Any alternatives that allow you to connect with people with your interests without the constant politics and toxicity on reddit?(sorry for the bad punctuation and grammar kind of writing this in a rush)
Posted by ResidentPixels@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 15 comments
My account is only 6 days old and i already give up on this app. This app was my first choice because of it being well known and having a lot of communities. I originally came here just to have fun,discuss my passion and connect with others but my god is this app miserable. Constant politics 24/7 even in subs it doesn’t belong. Almost all the popular feed is from political subs and I’ve tried muting and avoiding them all but it’s still all over the place. Now i couldn’t care less what political party you are apart of or whatever. as long as you are nice and respectful it doesn’t matter to me i really don’t care about politics. But it’s annoying when it’s all you see. The toxicity on this app is also horrible. People gatekeeping, being just plain rude and toxic its annoying. So I’m looking for some alternatives that are free of politics or at least uas them easy to avoid and less toxic people then on here?
CarlRJ@reddit
I almost never run into toxicity on Reddit. I never look at Reddit's notion of "Popular" (or "News" or "Latest"). I'm subscribed to a few dozen subreddits for topics that interest me, and use the "Home" screen (and perhaps some setting I made long ago), and the app only shows me posts from subreddits I'm subscribed to. This works out quite well for me. I can't imagine just reading whatever subreddits Reddit suggests - it'd be like reading all your junk mail. There are literally hundreds of thousands of subreddits - poke around until you find some you like, subscribe to those, and don't bother with the others.
Joylime@reddit
I never look in the popular tab and my home feed is all stuff that interests me
PerspectiveGreat9725@reddit
reddits awesome
JEFFinSoCal@reddit
Unfollow any sub that has politics in it. You have a ton control over what you see on your feed, you just have to drop out of a lot of default subs.
OC57@reddit
I rarely see politics in a sub that is not about that.
More_Row_3628@reddit
yeah
Ratefuls@reddit
We’re a small community (only 10 days old) but that’s what Discuo is for.
ResidentPixels@reddit (OP)
Thanks! Ill have to check this out as well
BlazeAlt@reddit
Lemmy has 42k monthly active users
For a list with 20 active non-toxic communities:
Feel free if you have any questions
aligatorsNmaligators@reddit
Front page is all politics and complaining about how free speech should be eliminated. This is different from reddit how?
BlazeAlt@reddit
From the link in the post (https://discuss.online/post/15026558)
aligatorsNmaligators@reddit
Yeah, you can assemble an equivalent list of subreddits that are not political, news memes or tech. So....
How's it different?
ResidentPixels@reddit (OP)
Thanks I’ll check those out!
Mavrickindigo@reddit
Real life
Delicious_Ease2595@reddit
Reddit still shines in very niche communities or try looking same communities in other Lemmy instances, Lemmy is still new and still difficult to find