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.

  • prototype_g2@lemmy.ml
    6·
    2 days ago

    Lemmy does not have an engagement based algorithm. It does not over analyze your every move to keep you on the site. This means you will have to do content curation yourself.

    First of all, the block button exists, use liberally.

    Second, the subscribe button exists, so use it to curate a nice subscribed feed

    Third, I do believe there are third party clients (lemmy apps made by others) that have a word filter feature which allow you to automatically hide post and comments which contain certain keywords. (I think Voyager has that. Download mobile app here. Use the site version of the app here. Keep in mind that it uses lemm.ee as its default instance.)

    But yeah, content curration is kinda just left up to you. Subscribe, Block. That’s it.

    Alternatively, you could join a “themed instance”, that is, an instance made to house a particular community or interest, like that star-trek instance, but Lemmy does not have enough users for those to be able to exist.

    If you want creative stuff, might want to have a look at !artshare@lemmy.world? Sorry, I don’t have much for you.

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    The key is that you need to subscribe to the type of content you want to see. There’s no company here deciding what your feed is going to be.

    @BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world, what kind of stuff are you interested in? I’m happy to help you find related communities :)

  • comfy@lemmy.ml
    14·
    2 days ago

    Hey OP, I just want to say from experience the reddit bashing usually dies down a bit after a quick spike of reddit refugees like we’re seeing now.

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
        10·
        3 days ago

        Besides the server hosting location there appears to be very little Dutch about it.

        But then again the Dutch politicians are known to kowtow America does. The Netherlands recently voted against the EU defense spending because they love NATO and the orange man so much.

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
        6·
        2 days ago

        Every instance has its ups and downs. Account age is of little value so I would say use your current account for a while and explore the different instances.

        You can also make different accounts on different instances with the same username. That practice is totally normal.

        Because .world is the biggest instance it tends to be the most Reddit like. Maybe try lemmy.sdf if you want a different more local experience.

  • DigitalDilemma@lemmy.mlEnglish
    122·
    3 days ago

    I know - it’s exhausting.

    All social and news streams are absolutely being flooded by American politics right now. It’s mad and crazy stuff, but there’s only so much someone can take before it really starts to affect ones mental state.

    And Lemmy partially started as a not-reddit, so I guess it’s normal that people come to vent.

    So - positive stuff you can do!

    Subscribe to more communities that do interest you. Leave less space for the other stuff to come in. You can also block communities from your main feed very easily if you’re being given stuff you don’t want from them.

    Youtube (with adblock) is hardly affected (or if it is, I don’t see it). That brings lots of interesting and creative content.

    Going out into the world if you’re able. Reconnecting with nature, and also being reminded that people, by and large, are usually nice to you if you’re nice to them.

    And I’ve been picking up old games and playing them more. Escapism is not such a bad thing.

  • krolden@lemmy.ml
    112·
    3 days ago

    You joined the wrong instance bud

    Sad youll never see this comment as world has me on the bad boy list

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      Did .world finally defederate from .ml? Will we finally stop seeing cringe feudposting from .worlders?

      Doubtful.

      • krolden@lemmy.ml
        51·
        3 days ago

        No but they banned me about a year or so ago for ‘multiple reactionary posts across multiple instances’

        They just didn’t like me saying Ukraine is going to end up exactly where they are today.

  • communism@lemmy.ml
    6·
    3 days ago

    I don’t see much of that stuff. I mostly subscribe to foss communities and I mostly see relevant stuff about foss and tech. Subscribe to communities pertaining to your hobbies/interests and your feed should reflect that

  • Nora@lemmy.ml
    164·
    3 days ago

    leave .world and block the entire instance and then you get stuff that isn’t related to the United States it’s really nice actually