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So, how do you deal with communities that don't interest you? I personally block them, because I don't like them popping up on my All feed, but at the same time I don't want to switch to Subscribed because a new interesting community might pop up.

What's your strategy?

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[-] severien@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I just browse by Subscribed.

Sometimes if I'm bored or want to look for new communities I switch to All.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Same here. Also, since Sync launched, I've found that its search facility is great for finding communities and every so often I'll run a series of searches and just see what pops up

Eg, I searched for "a", "b", "c", obviously, but then also "ab", "cd", "ef", etc, then "az", "by", "cx", and so on. Found a few fun ones as a result.

[-] TrustingZebra@lemmy.one 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I block them, then they never show up in my All feed. Easy enough. I'm waiting for the option to personally block entire instances.

[-] PlantJam@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That option is supported by some of the apps, including sync.

[-] TrustingZebra@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

That's cool. I heard it's planned to come to all of Lemmy.

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And Summit :D

[-] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

If I'm disinterested to the point of annoyance, I block them, if it's just meh, I leave them unsubscribed. That way I can view either my subscribed list, or the all list if I want to see something else/random.

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago

I only browse by subscribed. Part of the reason I stopped browsing reddit is they won't stop showing me content I didn't sub.

[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I browse all because I don't really know what communities are out there that I might be interested in.

There's also some communities where I might not like the content very often but there's a few hidden gems.

[-] coffinwood@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly. You'll never know what you miss out on when always browsing communities you're already subscribed to. Of course there's also some trash on the frontpage.

[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 1 year ago

I feel like percentage wise there's a lot less than on Reddit. Plus new communities are always being creating and I like staying in the loop

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

You could browse only your subscriptions on reddit, too.

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

The algo on the official app inserts other content even so. It was never a problem on RIF.

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe, I never used that. It didn't do that on the normal desktop version of the webside. Not sure what a RIF is.

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

they won't stop showing me content I didn't sub.

Maybe because I only used Apollo and occasionally old.reddit.com but I never experienced that, thank goodness.

That would drive me nuts…

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

It's definitely because Apollo. It was never a problem in RIF, only in the official app once 3PAs were killed.

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

the official app once 3PAs were killed

shudders

[-] elscallr@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I just block them. That way I can continue to discover new communities via All.

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Check by subscribed only instead. That is what I do.

[-] coffinwood@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Block them. I'm the least interested in sports and so I simply block all the related communities (except like Formula 1). Same with "subs" in a language I don't speak.

And then there are simp communities where some neckbeards post images of "females" how they use to call women.

[-] regalia@literature.cafe 5 points 1 year ago

I block them. I don't need to dislike them or anything. I just don't find them interesting and will never interact with them, so blocking is one of the ways to accomplish that and has no downsides.

[-] Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yea if I could block all big boob anime pics and just browse like a grown ass man I’d be happy.

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You're doing it right.

[-] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I browse both my subscribed feed and the all feed depending on my mood. If a community is particularly obnoxious it gets blocked, otherwise I just ignore it when I'm browsing all. Most of my blocks are meme, tankie and NSFW communities.

[-] Izzy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yea I just block them. Which is pretty much all political, news or religious related communities. Also the occasional "SFW" communities that are still NSFW. Just because they have clothes on doesn't mean nearly naked people are safe for work.

[-] teft@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

I do the same. I just block the community if they're extremely spammy or something I would never be interested in.

[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

I block news, politics, memes, communities that are not relevant to me.

Even like this, it's hard to find relevant content.

[-] LongPigFlavor@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Same, op. I just block communities to curate the feed to how I want it.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 1 year ago

Unless.its offensive or too frequent I just ignore it

[-] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The app I use let's me filter out certain words. So instead of blocking entire communities, I've just blocked specific content I don't want to read.

Now that the US election cycle has started, I've blocked out everything I could think of that concerns dems and Republicans. No constant Trump is shit posts or Biden is akshualy good posts or the climate death is here posts or any garbage that's meant to stress me out.

It's been nice.

[-] TheInsane42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I browse the subscribed feed and then check a few specific communities. After that, I get on with life. (Until next moment I'm bored)

[-] Rottcodd@lemmy.ninja -1 points 1 year ago

I browse on All almost exclusively, and if a community or poster is notably toxic or spammy I block them, but if they just don't interest me, then I just scroll past them.

Honestly, I don't even understand what the supposed problem is. The world is full of things that don't interest me. That's just the way it goes, and really it's just background noise that I barely even notice.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

No problem, I'm just curious about other people's habits.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

I don't seek them out.

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