From 7a29a0b8078625c1994f8d23c64a6e3c46fbd8b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thePR0M3TH3AN <53631862+PR0M3TH3AN@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:38:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Consolidate tag preference filtering stage

---
 js/app.js               | 14 +++++++++-----
 js/feedEngine/stages.js | 15 ---------------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 2c1164a2..c6fb9acb 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   createDedupeByRootStage,
   createModerationStage,
   createResolvePostedAtStage,
+  createTagPreferenceFilterStage,
   createChronologicalSorter,
   createSubscriptionAuthorsSource,
   registerWatchHistoryFeed,
@@ -5273,9 +5274,10 @@ class Application {
       return this.feedEngine.registerFeed("recent", {
         source: createActiveNostrSource({ service: this.nostrService }),
         stages: [
-          // TODO(tag-preferences): introduce a dedicated stage here to filter by
-          // viewer interests/disinterests once the runtime metadata is wired up
-          // to filtering helpers.
+          // TODO(tag-preferences): keep tag-preference filtering consolidated in
+          // createTagPreferenceFilterStage so each feed has a single source of
+          // truth when interest-based inclusion/ranking lands.
+          createTagPreferenceFilterStage(),
           createBlacklistFilterStage({
             shouldIncludeVideo: (video, options) =>
               this.nostrService.shouldIncludeVideo(video, options),
@@ -5345,8 +5347,10 @@ class Application {
       return this.feedEngine.registerFeed("subscriptions", {
         source: createSubscriptionAuthorsSource({ service: this.nostrService }),
         stages: [
-          // TODO(tag-preferences): introduce preference-aware filtering ahead of
-          // the blacklist stage when tag-based ranking lands.
+          // TODO(tag-preferences): keep tag-preference filtering consolidated in
+          // createTagPreferenceFilterStage so each feed has a single source of
+          // truth when interest-based inclusion/ranking lands.
+          createTagPreferenceFilterStage(),
           createBlacklistFilterStage({
             shouldIncludeVideo: (video, options) =>
               this.nostrService.shouldIncludeVideo(video, options),
diff --git a/js/feedEngine/stages.js b/js/feedEngine/stages.js
index a4b583c3..cbe4fd32 100644
--- a/js/feedEngine/stages.js
+++ b/js/feedEngine/stages.js
@@ -328,10 +328,6 @@ export function createBlacklistFilterStage({
 
     const options = { blacklistedEventIds: blacklist, isAuthorBlocked };
 
-    const tagPreferences = context?.runtime?.tagPreferences;
-    const disinterests = normalizeTagSet(tagPreferences?.disinterests);
-    const hasTagPreferences = disinterests.size > 0;
-
     const results = [];
 
     for (const item of items) {
@@ -341,17 +337,6 @@ export function createBlacklistFilterStage({
         continue;
       }
 
-      if (hasTagPreferences && hasDisinterestedTag(video, disinterests)) {
-        context?.addWhy?.({
-          stage: stageName,
-          type: "filter",
-          reason: "disinterested-tag",
-          videoId: typeof video.id === "string" ? video.id : null,
-          pubkey: typeof video.pubkey === "string" ? video.pubkey : null,
-        });
-        continue;
-      }
-
       let include = false;
       try {
         include = includeFn(video, options) !== false;