The thread and OP are talking about specifically too much American politics and news, not all politics and news. How do I “stop being lazy” and specifically curate American politics out of my feed?
It’s hard bc we don’t have an extensive suite of filters, curation tools. We’ll get there eventually. Though idk if kbin or lemmy is going to move forward on features more quickly. Isn’t kbin largely a single developer?
If I just block all (world)news communities with american politics I’m just going to end up not getting any news at all. I care about stuff like tech news for example but some of the recent articles there are “U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sues Tesla over Racial Abuse of Black Workers” or “The NYPD is deploying a 420-pound robocop to roam Times Square’s subway station”.
The implication you made was that if I stop being lazy I can curate american politics out of my feed. If your answer is to just block all news sources from my feed than that’s not a solution at all.
It sounds to me like you are now moving the goalpost from ‘don’t be lazy, curate communities on lemmy’ to ‘block everything and go somewhere else for news’. Even if I do that, which is not what you initially said that can be done if I stop being lazy… What guarantee is there that other news outlets won’t be US centric / biased?
OP’s thread is about american politics being everywhere, if you read a sentence beyond the title. I did not change the subject from that.
I guess we have different definitions of curation. To me that’s a way of filtering out stuff so only what is of interest remains. To you apparently curating means not using the platform at all, and replacing it with a different platform that will just have the same issue again.
Also, me using lemmy as a news source is not changing the goal post, it is asking for specifics on how to implement your proposed solution. If you say that getting US-centric content is a user issue because they are lazy to curate, and then I ask you how to actually apply that in practice, that’s still the same discussion.
So maybe to simplify and go back to the original subject. You say generic big communities are bad and you block them to avoid what OP is complaining about and this is a solution that all non-lazy people should do. Can you recommend some communities here that can provide similar content to the big generic (worldnews/tech/politics/entertainment) communities that don’t have US centric content or bias instead? Or are you saying something else altogether and you don’t have a solution for the problem and I misunderstood again?
I use sync and I can block instances, communities, user and even filter out words. I would filter “Trump”, “Republican”, “PP”, etc. When I see it often and is annoying I’ll filter it out. Like when memes community were too much for me they all get blocked.
How do I curate American politics out of my communities? Genuinely wondering.
block the politics communities
The thread and OP are talking about specifically too much American politics and news, not all politics and news. How do I “stop being lazy” and specifically curate American politics out of my feed?
Use software that lets you block keywords
It’s hard bc we don’t have an extensive suite of filters, curation tools. We’ll get there eventually. Though idk if kbin or lemmy is going to move forward on features more quickly. Isn’t kbin largely a single developer?
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If I just block all (world)news communities with american politics I’m just going to end up not getting any news at all. I care about stuff like tech news for example but some of the recent articles there are “U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sues Tesla over Racial Abuse of Black Workers” or “The NYPD is deploying a 420-pound robocop to roam Times Square’s subway station”.
The implication you made was that if I stop being lazy I can curate american politics out of my feed. If your answer is to just block all news sources from my feed than that’s not a solution at all.
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It sounds to me like you are now moving the goalpost from ‘don’t be lazy, curate communities on lemmy’ to ‘block everything and go somewhere else for news’. Even if I do that, which is not what you initially said that can be done if I stop being lazy… What guarantee is there that other news outlets won’t be US centric / biased?
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OP’s thread is about american politics being everywhere, if you read a sentence beyond the title. I did not change the subject from that.
I guess we have different definitions of curation. To me that’s a way of filtering out stuff so only what is of interest remains. To you apparently curating means not using the platform at all, and replacing it with a different platform that will just have the same issue again.
Also, me using lemmy as a news source is not changing the goal post, it is asking for specifics on how to implement your proposed solution. If you say that getting US-centric content is a user issue because they are lazy to curate, and then I ask you how to actually apply that in practice, that’s still the same discussion.
So maybe to simplify and go back to the original subject. You say generic big communities are bad and you block them to avoid what OP is complaining about and this is a solution that all non-lazy people should do. Can you recommend some communities here that can provide similar content to the big generic (worldnews/tech/politics/entertainment) communities that don’t have US centric content or bias instead? Or are you saying something else altogether and you don’t have a solution for the problem and I misunderstood again?
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If you’re looking for guarantees you’re gonna be disappointed bud
I use sync and I can block instances, communities, user and even filter out words. I would filter “Trump”, “Republican”, “PP”, etc. When I see it often and is annoying I’ll filter it out. Like when memes community were too much for me they all get blocked.
Filter users that post about it and keywords related to it
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