• thebeardedpotato@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    LOL

    I was actually thinking about my experience with Lemmy as I was reading this article, particularly how the scrolling is made to generate rage. I don’t filter my feed and just view “all”, but I don’t think I’ve once walked away from Lemmy not in a bad mood.

    Now that may be observation bias or something, or a function of how I don’t tailor my own experience, but regardless, Lemmy leaves me angrier when I leave then when I open the app. I’m trying to cut back and eventually quit.

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      7 days ago

      Viewing all? Yeah there’s your problem. Subscribe to things you want to see, and never even think about the rest.

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        It’s how I’ve kept my sanity for years using social media. Sticking to subscribed feed which is hobby/entertainment related stuff, and using aggressive filtering options if I decided to venture into all.

        Same when it comes to youtube using newpipe and freetube so I stick to my feed and hiding stuff like trending videos, recommended videos, popular videos, and comments.

        Turning a platform into being as minimalistic as possible has been my favorite method of consumption.

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      7 days ago

      The scrolling is only made to generate rage if you browse all (your issue) or curate a feed with rage bait 🤷‍♂️ you can fix it in seconds if you want.

    • mesamune@lemmy.worldOP
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      You can also set filters in some clients. And other micro feed like software (piefed) can put filters for your user.

      Or browse by new. Seems to work for me.