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Why is my entire feed in this Lemmy server nothing but American politics and Reddit bashing (lemmy.world)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I came to Lemmy cause Reddit went to shit, so I get that people want to bash it and I also understand that most of the users of Lemmy are from the US and the shit show that's happening there right now, but I am absolutely tired of these 2 types of posts being the only thing in my feed, I open this app because I want to learn new interesting things, and maybe see some funny and creative stuff, there's enough negativity and stress in my life and I don't need more of that on my only social media app. How do I filter these topics from my feed and which communities can I join to improve my feed.

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[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

I recommend finding communities you don't like and blocking those, then browse the all feed. Otherwise you get 3 posts a week.

[–] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

That's not true. I've got a pretty active feed of subs, you just need to spend time curating a good list

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

i did that and my feed is still filled with politics there are so many to block its neverending

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

I feel the same same way about Linux posts and pervy anime. Blocking communities is how lemmy dispenses dopamine.

[–] Cgers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 hours ago

There's also "hide this post" and "hide all viewed posts" but you have to actually click on them ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯