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Can I block posts about Reddit? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by jg1i@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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I'm starting to get tired of people talking about Reddit on Lemmy. I personally don't care about Reddit anymore and am not interested in Reddit news.

I already blocked c/reddit that helped. Is there anything else I can do? Is there a way to hide posts that contain a keyword?

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[-] ConTheLibrarian@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Engage content that you enjoy and ride this out.

Right now lemmy's growth is driven by people pre-emptively leaving reddit even though their choses mobile apps still function. We'll probably see another influx come July.

But for now all we as a seed community can do is engage the other topics we enjoy and build communities that have substance.

Eventually people will join to engage those topics instead of grip reddits demise.

[-] FearTheCron@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Very good response. To see less complaining about Reddit, make more posts about other things. Lemmy will be what we make it. I have spent two weeks posting into the void with the community I started and I'm finally starting to see engagement. These things take time.

[-] CMLVI@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I think this is what a lot of people are missing here. Lot of people asking for specific content, but very few are willing to make it.

Like I used to do some amateur in-depth looks at my college basketball team, but stopped due to just general life stuff and that is would get drowned out by memes about bar graphs. Now, though, there is an audience hungry for it, and it may be something I get back into a little bit.

[-] morgan_423@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure that you really need to. It's the hot topic of the moment for obvious reasons, but it'll die down soon enough. Just needs a little time.

[-] eating3645@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Sure but then you'll block your own post...

[-] fool5cap@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It was the same for me on Mastodon, I started regularly using it just as it all kicked off re Twitter. I got really tired of the term ‘bird site’.

After a couple of weeks that all died down. As others have said, ride it out, it won’t take long for people to stop posting about Reddit.

[-] atocci@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm already starting to see mentions of Reddit die down here as posts shift to trying to build this thing up with more content instead of just talking about how bad things are over there.

[-] DryTurnover@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

How do you feel about Digg?

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

The same way I feel about MySpace

[-] Epic2112@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You wish you'd never have switched from Friendster?

[-] thayer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No such feature exists yet on the desktop version, but I am sure it's on the wishlist already. Apps might be able to implement this themselves, but I can't say whether any have yet.

Edit: clarified

[-] EK13@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mlem on iOS seems to have that feature under Settings > Filters at least!

[-] Kichae@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

If it isn't, OP should add it to the issues tracker! Adding things there gives the project leads, plus anyone who is willing to volunteer some time, to know what features people are asking for, and to choose some ready made things right off of the shelf to work on.

The devs have always been pretty helpful and responsive on Lemmy. I imagine that has changed a lot in the last few weeks, but they're basically always checking the issues tracker.

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

Ironically, people who have managed to do this would not see your question

[-] tomcatt360@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

One of the first things I noticed about the app Connect for Lemmy is that it has a word blacklist. I haven't tried it, but I see it there is settings

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

Hopefully RES type option comes out for lemmy and kbin.

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

I mean you could just block the two Reddit or three communities ..

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

The problem is when 50+ communities all start talking about something pointless Trump or Elon said. I want to be able to hide/block posts by keyword, not community.

[-] VoxAdActa@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

About the only thing we can do is unsubscribe from and block the dozen or so "Reddit Sucks" communities/magazines, and report the "We Still Hate Reddit" threads that pop up elsewhere for being posted in the wrong place (like Technology or Gaming or wherever).

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

The Connect for Lemmy app on Android has a filter-out posts by keyword feature

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

no, but filtering per keyword would be a nice feature

I'd really love to filter "the" - just for fun

[-] sp6@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If you're using Lemmy in a browser, you can block posts that contain certain keywords using uBlock Origin. I made a YSK post about it: https://lemmy.world/post/435133

[-] muftiboy@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

yes in your mind. block them out in your mind

[-] corytheboyd@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You see the irony here, right?

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

The only people I see talking about reddit are people like you complaining about unseen people complaining about reddit.

If you stop, it will stop.

Just chill for a bit.

[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Is there anything else I can do?

You can always block it...

...with

your

eyes. :^)

[-] hschen@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

I feel you, ever since i came to lemmy its been non stop reddit shit talking.

These are the reddit subs i found if you wanna block them !snoocalypse@lemmy.ml !reddit@lemmy.ml !reddit@lemmy.world !RedditMigration@kbin.social

[-] ApollosArrow@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

It will die down soon, once the main migration finishes.

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

Gonna be another spike in the next week, so probably not soon, but it will die down.

[-] space_iio@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

I actually prefer Reddit tbh

[-] silicon_reverie@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I do too, but this thread is about ways to filter or block content so I'm not really sure what that has to do with it?

I'd love a way to filter by keyword, which the Reddit Enhancement Suite and some of the 3rd party apps allowed. Maybe the upcoming Sync for Lemmy will port over its filters by domain, user, subreddit, flair, and keyword.

As for Reddit posts invading Lemmy, it seems like most of them are contained to c/reddit and c/RedditMigration, so blocking those two should fix most of OP's issue and that's easy enough to do without any extra tools.

[-] unabatedshagie@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

I don't really have a preference between either of them. Reddit is only better because that is where most people are.

[-] CoderKat@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Reddit definitely has better features. It's not even a competition. The reason we're here is because of the Reddit administration and because of future potential. Eg, the apps are so new right now that Reddit's official app is better. But in a couple of months, that won't be the case anymore.

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

I mean scrolling though all and hot I've only seen two posts on reddit, this one and one from the reddit Lemmy, just scroll past them.

[-] MisterMoo@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

I don't mind the Reddit posts until 7/1. On that day, if the apps go offline, Reddit will have won for all intents and purposes and it'll be time for Kbin and Lemmy to just be themselves and stop talking about Reddit.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

Except we'll likely get another wave of users coming over, all wanting to rant.

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

Is third party apps dying really going to move them over here if they haven't already?

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

What do you think? Will the average person proactively seek options to their habits, once they know they might have to change them? Or will they continue with their existing habits to the last second, and only then seek options?

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

I think some people who haven't left yet do want to leave, but some are ready for the fediverse and others aren't due to it not being at a stage that feels polished and straightforward to use. For those I think squabbles is an alternative since while it's destined for the same fate that has met past social media companies at least it's an effort to move from the current established corporate juggernaut of community based social media.

So I think more options need to be given aside from just fediverse until that is so easy anyone can use it without thought. Otherwise they'll have to go back to reddit if they can't get used to it. Which is the sense I got from people who have been using squabbles and started using it over reddit.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What I meant is, most people haven't even really looked into using something other than reddit, because they still can.

Hence, there will be another wave, when they cannot.

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

My belief is that people who continue to use reddit normally don't really care strongly enough to leave. They are only upset about the third party apps, but not enough to quit reddit. They don't care about wanting a decentralized internet and having a platform for the people by the people. Even the use of the official app isn't even concerns of the permissions that could extract lot of additional data to build a more accurate profile of users to resell to marketers. I believe for them the outrage will pass. In the end they want to keep using reddit and aren't looking to leave. It's just noise in the outrage, but not an actual willingness to follow through.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So you're saying, of ALL the people who will move only when pushed my the third party apps ceasing their function, NONE will end up here?

There will be NO wave. At all?

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

It won't literally be none. That would be a really amazing absolute to see happen.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

Then what are we disagreeing on?

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I wasn't aware we were disagreeing.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Your first reply to me questioned my supposition that the shutting down of the 3PAs would lead users to lemmy. Any users. You suggest that users who would use lemmy are already doing so.

So yes?

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

It's felt more like series of questions than disagreeing at least to me. Like an interview. Anyways good talk.

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