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[–] lemmyshmemmy 9 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Can Lemmy do anything besides post about Elon, Threads, Zuckerberg, and Reddit? Is it just a bunch of bots spamming the place?

I came here to avoid all that shit, not talk about it.

[–] ekZepp 26 points 1 year ago

Can i offer you some healty...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Then kindly suggest you stop reading [email protected]. Like, duh.

[–] hyperhopper 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No reason we can't hope the technology community would be more varied, more about actual technological substance, and not just "top tech company drama"

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

Yes, there is very good reason not to hope that: past experience. The major big tent communities/subreddits all look the same.

[–] dufkm 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The major big tent communities/subreddits all look the same.

What's your favorite tent community? Looking for input on getting a Coleman, but I'm open for suggestions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I got a 4 person Coleman Sun Dome for $29 "used" on Amazon. The box was never even opened.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I want my regular dose of Elon gossip!

meme

[–] FlyingSquid 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well, he Tweeted "Zuck is a cuck" last night. I wish I was joking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Gossip, not everything. 🤌

[–] assassin_aragorn 2 points 1 year ago

You know, I'd like to say I'm surprised, but I really shouldn't be.

[–] cap10diddy 7 points 1 year ago

Be the change you want to see

[–] Venomnik0 7 points 1 year ago

In all honesty we need to make a seperate community for this subject.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

to be fair you can subscribe/unsubscribe from communities. I often do this. If /c/news is too political, i unsub from /c/news, i can then go and find some other news community that posts interesting things that aren't as political

similarly, /c/[email protected] is not the only technology community out there, as is obvious, so we can go and find other things :) your feed is yours! own it! don't wait for others to fix it cuz you'll very often be dissatisfied.

[–] givesomefucks 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems like the best way is view "all" not just local, and block shit you don't want to see as you come across.

I've gotten rid of most of the meme subs, formula 1, subs for languages I dont speak, or just any topic I don't care about.

If I see something I'm interested in, I subscribe. Eventually I'll have enough to just view subscribed, but this way I get to see what s out there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It seems like the best way is view “all” not just local

if you're not subbed to a lot of stuff yeah but i already got to the point you mention where i have a shitton of subs and i get good curated content in my feed.

having said that i do browse All often and did in this case to find this post.

[–] Gabu 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How exactly do you look for news which aren't political, when news are inherently political? That's like eating sugarless sugar.

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

ah yes "Dogs found to carry a gene that lets them bark in ultrasonic waves that mice cannot hear" (fake news title), omg so political. That's the kind of shit I want sometimes. I don't know how you came up to the idea that all news is about what political parties and the ruling class are doing in their day to day lives :) I do love some news about how putin is screwing up something, but I also want news about new cool apps, new developments in technology or AI, new cool stuff found around the world, new opportunities and things in this cool world. Sometimes, just sometimes, I don't wanna hear about what insults Trump is hurling at Biden and viceversa.

[–] Gabu 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are aware that "political" doesn't mean "related to elections", right? Choosing to eat a snack in the sidewalk is a political statement, as it is a public choice made in the polis (city)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

OK then my showers are political and my water drinking and air breathing habits are political. I am, for obvious reasons, not using those measures when I talk about apolitical news.

[–] Gabu 7 points 1 year ago

Stop thinking about Lemmy as an open source Reddit. Dislike the content of this community? Subscribe to another community or instance. You're not forced to be here.

[–] Buddahriffic 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then post about shit you want to talk about. Or just scroll past the ones you don't want to talk about. No one is forcing you to enter threads (ah fuck meta for making that statement ambiguous) and comment.

[–] cley_faye 6 points 1 year ago

This is !technology, and tech nowadays is overloaded by these people. You can check/create other communities for other topics.