diff --git a/ui/redux/reducers/blocked.js b/ui/redux/reducers/blocked.js
index d2ab80763..449f61c92 100644
--- a/ui/redux/reducers/blocked.js
+++ b/ui/redux/reducers/blocked.js
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ export default handleActions(
     ) => {
       const { blocked } = action.data;
       const sanitizedBlocked = blocked && blocked.filter((e) => typeof e === 'string');
+
+      const next = sanitizedBlocked;
+      const prev = state.blockedChannels;
+
+      if (next && prev && prev.length === next.length && prev.every((value, index) => value === next[index])) {
+        return state;
+      }
+
       return {
         ...state,
         blockedChannels: sanitizedBlocked && sanitizedBlocked.length ? sanitizedBlocked : state.blockedChannels,
diff --git a/ui/redux/selectors/blocked.js b/ui/redux/selectors/blocked.js
index 2eca07d52..f7f0d3de6 100644
--- a/ui/redux/selectors/blocked.js
+++ b/ui/redux/selectors/blocked.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 import { splitBySeparator } from 'lbry-redux';
 
-const selectState = (state: { blocked: BlocklistState }) => state.blocked || {};
+type State = { blocked: BlocklistState };
 
-export const selectMutedChannels = createSelector(selectState, (state: BlocklistState) => {
-  return state.blockedChannels.filter((e) => typeof e === 'string');
-});
+const selectState = (state: State) => state.blocked || {};
+
+export const selectMutedChannels = (state: State) => selectState(state).blockedChannels;
 
 export const makeSelectChannelIsMuted = (uri: string) =>
   createSelector(selectMutedChannels, (state: Array<string>) => {
diff --git a/ui/redux/selectors/comments.js b/ui/redux/selectors/comments.js
index e19e236f4..40139e1c2 100644
--- a/ui/redux/selectors/comments.js
+++ b/ui/redux/selectors/comments.js
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ export const makeSelectPinnedCommentsForUri = (uri: string) =>
     }
   );
 
-export const selectModerationBlockList = createSelector(selectState, (state) =>
-  state.moderationBlockList ? state.moderationBlockList.reverse() : []
+export const selectModerationBlockList = createSelector(
+  (state) => selectState(state).moderationBlockList,
+  (moderationBlockList) => {
+    return moderationBlockList ? moderationBlockList.reverse() : [];
+  }
 );
 export const selectAdminBlockList = createSelector(selectState, (state) =>
   state.adminBlockList ? state.adminBlockList.reverse() : []