Any chance of turning off comms, blocking, or reducing its presence on the screen?

You can hide the comm panel by clicking where it says hide legion comm

I'm not talking about the legion comm... I'm talking the ships comm.. certain legions make a habit of sending mass comm messages flooding the left side of the screen. This is an unnecessary distraction especially during combat. Seems the Captian of a vessel should be able to control it re: comms and unwanted repairing.

I think it would be ok if there was a notification that you have a comm, but it is completely unnecessary to have the full text in the news feed.

or perhaps shows in the legion comm much the way requests do now