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by EZ-E 638 days ago
Good idea. I might want to engage with political content but on my own terms. The way most platforms push rage baiting content to trigger engagement is unhealthy. With that being said most platforms allow you to mute the content you dislike. I have nearly successfully strong armed facebook into showing me cat pics and cat related content only. The past months on reddit, most of the default subs have been becoming casualties of the US election with content pushed in "mainstream" subs such as pics, music, art. It all feels very artificial and I had to unsub to most of them. Tiring, especially when being a non US person reading English content. I don't care about the latest outrage that will be forgotten in 1 week as the next one comes.
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Agreed, one of my favourite blog posts is this Farnam Street one on why you shouldn't read the news

https://fs.blog/stop-reading-news/

Like that haitan story every one was talking about last week, no ones knows if it was real or just BS. Better to just block it all out entirely.

So, filter bubbles?