I think Snort has wot too with the checkmarks, but I don't think there's a setting to not show notes based on preference.
We could also improve things with default mute lists. This is what I designed a while back but we never properly implemented it.
You could kill a ton of degen notes just with mute lists alone.
Well, if people will it, maybe Damus will add it, or they can just use another client. But, I would argue that it's not easy moving clients, even when other options exist because clients vary so much in design and experience now.