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

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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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[–] Frenchys_prospecting@aussie.zone 1 points 6 days ago

All I see is posts from "memes" I mean, I'm not angry, I just need to subscribe to more stuff

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 days ago

Okay, cool. You filtered it. People post and participate in those discussions because they want to for some reason. I you have something you'd prefer to discuss, go ahead and start a conversation.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 97 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Set your default view to the communities you subscribe to. Don't subscribe to communities that overlap with politics or reddit.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I also set keyword filters so I don't see that stuff in case they start sneaking into my favorite communities

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 17 points 1 week ago

I block the news and politics communities. That helps tremendously

[–] KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 10 points 1 week ago

I haven't seen any Reddit bashing in a good while actually. American politics however, I have lots of in my feed. But you can filter them out, I don't because I'm lazy. I just scroll past those.

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