I'm sure months or years ago you could hide a thread without clicking into it.
Now if I try to do this,I can only watch a thread without clicking into the post.
There are certain topics as soon as you read the.title you know you want to hide but can't until you've clicked into the post. Certain things that can be quite triggering.
I think it should be possible to hide threads without clicking the post and then going into the options.
I use the website not the app.