Thanks! Yeah, I just decided to take a short break because the vibes felt dark on here for a little bit. I missed meme-ing with everyone and am happy to be back.
I'm woking on a new filtering system for Lemmy/PieFed that I hope will remove a lot of the negative post. While I believe it's important to stay politically informed, Lemmy's constant doom and gloom has been really bad for my mental health. The goal is a single toggle to "hide US politics", but there is no reason this filtering system couldn't be applied to other types of content. Stay tuned.
Below is a preview. As you scroll through the home feed, you should see some posts are hidden with an explanation: "Political words", "Hide political communitites", "Political persons", etc.
Welcome back! I also recommend blocking instances for your peace of mind. I know it restricts my world views, but itโs better than getting all depressed because of too much realism.
Oh, I totally understand that feeling. I go back to Reddit about every month and a half to see what's going on, in a few subreddits that wouldn't survive on Lemmy as they are too niche. Even though I know not to check out the "popular" and "all" I have a hard time fighting against the thought of just checking the feed out a bit. It's bonkers to me just how depressing, cynical, and rage-baiting that website was when I stopped using it as a regular, to how it is now. You just can't take in all of that content regardless of who you are. There are so many unworthy items on there (and dare I say some even here on Lemmy? But thankfully it isn't as rampant and/or egregious on here. Or perhaps, I've just blocked so many of them that the "all" page doesn't feel so bad.) Sadly, the world as a whole is going through a lot of things that are connected and some that aren't but still weigh on us.
Anyway... Before I turn this into a soapbox moment... (hahaha,) I want to say again, it's not to see another regular poster on here. And I meant it when I said, "Hope youโre doing well."
Thanks again, and yeah - it's sad to see that on reddit and here sometimes. I don't know if it's the format that drives it or something else, but when you get too many people agreeing with each other, you start to see more extreme stuff get elevated, and I just find myself watching like:
They are definitely famous to a degree on the internet. It just depends on which level of fame you believe they are. I personally recall seeing their posts in my feed, on Reddit, back in the day. And being that you were 'competing' with 1,000s of others' posts (in 'All'), they seemed to make it 'to the top' often enough for me to start to remember their user name.
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Thanks! Yeah, I just decided to take a short break because the vibes felt dark on here for a little bit. I missed meme-ing with everyone and am happy to be back.
I'm woking on a new filtering system for Lemmy/PieFed that I hope will remove a lot of the negative post. While I believe it's important to stay politically informed, Lemmy's constant doom and gloom has been really bad for my mental health. The goal is a single toggle to "hide US politics", but there is no reason this filtering system couldn't be applied to other types of content. Stay tuned.
Below is a preview. As you scroll through the home feed, you should see some posts are hidden with an explanation: "Political words", "Hide political communitites", "Political persons", etc.
<https://filter-engine.blorp-6rm.pages.dev/home>
Very interesting! I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling this way sometimes.
Heck thiis is great! people are tired of american news, and Americans are overwhelmingly dumb.
Welcome back! I also recommend blocking instances for your peace of mind. I know it restricts my world views, but itโs better than getting all depressed because of too much realism.
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Oh, I totally understand that feeling. I go back to Reddit about every month and a half to see what's going on, in a few subreddits that wouldn't survive on Lemmy as they are too niche. Even though I know not to check out the "popular" and "all" I have a hard time fighting against the thought of just checking the feed out a bit. It's bonkers to me just how depressing, cynical, and rage-baiting that website was when I stopped using it as a regular, to how it is now. You just can't take in all of that content regardless of who you are. There are so many unworthy items on there (and dare I say some even here on Lemmy? But thankfully it isn't as rampant and/or egregious on here. Or perhaps, I've just blocked so many of them that the "all" page doesn't feel so bad.) Sadly, the world as a whole is going through a lot of things that are connected and some that aren't but still weigh on us.
Anyway... Before I turn this into a soapbox moment... (hahaha,) I want to say again, it's not to see another regular poster on here. And I meant it when I said, "Hope youโre doing well."
Thanks again, and yeah - it's sad to see that on reddit and here sometimes. I don't know if it's the format that drives it or something else, but when you get too many people agreeing with each other, you start to see more extreme stuff get elevated, and I just find myself watching like:
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Lol no, I've just been pretty active on here since that big reddit exodus in 2023.
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Sure:
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They are definitely famous to a degree on the internet. It just depends on which level of fame you believe they are. I personally recall seeing their posts in my feed, on Reddit, back in the day. And being that you were 'competing' with 1,000s of others' posts (in 'All'), they seemed to make it 'to the top' often enough for me to start to remember their user name.
More famous than I am.
who are you? never seen you post anywhere before
What about the Bob Marley printer? You know, the one that is always jamming.
So this is how I found out George Foreman died 6 months agoโฆ
They forgot the Mike Tyson ear-shaped cannabis gummies, which actually exist
https://uncrate.com/tyson-20-mike-bites-ear-shaped-cannabis-gummies/
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Eat your heart out, Hemingway
Now that's a punchli...oofff...suckerpunched!
Why did I think it was gonna be a Michael Scott joke
DVDs?
This made me lol