Probably a hot take for everybody who just wants a drop-in replacement for Reddit, but I think a new platform needs to take the opportunity to improve over what’s gone before.

So what I’m proposing is a more granular approach to curating one’s feed on an individual user level, much like both Mastodon and apps for that platform offer (I’m going to use Tusky as an example because I’ve used that for a while and know its features fairly well).

Imagine a filter list where you could block specific terms, source URLs or other. No more irrelevant mentions of whatever annoys the hell out of you when you open /all. Along with your individual block list, limited as that is, it would help you as a user to home in on what matters to you.

Might this create filter bubbles? Yes, but if it’s implemented on a per user level it won’t affect other users’ feeds. The “bubble” is a one-person act. In my experience /all on both Reddit and Lemmy suffers from people trying to curate it to their personal liking with downvotes, which just creates a monoculture.

Personally, I think free text filters would help solve that problem, and might aid users in engaging with their preferred communities. Suggestions, ideas?

    • MorrisonMotel6@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      I also use Voyager, and the only requirement it doesn’t meet is blocking domains/sources (like, say anything by the New York Post).

      Unless that feature exists and I’m just not aware…

      • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        It can block words, people, communities and instances. Not sure about domains but if you try and use the word filter for the news domain it should work. Not sure though.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    There’s plenty of apps that do it already. I don’t have a list any more, but I’d bet that as comments pile up, one will form lol.

    It would be nice for lemmy itself to have options like that, particularly for web only users.

    Me? I mainly use sync and connect. Sync has the best dual column layout of the few apps that have the option, but connect is a better lemmy app overall. I use tablets for 99% of this kind of activity. Did with reddit and do with lemmy, and the multi column feed is just better for that. Phone, it’s connect.

    • Unforeseen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      Seconding Connect for filters, it was early to the game on this. I use keyword filters like ‘elon’ and ‘trump’ as well as instance filters and it’s been great for curating a non rage inducing Lemmy experience.

  • Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    My main bitch at first before I got educated by a user was that I was unsubscribing left and right on stuff I did not want. But I was on another instance and just transfered over what I subscribed to. Instead of the standard boilerplate bs. It will help you alot if your from another instance then transfer your stuff over.