Dad Jokes

I'm woking on a new filtering system for Lemmy/PieFed that I hope will remove a lot of the negative post. While I believe it's important to stay politically informed, Lemmy's constant doom and gloom has been really bad for my mental health. The goal is a single toggle to "hide US politics", but there is no reason this filtering system couldn't be applied to other types of content. Stay tuned.

Below is a preview. As you scroll through the home feed, you should see some posts are hidden with an explanation: "Political words", "Hide political communitites", "Political persons", etc.

https://filter-engine.blorp-6rm.pages.dev/home

Welcome back! I also recommend blocking instances for your peace of mind. I know it restricts my world views, but it’s better than getting all depressed because of too much realism.

Oh, I totally understand that feeling. I go back to Reddit about every month and a half to see what's going on, in a few subreddits that wouldn't survive on Lemmy as they are too niche. Even though I know not to check out the "popular" and "all" I have a hard time fighting against the thought of just checking the feed out a bit. It's bonkers to me just how depressing, cynical, and rage-baiting that website was when I stopped using it as a regular, to how it is now. You just can't take in all of that content regardless of who you are. There are so many unworthy items on there (and dare I say some even here on Lemmy? But thankfully it isn't as rampant and/or egregious on here. Or perhaps, I've just blocked so many of them that the "all" page doesn't feel so bad.) Sadly, the world as a whole is going through a lot of things that are connected and some that aren't but still weigh on us.

Anyway... Before I turn this into a soapbox moment... (hahaha,) I want to say again, it's not to see another regular poster on here. And I meant it when I said, "Hope you’re doing well."

Are you like famous or something