is there a way to reduce the frequency of posts from specific communities?

My feed is blown up by posts from memes. Like, 80% of posts are all from memes. Regardless of how I sort. If sorted by new/hot/top/active, any combination, it’s ALL memes.

Is there a way from the site, or any app that has the function to just reduce the amount? Or do I need to just block that community?

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whenever8186@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Honestly, I wish memes would just fuck off and die. I hate to admit that I do laugh at the odd one, but I would quite happily never see one again.

I don't get why you just don't subscribe to some communities that don't have memes, and just set your feed to view 'subscribed'?

Rhoeri@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

Because it’s nice to discover new communities and partake in discussions outside of my bubble.

hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social · 3 pts · 3y (7 replies)

What feed are you viewing? All, Local, or Subscribed?

I have the same issue if I'm looking at All or Local. Howevern when I drill down to just my subscribed communities, memes dwindle a lot. The trade-off is that I don't get to discover new stuff as readily, so I toggle back and forth.

Rhoeri@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y (6 replies)

It doesn’t matter. All feeds are 80% memes.

hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social · 2 pts · 3y (5 replies)

I'm guessing then that you'll have to unsub from whichever communities are the worst offenders if you're not interested in blocking them entirely 🤷🏾‍♀️

Rhoeri@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Will that reduce them from all feeds? Or just not show them from by home feed?

hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social · 3 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Unsubbing will only remove them from your Subscribed feed, but blocking a community should get rid of them altogether for you.

I haven't seen anything from lotrmemes since I blocked them. That was the most intrusively meme-y community for me. The nuclear option should do the trick if you're really just plain over it.

Good luck!

Rhoeri@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Yeah. I blocked it. Shame. I like it, but that is just WAY too much posting.

hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Maybe it'll settle down in time and you can venture back one day 🙃

Rhoeri@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

That’s the hope.

ntzm@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

I've just blocked them