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kbin's "random" sidebar is a neat idea in concept, but has big flaws in practice... (kbin.social)
submitted 11 months ago by RealM@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social
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NSFW Posts like this are not uncommon to see on the sidebar and are disruptive and annoying.

For context, I already blocked both the /m/random magazine as well as the person posting this content (to their own microblog), yet the sidebar can still show this post and thumbnail.

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[-] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

@RealM

just kinda feel like this is a bigger issue than people realize for the moment

It is.

[-] mrbitterness@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

I would like to be able to turn off Random Magazines, Random Posts, and "turn on" Magazines I'm subscribed to on the sidebar. All of these as user options would be great.

I know there's a lot of work going on and I know all of these items come up fairly regularly, I'm relatively sure they'll be addressed in due course.

[-] TheArstaInventor@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

That's crazy, @ernest should consider solving this issue. For sure we can use uBlock Origin, but for the average user who may not know this method unless someone tells them, this can put them off.

[-] atocci@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I blocked the random posts section of the sidebar entirely using uBlock Origin today. Much better experience.

[-] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

@atocci Yep, I wound up doing the same thing awhile back.

@RealM

[-] RealM@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, seems to be the go-to solution for now.
I just kinda feel like this is a bigger issue than people realize for the moment.

[-] density@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

@RealM FYI the latest release of kbin KES can block various sidebar elements

this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023
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