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Why is my entire feed in this Lemmy server nothing but American politics and Reddit bashing (lemmy.world)

submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I came to Lemmy cause Reddit went to shit, so I get that people want to bash it and I also understand that most of the users of Lemmy are from the US and the shit show that's happening there right now, but I am absolutely tired of these 2 types of posts being the only thing in my feed, I open this app because I want to learn new interesting things, and maybe see some funny and creative stuff, there's enough negativity and stress in my life and I don't need more of that on my only social media app. How do I filter these topics from my feed and which communities can I join to improve my feed.

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[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Godzilla, Esperanto, tiny phones, vampires, the weird knife Wednesday guy, and way too many silly Linux memes. Homelab, self-host. That's what Lemmy is to me! I mostly skip the politics, although I do like the odd privacy rant. Also, Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, by Sara Wynn-Williams. That's unrelated to anything, but I intend to include it in any comment I make until I read it.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Is there a way that I can get the book without giving an ex-Facebook exec money?

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yes it's called sailing the sea

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 14 hours ago

Haven't found it in Annas Archive, will need to do a more thorough search later.