• Kiosade@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I noticed a BUNCH of news and politics lemmy subs were created recently, and spamming depressing shit here like they did on reddit. Like, fuck off I don’t want to see that shit!

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      1 year ago

      Politics is hard to balance. Hearing about it is depressing, but not keeping up with it feels wildly irresponsible and a big reason why things are so bad.

      • Sharkwellington@lemmy.one
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        It’s important to keep in mind your circles of control, influence, and concern in mind when reading political news. By all means keep yourself informed, but you have to pick and choose which stories you become personally invested in. Otherwise you’ll burn yourself out emotionally in no time.

        • Finnbot@lemmy.world
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          Exactly - my mental health has been so much better since leaving Reddit. I noticed that I’m not “doon scrolling” as much on here, and I’m back to looking at shit that interests me instead of being bombarded by depressing shit constantly.

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            Reddit’s political communities were getting downright obsessive about “political celebrities” and I hope Lemmy doesn’t follow the same path - this post doesn’t bode well for that hope.

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          Agreed in principle, but implementation is practically impossible except for one’s own level. A lot of people yearn for more and some people need less. There is little in our lives that affect us more than politics, and to that end I’m one that really wants to know more, and hopes that we see more news posted here in the Fediverse.

      • Kiosade@lemmy.ca
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        Yup. I don’t want to outright ban all of them, but I don’t want to see so many instances of the same story, or too many of them inbetween something positive. It sucks

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      I’m pretty block-happy with communities and users. If they’re being dumb…bye.

      I have a vague hope that if others are too, those things will wither, because the people here are rejecting it on sight.

      …I might be naively optimistic, though.