Reddit refugees complaining that there's too much NSFW content and communism in their Lemmy feeds
Reddit refugees complaining that there's too much NSFW content and communism in their Lemmy feeds
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I guess they haven't discovered the button to block communities?
My feed is quite nice after blocking the stuff that doesn't appeal to me.
Same. Block is a key feature. That said, I’m actually fascinated at how many furry communities there are. You’d think blocking c/furry would take care of 90% of the problem, but who knew c/MidCenturyYiffsOnAnEamesChair had such a dedicated following.
c/MidCenturyYiffsOnAnEamesChair
(It isn't really, but I do like those Eames chairs...)
I haven't seen this one in years.
The inside of those fursuits must smell awful.
Lmao that’s a comically specific /c/
I don't think it's a bad thing that people complain about problematic viewpoints, even if they can block them.
Being a furry is a problematic viewpoint?
Some people might actually think that and I find that hilarious
It’s funny how when there’s no algorithm to dictate what you see, it’s furries and gay porn (for mastodon) that show up.
Zoomers gonna zoom
E: Apparently zoomers can’t take a joke. Get over yourselves nerds
The problem is that there are so many porn communities that I have to block one every time I open Lemmy.
Create two accounts, one with NSFW content turned off, and one with it on.
That sucks just as much lol
Why's that? I've been using a separate account for porn on reddit for over a decade. It's the only way to go imo
That's why we need some 3rd party apps to make swapping amounts seamless.
Or just make a NSFW-less account on one instance and a NSFW-ful account on a different instance. You don't even need to log out of one to switch to the other. Just change the URL slightly.
Voyager does this pretty well.
Memmy
It's pretty seamless on Jerboa. I've got this account on lemmy.one and a different account on lemmynsfw. Works great.
Jerboa is really good, I'm very hopeful about it.
I'd like it if an app could be configured to automatically use specific accounts for specific communities, or automatically use an account from the same instance when posting to communities on that instance.
Both thunder and liftoff do that well
We do have those? Unless you mean something for pc. In which case my followup is who the hell is viewing lemmy (or reddit, etc.) on a desktop?
I almost never use mobile devices. I have almost exclusively used social media via desktop or laptop my whole life.
Is there a reason why? I was doing a joke or bit originally, but I do wonder these random things.
In my own life I basically took to smartphone app usage over desktop browsers (or laptops) nearly immediately when I got my first in my early 20s. I’ve now come to the point where I find browsing written forums on non-mobile almost painful and only do it for troubleshooting type purposes. Same for consuming media like news or YouTube videos and such. Some things just seem to take to using as background, distracting scrolling and now that I know that I can’t go back. Although one desktop I had years back for about two years was boring as fuck and the IT somehow didn’t block reddit so I used that on desktop just so my bosses thought I was doing stuff and not on my phone (bad service there anyway and IT never seemed to care unless it was incredibly over the line nsfw stuff)
It's mostly a matter of personal preference. I prefer mouse and keyboard to touch controls most (but not all) of the time. I tend to be very wordy and find a physical keyboard to be a lot easier to use than a virtual one. I tend to prefer larger screens over smaller ones. I really like the personalization options that are available on desktop for a lot of things through third-party tools, apps, and extensions that are more common on desktop than on mobile. Things like that.
I have a smartphone and a tablet, both of which I use for particular things and have used for social media (mostly RIF), but if ever there was the choice of using a desktop or laptop instead, I'd go for that. Unless something is enhanced with touch controls, and I have never found that any social media that I use is, I just don't prefer mobile platforms. And for a short time, I had a laptop that had a touchscreen, and honestly liked that a lot more than using my phone for some of the things they could both do.
Just to establish my own timeline, I got my first cell phone when I was about thirteen, and I got my first smartphone when I was in my late teens if I recall correctly. So it's not like I haven't been around them long enough. I just never found a preference for them.
Maybe the admins can check their connection logs and tell us how many accounts (like me) are viewing on desktop versus mobile.
I think reddit always favored desktop.
I was doing a bit of a bit anyway. Kind of a long standing, very niche, very low level background rivalry between desktop and mobile users. In the same vein as iOS vs android but even more irrelevant and pointless. My favorite type of bit.
I respect a weird bit. Gotta keep people on their toes.
I spend most of my waking hours on a laptop because of work, so I browse reddit/lemmy on a desktop browser more than my phone.
definitely not me..... 😶
Imagine suggesting this thinking the average user wants to manage this bullshit.
Pro tip: make accounts on different instances, so you don't need to log in and out but just type in a different url
🤦♂️ you people really really don't get it do you 🤣
You could just browse your subscribed communities instead of All.
hard to find new communities without using All
That's why I'm subscribed to [email protected]
Yeah I agree, I mean I still mainly browse All. However that's always going to be the price you pay. You want everything, you get everything.
Problem is that the website and clients never remember that I want Subscribed to be the default.
That's lemmy.world for you lol
You can change that in your profile settings, and I'd imagine most apps as well.
I know, problem is that this is never remembered and is reset back to All every time.
Do you delete/prevent cookies? If not then idk,
works on my machine
I’m so confused by posts like this. I see very little porn stuff on /all/. How are so many others seeing it everywhere?
Some instances block it
Am I the only one who, like...never sees any porn in their feeds?
Is that too difficult?
I’d like to block entire servers myself. But I can’t find a way to block the whole nsfw one. Individual communities yes, but I’d like to not see the whole server.
Just move to an instance that has defederated from major nsfw instances.
It would be nice if there was a directory that made it clear what server has defederated what.
Fragmentation and the lack of continuity and good navigation is seriously going to be what kills any chance a federated Reddit alternative has at becoming even 25% as large as Reddit was.
You can see what an instance has defederated by adding /instances to the URL of the instance. There's no way to see it for more than one instance (at a time) as far as I know, so yeah, have to agree with you.
Yeah, the only way defederation is a feature is if there's a way (even if it's standardized at the client-side) to merge that defederation for those who want a cohesive experience.
It'd almost be better if every user could pick their own "federations" instead of it being at the server level. Obviously the servers need to have that control and my hypothetical might not be in throwing range of what lemmy can/should do.
One of the nice things you can do on kbin, but I don’t think you can on Lemmy yet
Use a different instance, some block it
Find the hosts file on your machine. Add a line for the domain you want to block, like so:
lemmy.annoyingassholes.com 0.0.0.0
If that didn't make sense, google the terms I used and you'll find tons of tutorials.
Your suggestion is entirely missing the point. In this context, "blocking" means stopping anything from that instance from showing up in the feed when you view "All" from your home instance, not stopping yourself from navigating your web browser to that other instance.
You can also hide the NSFW content entirely, but some people are never happy.
Thank you! I've just been browsing with NSFW turned off, but: A) I actually would rather turn on the blur function if there wasn't literal porn throughout the "all" feed. B) A bunch of mild soft core stuff like "pretty women" and "celebs" gets through anyway.
Can't believe it never occurred to me to use the block button to shape the all feed.
Some phone apps do not support that feature. Couldn't find it in Memmy for Lemmy for example, so I bounced.
You can of course always do it through the web interface.
Memmy has it. Tap the community name and then the three dots in the top right. “Block community” will pop up as an option.
I’ve been using it to block Anime/Manga/Hentai communities as fast as they make ‘em. It’s never-ending with that stuff.
Good to know, must have missed that. Memmy felt a bit glitchy on my device, so I'm trying out Liftoff! now.
I'm expecting there will be a bit of a development boom with the increased interest, so it's always good to keep tabs on what the other apps have to offer.
The ratio right now is a bit off compared to Reddit…I didn’t mind the occasional NSFW post when it was ~1% of my feed. But on Lemmy ATM it’s about 10%. I do block em, but I feel like I’m missing the occasional NSFW post that’s important (say war updates from Ukraine, etc)
Eh, I understand that. Theres a whitelist approach and there’s a blacklist approach. Should you browse !all while cherrypicking blocks or should you manage your experience with subscriptions.