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[Suggestion] Custom filtering of feed by keywords (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 days ago by podbrushkin@mander.xyz to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'd like to tweak my feed by hiding all posts containing certain key words, e.g. 'democracy, leftists, murder, liberals, fbi, market' etc.

Basic use case: Don't like what you see? Select keyword -> click RMB -> "Fitler for a week". Now you won't see any posts with this keyword on any Lemmy instance.

Is it possible somehow? Maybe a client with this functionality exists? Does it sound useful to anyone but me?

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[–] FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is it possible somehow? Maybe a client with this functionality exists?

I know it exists on Boost:

Boost filters

Full disclosure Boost isn't FOSS if that's a deal breaker for you. There are probably other apps with this functionality too.

[–] podbrushkin@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thank you, but I don't have an Android.

[–] FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah, my bad mate. It looks like you were able to find what you were looking for on Voyager though.

[–] podbrushkin@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not quite. I'd rather use Lemmy in web browser on desktop. Right now, I'm looking through these app lists: https://www.lemmyapps.com/ https://join-lemmy.org/apps https://lemmy.world/post/2609614 .

Photon, Alexandrite, mlmym are not supporting filters, but blorpblorp supports.

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Blorp dev here. I also had this idea awhile back that I never built, but basically some preset blocklist you could subscribe to. Sick of US politics? You could just toggle on the US politics blocklist instead of manually adding your own terms, communities, etc. Just an idea, but I'm curious if that appeals to anyone.

[–] podbrushkin@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

Probably there's too small userbase for continuous subscribable block lists. I think I've seen some people sharing their blocklists on anonymous imageboards. When you can import/export block lists as plain text, probably it is enough.

Consider checking syntax where it's already implemented and adding this import/export functionality.

A step forward could've been adding some logic: e.g. some keywords are filters for posts, some for comments, some for community/instance name. Maybe complex filtering can make federated "global" feed much more satisfying.