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What irks me is that in the end of the day if you go to Bluesky it's all American politics and if you go to literally any mastodon instance it's all American po

What irks me is that in the end of the day if you go to Bluesky it's all American politics and if you go to literally any mastodon instance it's all American politics. Maybe it's because I don't like monster of the week political drama, but I still don't see a reason to use them instead of Tumblr, Pinterest, or even TikTok.

popcar2 1y ago
This is very true, and it's a large part of why I never use microblogging at all, it's impossible to just find posts that fit what you want to see. That's why I mostly use Lemmy/Piefed because everything is neatly organized into communities that you can subscribe to. I mostly browse tech & gaming communities and my feed is very chill.
- AuthAuth 1y ago
  linux - cats - games on lemmy for the best feed
- Gareth321 1y ago
  > That's why I mostly use Lemmy/Piefed because everything is neatly organized into communities that you can subscribe to. I mostly browse tech & gaming communities and my feed is very chill. I wish that were also my experience with Lemmy. Even the communities and posts not focused on American politics are often about American politics. Discussion quickly devolves into some pretty extreme (and often violent) leftwing American political rhetoric. I understand Piefed can block whole instances, so maybe I should try that before I give up.
viraptor 1y ago
> if you go to literally any mastodon instance it's all American politics. It really depends on who you follow. Almost all the talk I see is tagged with #uspol so I could easily filter it out, but even without it, it's not the dominating topic.
est 1y ago
so what we need a de-politics filter by default?
small_scombrus 1y ago
I feel like I get ${local_country} politics* because I follow people from ${local_country} and most the other people I follow who do post about US politics tend to spoiler their posts with USPOL, so I can just scroll past if I'm not feeling it. * Usually spoilered with "${local_country_code}POL"
seanclayton 1y ago
Most people are talking about politics today, it seems.

popcar2 1y ago

This is very true, and it's a large part of why I never use microblogging at all, it's impossible to just find posts that fit what you want to see. That's why I mostly use Lemmy/Piefed because everything is neatly organized into communities that you can subscribe to. I mostly browse tech & gaming communities and my feed is very chill.

AuthAuth 1y ago
linux - cats - games on lemmy for the best feed
Gareth321 1y ago
> That's why I mostly use Lemmy/Piefed because everything is neatly organized into communities that you can subscribe to. I mostly browse tech & gaming communities and my feed is very chill. I wish that were also my experience with Lemmy. Even the communities and posts not focused on American politics are often about American politics. Discussion quickly devolves into some pretty extreme (and often violent) leftwing American political rhetoric. I understand Piefed can block whole instances, so maybe I should try that before I give up.

viraptor 1y ago

> if you go to literally any mastodon instance it's all American politics. It really depends on who you follow. Almost all the talk I see is tagged with #uspol so I could easily filter it out, but even without it, it's not the dominating topic.

est 1y ago

so what we need a de-politics filter by default?

small_scombrus 1y ago

I feel like I get ${local_country} politics* because I follow people from ${local_country} and most the other people I follow who do post about US politics tend to spoiler their posts with USPOL, so I can just scroll past if I'm not feeling it. * Usually spoilered with "${local_country_code}POL"

seanclayton 1y ago

Most people are talking about politics today, it seems.