[GauntletWizard]

I think it's actually important for you to see all the sick shit. I think it's worth rubbing your nose in it.

It's amazing how many technologists have a strong preference for truth in so many areas, but choose not understanding things they find disgusting and why they find them disgusting.

[mgerdts]

If you are implying that I think furries are “sick shit” you are confused. I just don’t care, much like most people do not care about my hypothetical obsession with cheesy pasta. To be clear, in my example the posts that I’d prefer not to see seem to be friends wearing animal costumes and cartoonish images of animals. On the face of it, it was all quite tame.

By being able to declutter my feed of things I don’t find interesting, I am likely to follow more people and hashtags, exposing me to more voices. With some effort and luck that includes more diverse voices.

Alternatively, I could just not follow people that have a low signal to noise ratio (per my interests) and I could block or mute those that frequently post uninteresting things to hashtags that I follow. I think this approach exposes me to less diversity.