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.

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[–] RxBrad@lemmings.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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)..

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have a word list I could borrow?

[–] RxBrad@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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 strike

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I fucking love you. Seriously thanks.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago

This is perfect. My current list just contains 10 different ways to block posts about covid.