Don’t people have any hobbies, passions, or anything better to talk about? Politics and news are such boring conversations, full of intentional outrage and strife. I sure wish that we as an online community could break away from the divisive machinations of the disreputable media.
You don’t get to say “we as a community” after judging everyone and demanding everything to change to accommodate your personal preferences.
Like it or not, news and politics are important topics. Block the communities sharing and discussing those if you don’t want to see that.
Some people like politics, some people like computers, some people like makeup, some people like rock climbing. Why do you care what someone likes?
It’s not that I care what people like, it’s surprise that politics is so massively over-represented compared to other interests in the all feed. I was hoping to stumble across some new interesting communities, but it’s almost all bad news and politics, but I repeat myself.
I normally do stick to my subscribed feed. I was hoping to discover new communities, but it’s almost all news and politics.
Just block those communities as you see them and it gets significantly more enjoyable
Thanks for the advice. I have been doing that, but despite blocking dozens of them, more keep popping up. That’s what led to this post, being surprised by the sheer volume of it. Perhaps it would help if I stick to local so I don’t have to contend with every community across every instance.
There are lots of hobby communities, art, music, games, mechanical keyboards, fancy pens, gardening, birding, I could go on…
I find new hobby communities often on All. There’s also a community for announcing new communities, that might help you round out your interests.
If you go on the Lemmy website you can browse a never ending list of communities (some apps may also have this? Idk). And more are added every day. Lemmy is still young and growing. Have patience. Or don’t, I’m not the boss of you.
