It seems anytime I try to check out Mastodon it is always some negative political view or affiliation of why X, Y & Z is bad. Is this just what most people like boosting or is it a sign of botting to push negativity over the more positive headlines?
I do understand I can switch to any Mastodon instance I want and stick to a small community, however I like keeping up with trending topics in the world. Maybe the most popular accounts in the Mastodon community likes to rise up pitchforks every minute.
It gets a lot more bearable once you setup a Politics filter that blocks dozens & dozens & dozens of keywords (mine is up to 66 words so far)…
You have a word list I could borrow?
Here’s what I’m rolling with right now… I try to nuke everything even vaguely political…
GOP Trump Biden conservatives elections voter fraud senate senator house of representatives whitehouse reproductive rights pro-life pro-choice 2nd amendment gun control Marxist MAGA Pelosi climate change Parliament koch murdoch desantis politician fascist Rudy leftis liberal antisem right wing supremac on strike hateful elect liberals republicans democrats republican democrat congress abortion communist socialism socialist capitalism capitalist fascism vax global warming ukrain covid proud boy cops police defund minimum wage billionaire the government injustice human rights climate crisis democracy private healthcare public healthcare labor contract on strikeI fucking love you. Seriously thanks.
This is perfect. My current list just contains 10 different ways to block posts about covid.
Lobotomizing yourself is faster.
Glad to hear it from someone with experience!
Nah, I’m not brainwashed into thinking that politics is intrinsically evil.
Nah, you can’t aim the icepick properly yourself. Believe me, I’ve tried.