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

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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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[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I noticed that too. I’m American but don’t give a shit about politics because it’s just too upsetting.

Go to the communities posting about it and click the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner and block the sub. I had to do this over the course of about 2 days while subbing to ones I enjoyed.

Still learning how to navigate this site and find communities I enjoy, but for the most part I’m not seeing the politics anymore. Hope this helps at least a little

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for sharing!

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca can help to discover active communities as well

[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago

Sweet thanks!