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How to block certain words on lemmy feed (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago by Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As the title says I want to block posts with specific words. I'm not an American and lately my whole feed is filled with trump/biden and I'm not slightly interested. Thanks in advance.

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 21 points 5 months ago (5 children)

In the app I use (voyager) there is a settings category to allow filtering words, users, communities or even instances from your feed.

I banished Elon, Musk, and Taylor. The word swift would have been good too but it’s not specific enough to her name.

[–] pixelscript@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

oh cool. now I can block every trash news article that includes phrases like "blasts", "slams", "says", "should", "could", "might", and "need to".

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What's wrong with "says"? But yeah, blasts and slams definitely need to go, lmao

[–] pixelscript@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Particularly in politics and news communities, it indicates a "here is what predicts will happen" article. They're not all shit by default, but I'm generally not interested in speculation pieces. I only want to know what actions concretely happened, not what some guy anticipates may happen.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I could see it being used for quotes (or at least paraphrasings), so I can't imagine it being all bad

[–] Brekky@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Oh I thought you MTG :(

[–] dead@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

When you make a post using the words you banish, does your own post banish after you post it?

[–] ElleChaise@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

The dude who repairs clothes must be pissed.