/r/newzealand is often remembered as having negative vibes, and tons of complaining. I think the major contributor to those bad vibes are the clickbait / ragebait articles from Stuff and NZ Herald.
For some reason people kept upvoting them, even though the articles clearly never added anything of worth. The discussions around the content didn’t go anywhere, and were often just people having a whinge.
Is there a way to filter them out on Lemmy?
Edit: The way I filter them out is by blocking anyone that posts links, but there might be another way.
Personally I don’t think further fragmenting an already tiny community further is helpful
You can certainly not click on them or block people that post them but I really don’t think the (glances at sidebar) 91 people that have used this instance in the past 6 months are really enough to further fragment.
I agree which is why I don’t think allowing ragebait is a wise move.