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What content filters are you using to clean up your Lemmy feed? (feddit.uk)

submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by Perspectivist@feddit.uk to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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In my personal opinion, this site is completely unusable without heavy content filtering. Just being picky about which communities to follow and users to block isn't enough.

That said, I realize I might be in the minority on this, so I'm curious what others are doing to preserve their sanity.

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[–] Libb@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

That said, I realize I might be in the minority on this, so I’m curious what others are doing to preserve their sanity.

You're not alone in thinking that. I would not say it is unusable but it is indeed way too littered with, well, with certain type of content I'd rather not have to deal with.

For me, a careful selection of the communities I follow combined with limiting my home feed to 'subscribed only' does the heavy lifting quite well. I find it really efficient.
I do have a couple filtered keywords, a couple like in two names (both being names of certain people that use to make the headlines around the world).
Then, on a day to day level, when I'm faced with anyone that is not trying to participate in a conversation but is enjoying making a fuss, trying to create drama or anyone being constantly rude, or turning any disagreement in a personal matter, I will not hesitate to block them.