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Suggestion: Just like a NSFW tag, it would help to have a Political tag. (lemm.ee)
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I would love to sometimes filter out any and all political posts, I think having this enabled as default on some instances would also be preferred by some users.

I'm a software dev, if it doesn't require a lot of work I'm happy to make a Pull Request for this feature, but do people want this? Is there anyone I should maybe talk to before starting, or anything I should know?

Edit: I realise it won't filter out ALL political posts, but even if it only catches half of the stuff, it could make the difference between being flooded with Trump/Musk news and not.

Some new users might turn away before knowing the can set filters etc. (which also aren't perfect)

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[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Then stop doomscrolling.

Said to someone with ADHD isn’t really something I was able to do without putting things in place to aid me to do that. The same way I couldn’t stop using Reddit all day until I got an app that locked me out of things after a certain duration.

You may do well to try and understand that not all peoples brains work the same and some people need more assistance than others to do things that seem easy.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago

saying it bluntly is helping… doomscrolling is the problem, and it might not be easy to fix but it is the actual fix

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

You would do well to stop blaming ADHD and assuming you are the only one who leans that way. It is an excuse for nothing, nothing at all.

Stop doomscrolling!

If you need training wheels, then get a set. You are basically advocating that all bicycles include them by default. That’s not a mindset that I can be quiet about.