• Autumn64@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I mean, do the people at the fediverse really talk mainly about Linux? I see in both Lemmy and Mastodon more people talking about US politics, LGBTQ+ stuff and furrys (lmao) than anything related to technology in general. I guess the kind of content someone sees would depend a lot on the instance someone creates their account in?

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      I see some Linux but I’m subscribed to a lot of techy communities. Self host, programming etc. So it’s kinda normal.

      Could be the default view on each instance… On my first account I subbed to a lot of different communities on different instances so I saw all the crap. Eventually due to all the politics bullshit I just migrated to my current instance which has hexbear and lemmygrad blocked so it’s been a lot better.

      But even so, I always see a bunch of politics crap on the memes community.

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        It feels like every 3rd post for me. But it doesn’t really bother me.

        edit Went ahead and scrolled past this post, counting how many Linux memes I saw. About 3 out of every 10.

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          Hopefully all the different clients will soon support good blocking. With connect for android I can block instances and keywords, but I most just continually block on a community basis what I don’t want to see from All. I’m sure there are hundreds in there. This keeps it quite relevant for me but I’m still in the flow of seeing new subs. I do subscribe to all the ones I really like.

          So it’s a curation process, but a more active one vs trying to hunt subs down like I used to do with Reddit.

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        Yeah I also do see a lot more content of the communities I’m subbed to than of the instance I created my account in.

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      Furrys being in a community is a sign of a healthy community and a sign of true freedom of speech.

      Just a pattern I’ve recognized over the years