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i've noticed that a lot of the content on my lemmy feed seems to be centered around lgbtq+ topics, which I'm not really interested in. i'm not looking to debate or criticize anyone's identity, but I'd like to see a broader range of topics that align more with my preferences. i'm already subscribed to those instances but somehow that sort of content keeps on creeping in.

is lemmy as a platform particularly focused on lgbtq+ or is my feed just skewed for some reason?

are there specific instances or settings I should check out to balance things out. thanks for any advice!

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You have to subscribe to more communities

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 hours ago

And block those you do not want to see if you use all.

I really wish lemmy had a mute option in addition to block. There are both users and communities I do not want to see posts from, but if I see comments (from users) and visit certain communities that is okay.

Some users seem to post every single news article they happen upon, most time I think without reading any of them. I tend to avoid all of their posts, a mute button would be fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 hours ago

is lemmy as a platform particularly focused on lgbtq+ Yes, in my experience. Which is fine, but as you said finding interesting communities (that are active) is a bit of a challenge.

For me it is the American News that is overwhelming and hard to filter out completely without filtering out everything.

PS: Voyager has some excellent filter settings.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

Word filters are built into Piefed as an alternative like I use for USA news/billionaire drama, or Voyager app for Lemmy. blahaj.zone it may be easiest to just instance block. You'll still see their users, but the communities won't show up anymore as I understand it.

Then go through the all the communities list and join more. Use the Subscribed feed more often instead of All.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Block what you don't want to see. I block all the straight porn on here that somehow makes it into All. And yes Lemmy has a large amount of lgbt users.

Also it is pride season so you'll see more queer stuff than normal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Is there a mature filter that you've got turned off? I have never seen anything lewd on All!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Go on all and blacklist instead of going on subscribe and whitelisting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I like to peruse all and just block anything I have no interest in. People get wiereded about blocking but subscribing is functionally the same as blocking everything you did not subscribe to. I would love something like wiki foundations trust cafe as part of the federation where you can assign a 0 to 100 value for things but in the meantime figure if your really into something you subscribe (100) and if you don't care about it all block (0) and everything else is basically then a 50.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

Browse all and just block topics you don't want to see.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

I don't know i blocked major memes community and other topic i am not interest in. The majority is just politics and rarely other topic i am interested it becuase those topic are niche here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Lemmy has good science and tech communities. Have a browse around mander and dbz0