When scrolling Lemmy (compared to reddit in the past), all I see is doom and gloom / news. I don’t see interesting conversations or comments to read.
Occasionally I’ll find something, and I’ve been contributing more, but there’s just so much doom that it fills my feed.
I’ve had to unsubscribe from many communities bc it’s just doom news reposts…
Is it just me?
I recommend going in heavy with the community and user blocking. Manually curating your feed is the only way to make social media even barely tolerable. You’ll feel some FOMO at first thinking that by blocking you’re going to miss something. Yes you are but you also wont know what you’re missing so it doesn’t matter. Personally I have set several content filters aswell so threads about Elon, Twitter, Reddit, Trump, Taylor Swift etc. get automatically hidden.
On top of this I have around 500 blocked users and about the same amount of instances (mostly porn and foreign ones) I sometimes see a thread with more replies than what I’m seeing or that a blocked user has commented on my message. When I log out to see what it is, my conclusion virtually every time is that “yep, you’re staying blocked”
This is why I’m on so many blocklists.
No. Wait.
Not really a word, my millennial friend.
That’s why.
I can definitely see why you’re on so many blocklists.
Just added you to mine.
Bro what is up with the porn instances. Before blocking them 70% of my feed we’re tits or dicks.
Are you asking why there is so much porn on the internet lol
Actually… That’s a great question lol.
Boobs are nice and fun to look at.