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No Stupid Questions

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We all know that social media can be a mixed bag, filled with both valuable content and unwanted noise. To help everyone curate their feeds better, let’s create a list of must-block tags that can enhance our social media experience! Here’s how you can contribute:

  • Single Option Per Comment: Mention one tag per comment to make it easier for others to find the most popular ones.
  • No Duplicates: Please avoid repeating tags that have already been mentioned to ensure a diverse range of options.
  • Upvote What You Dislike: If you see a tag that you also think should be blocked, upvote it to help others discover it more easily.

Let’s work together to create a comprehensive list of tags that everyone should consider blocking for a more enjoyable social media experience! What tags do you think should be on the list?

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[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 2 points 26 minutes ago

This reeks of chatGPT.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I have a few that catch a bunch of useless annoying stuff I don't wanna see:

  • AI / ML shit - bunch of keywords to remove posts like: ai, llm, machinelearning
  • apple bullshit and fanboism: wwdc, apple, iphone and multiple variations of tags for specific annual events
  • blusky talk: blsky, bluesky and variations
  • a whole thing about sports events like soccer with lots of words
  • specific annual events for things like: eurovision, adventofcode, olympics, motogp
  • some brainwashing from the oligarchs, things like: spacex, etc

This is all specific to mastodon, in my settings. on lemmy I haven't blocked anything yet, I mean, I only follow the subs I want to.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 8 points 4 hours ago

I don't block tags. I block the people posting the tags. This works for me because the only tags I want blocked are things that signify that there is something fundamentally wrong with the person posting them.

Like socks in sandals.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 5 points 3 hours ago

In social media? Not much.

Here I block any and all threads and communities that focus on US news. Specifically stuff that just has a generic name ("News") but is 100% US-focused content.

Night and day improvement, frankly.

[–] PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Makes sense.

[–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 3 hours ago

I don't block what I don't like.
I subscribe to what I do like.

[–] PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Makes sense.

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Religion ( insert flavour of cult here )

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago
[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 5 points 4 hours ago

Makes sense

[–] PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago

Makes sense.

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago
[–] PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago

Makes sense.

[–] PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

That's no fun(ny)

...I'm sorry

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago

Makes sense.

[–] PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

HOW DARE YOU?!

[–] PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com -2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago

Makes sense.