Comment on Kill your Feeds - Stop letting algorithms dictate how you think

SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• thebeardedpotato@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  LOL

  I was actually thinking about my experience with Lemmy as I was reading this article, particularly how the scrolling is made to generate rage. I don’t filter my feed and just view “all”, but I don’t think I’ve once walked away from Lemmy not in a bad mood.

  Now that may be observation bias or something, or a function of how I don’t tailor my own experience, but regardless, Lemmy leaves me angrier when I leave then when I open the app. I’m trying to cut back and eventually quit.

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  • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Viewing all? Yeah there’s your problem. Subscribe to things you want to see, and never even think about the rest.

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    • Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s how I’ve kept my sanity for years using social media. Sticking to subscribed feed which is hobby/entertainment related stuff, and using aggressive filtering options if I decided to venture into all.

      Same when it comes to youtube using newpipe and freetube so I stick to my feed and hiding stuff like trending videos, recommended videos, popular videos, and comments.

      Turning a platform into being as minimalistic as possible has been my favorite method of consumption.

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    • Flisty@mstdn.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      @catloaf @thebeardedpotato I go one further and subscribe to feeds in mastodon (feel a bit like an impostor though 👀

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    • omxxi@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      and how do you discover new things?

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      • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Once in a while I skim the communities list. Other users make recommendations too.

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  • mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can also set filters in some clients. And other micro feed like software (piefed) can put filters for your user.

    Or browse by new. Seems to work for me.

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  • xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Setting up my own instance ended up being pretty good for me since it meant I had to manually subscribe to every community I want. The quality of “All” posts depends heavily on the instance you’re on.

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    • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You could also use the Subscribed feed

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      • xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If you’re on an instance with only 1 user, they’re the same thing. But yes, Lemmy’s a lot better if you just subscribe to what you want.

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  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just ban political communities

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