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> My subreddit filter list (so not including keyword filters, blocked users, domain filters, etc.) is currently 1,391, which translates to 2 or 3 unfiltered pos

by movedx 8y ago

> My subreddit filter list (so not including keyword filters, blocked users, domain filters, etc.) is currently 1,391, which translates to 2 or 3 unfiltered posts out of 25 if I browse r/all. I don't understand what you mean here. It sounds as though you have a black list versus the superior option of a white list (in this case)? Surely it's better to let in what you want and ignore everything else by default versus being surprised by something you don't like and having to ban it?

o10449366 8y ago
It wasn't originally my intention for the filter list to become so comprehensive, but it's steadily grown over time as the content on Reddit has degraded. I've been building the filter list since it became a feature in RES. Also, while rare, I still do find new subreddits through r/all, so I prefer the "everything but B" to "only A" approach of filtering. I wasn't even aware it was possible to have a whitelist and I'm not quite sure what you're referring to, to be honest. I'm guessing it would be easy enough to construct now that RES supports complicated custom rules, but I think at this point I'm too lazy to. It's far more convenient to be able to just hover over a post and one-click filter a subreddit from the card RES displays.
Simon_says 8y ago
I feel qualified to chime in because this is the way I use reddit, too, with similar numbers of filtered subreddits. There are two reasons to do it this way. The first is that you never find smaller subreddits you might like with a whitelist. The second is that reddit will not actually give you a whitelist of subreddits. It instead picks a random 50 subreddits among your subscriptions and limits itself to those. That 50 is fixed for a period of time (I don't know how long).
- movedx 8y ago
  > The second is that reddit will not actually give you a whitelist of subreddits ??? You register an account, unsubscribe from everything, and then subscribe to what you want. That's a white list. I don't know what this 50 limit is you mentioned... never run into that. My "Home" screen contains posts from every sub I'm subbed too...
  - Simon_says 8y ago
    Maybe my information is wrong or outdated, but that's what I read. https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204579749-Some-of-my-subreddits-keep-disappearing-Why- https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204579749-Some-...

by movedx 8y ago

o10449366 8y ago

It wasn't originally my intention for the filter list to become so comprehensive, but it's steadily grown over time as the content on Reddit has degraded. I've been building the filter list since it became a feature in RES. Also, while rare, I still do find new subreddits through r/all, so I prefer the "everything but B" to "only A" approach of filtering. I wasn't even aware it was possible to have a whitelist and I'm not quite sure what you're referring to, to be honest. I'm guessing it would be easy enough to construct now that RES supports complicated custom rules, but I think at this point I'm too lazy to. It's far more convenient to be able to just hover over a post and one-click filter a subreddit from the card RES displays.

Simon_says 8y ago

I feel qualified to chime in because this is the way I use reddit, too, with similar numbers of filtered subreddits. There are two reasons to do it this way. The first is that you never find smaller subreddits you might like with a whitelist. The second is that reddit will not actually give you a whitelist of subreddits. It instead picks a random 50 subreddits among your subscriptions and limits itself to those. That 50 is fixed for a period of time (I don't know how long).

movedx 8y ago
> The second is that reddit will not actually give you a whitelist of subreddits ??? You register an account, unsubscribe from everything, and then subscribe to what you want. That's a white list. I don't know what this 50 limit is you mentioned... never run into that. My "Home" screen contains posts from every sub I'm subbed too...
- Simon_says 8y ago
  Maybe my information is wrong or outdated, but that's what I read. https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204579749-Some-of-my-subreddits-keep-disappearing-Why- https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204579749-Some-...