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We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is there a way to block content other than community and user yet? I'm getting really sick of hearing about Elon.

[–] monkey@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sync for Lemmy has keyword filtering:

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] lejsh@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

That's so cool.

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best bet would be to make a feature request for a mobile client to add word/phrase filtering.

[–] Strangle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’d just like to be able to block bot posts

[–] Temetra@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can disable seeing bots on Lemmy, in your settings. Not sure if this carries over to apps though.

[–] Strangle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve heard this, I should log into the website and look. I use an app though

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, I’m not a bot, tho. 🤨

[–] Strangle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply that you were

[–] Ab_intra@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You can in your settings.

[–] WHARRGARBL@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am most decidedly not. Just terminally online while I’m on a long vacation.

[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

This girl has to be stopped!

[–] WHARRGARBL@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you. I was hoping you’re real - I enjoy all your posts!

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Aww, thank you! I try to post things I think are interesting and other people will like.

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I've just started blocking the user that posts it. Not the best solution, but it's cutting a lot of it out if my feed