I have a load of filters set up on my feed, notably I don’t want to see Trump or Elon.

Due to recent events, so much content is coming through that it is as if I don’t have filters at all.

If the text or title doesn’t include the key words, it can’t be filtered. All the screenshots or posts with jokes or bad titles can’t be filtered.

I think the only way proper filters could be achieved is with a separate ‘tags’ field that could be added to or voted on by community members.

This might all seem like a lot of effort, but feed filters are such a good feature that I think it would be worth it.

I don’t want unreasonable perfection for the filters, but the system seems too flawed at the moment.

I have no idea where this kind of discussion or decision would be made so I’m just throwing it out as a question here.

  • notaviking@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Something like this is an excellent idea. I understand for the proper functioning of a democracy is to have its citizens fully informed, but the rest of the world is not a citizen of the USA. Yes I still want to know the important stuff since our world is a connected world, but do I really have to see how the POTUS is holding a water bottle weirdly, or that they like Dijon mustard on their hot dog or tripped on a stair and now their age is in question.

    My country has significantly more problems that are more relevant to myself, just like every other person from another country, and being bombarded by USA politics is exhausting and quite frankly a waste of my time and mental health.