I would love to sometimes filter out any and all political posts, I think having this enabled as default on some instances would also be preferred by some users.
I’m a software dev, if it doesn’t require a lot of work I’m happy to make a Pull Request for this feature, but do people want this? Is there anyone I should maybe talk to before starting, or anything I should know?
Edit: I realise it won’t filter out ALL political posts, but even if it only catches half of the stuff, it could make the difference between being flooded with Trump/Musk news and not.
Some new users might turn away before knowing the can set filters etc. (which also aren’t perfect)
What is extremely political to one person is just someone simply existing to another.
The term “no politics” in internet communities often actually means “only things that align with my politics”. I’ve seen it over and over again for as long as I can remember
The devs should make it so the political tag is enabled by default. If you turn it off, your post isn’t visible to other users. Because communicating with other people is politics.
It’s just a tool each instance can use as they see fit. It gives more options to people
It gives more options to mods, some of whom are people thag suck very much. Curate your own list of communities, instances and users.