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Suggestion: Just like a NSFW tag, it would help to have a Political tag. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I would love to sometimes filter out any and all political posts, I think having this enabled as default on some instances would also be preferred by some users.

I'm a software dev, if it doesn't require a lot of work I'm happy to make a Pull Request for this feature, but do people want this? Is there anyone I should maybe talk to before starting, or anything I should know?

Edit: I realise it won't filter out ALL political posts, but even if it only catches half of the stuff, it could make the difference between being flooded with Trump/Musk news and not.

Some new users might turn away before knowing the can set filters etc. (which also aren't perfect)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

This could certainly come in handy as something which I think would significantly improve accessibility. Like there are a lot of channels and communities which I don't want to block outright and which I might vibe with sometimes but not always because of how it can be rather stressful to keep up with current developments. This is especially the case when those issues flow into areas that aren't designated as news related or with doomscrolling. Like I imagine the biggest challengen with implementation is ensuring all instances have this and that all clients are able to make use of that feature but I agree that it would be valuable to take a break or to have my feed focus more on niche hobbies, memes, and other fun areas to dive into. Just my two cents.