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Content filter setup at account registration to remove politics from feed (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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What do you think of an option to ban politics from the feed on account registration like this:

Effectively, when you click "no politics", it should block the !news@lemmy.world, !politics@lemmy.world, !politicalmemes@lemmy.world, !pravda_news@news.abolish.capital communities and such for the newly registered user.

It would help clear up the feed and be more attractive to new users. Maybe this could even be the default view when you're not logged in.

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[-] Woad@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

Couldn't someone just browse by subscribed if they want to curate their feed?

But I agree that, if communities could tag themselves by subject/category, there could be options to subscribe or block tags for people who like to browse the All feed.

[-] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Couldn't someone just browse by subscribed if they want to curate their feed?

I agree with you, but it's actually a complaint I've seen often, so I guess lots of people browse All

PieFed has a feature like this and it's well received

[-] Woad@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I tried piefed a while ago, liked the tags, but think they should be mandatory. I'm just not a big fan of the sign-up wizard, multi-coms or general vibe. Would still be cool if Lemmy had tags.

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Critical support for a “no politics” filter that just gives you a 100% blank feed.

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Everything is political, but not everything is about politics. Generally anything that mentions a government should come under such a filter.

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

If it’s political, sounds like politics to me

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

frankly, i disagree with the "everything is politics" proverb. if i talk about ATP synthase, i don't consider it politics.

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Imagine thinking science isn’t politics. There’s literally an “Evolution” heading on that page and you think ATP synthase isn’t woke?

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

ATP synthase also happens during sleep.

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

eviscerated damn, now you’ve gone and really made this political

[-] Delilah 6 points 2 months ago

Where wood you draw the line determining what is political and what isn't?

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

that is indeed a good question. maybe if the community self-identifies as political? or maybe a majority vote? Or maybe it depends on the instance that you're using? (something that the server admin can configure)

[-] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Also know as grill mode

[-] Bubs@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

The only way I see something like this working is if communities had tags. Each community would select from a list of pre-determined tags based on the content posted there. Then, at any time, users can then block tags as they see fit.

There would have to be some incentive to encourage communities to add the tags once they are implemented. The most fair way I can think of is to have a "None" tag that every community gets by default. Instances, or even apps can choose to hide untagged communities by default, and users can choose to hide them too. The incentive would come from the potential loss of visibility by not tagging your community.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

maybe the instance admin can "force-flag" communities as politics if the community mods refuse to do so themselves ...

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