way to go for the shortest path to a resolution.

It is enough to simply block others. We do not need to enforce our opinions on other people. It would be a great addition, however, if when you follow someone, their upvotes, flags and mutes of other users were factored into your feed's prioritisation, so that if your friends block someone, automatically it pushes down these people to the bottom of the list and you are less likely to have a run in with them as well.