"Given the ability to block them means they would receive less downvotes and make articles that a lot of people dont want to read" Errr ... downvote comments I

"Given the ability to block them means they would receive less downvotes and make articles that a lot of people dont want to read" Errr ... downvote comments I understand, but downvote articles? It's unpossible! Personally, I'd like to be able to hide or filter articles I'm not interested in. User blocking, I would agree, is antisocial and not in the spirit of things.