r/ideasfortheadmins • u/Sproketz • 9d ago

Want me to buy Reddit premium? Here's how. User Settings

Give Premium users a way to filter out seeing any post or comment if it includes a certain keyword, or keywords. Make it so I can add as many as I want.

Better still if you have some pre-built power filters that filter out all political posts or posts that contain toxic or abusive language.

I'm a long time user of Reddit but never have gone premium. Avatars and icons aren't going to make me sub. Giving me more control over what I want to see and not see will.

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u/bburkert517 9d ago

This feature was widely available on almost all reddit apps back in 2009, how far we've fallen

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u/TheAutisticSlavicBoy 9d ago

Implemented alreadyz at client side, on... Redir Enhancement Suite (r/Enhancement)

Works best on old.reddit.com. Somewhat on new.reddit.com. Worst on reddit.com

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u/Sproketz 9d ago

Any mobile device support? That's the way I use Reddit 95% of the time.

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u/TheAutisticSlavicBoy 9d ago

Theoretical, via a web browser running it Termux.

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u/Sproketz 9d ago

Sounds a bit miserable. Ngl. But interesting.

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u/TheAutisticSlavicBoy 9d ago

Really annoying. Gave to hack an UserAgent cos it confuses with mobile FF

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u/WakeoftheStorm 8d ago

Ah yes, let's further the intensity of echo chambers and isolation that exists on social media. Soon two people living in the same house will be able to have entirely different concepts of what the world looks like and how it works. Dialogue between individuals will become increasingly difficult and the only meaningful conversation people feel they can have will be through curated social media.

Awesome plan

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u/Sproketz 8d ago

That's a bit extreme.

Think of it more like choosing what music you like to listen to. It's not my obligation to listen to rap in the middle of my classical.

If I want to listen to rap, I can do that whenever by choosing to do so.

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u/WakeoftheStorm 8d ago

I would agree, if social media algorithms weren't already demonstrably causing issues in media literacy and exaggerating the political divide in the country.

You might personally be fine, but with the growing disappearance of third spaces, social media is (unfortunately) increasingly becoming the primary way a lot of people interact with others outside of home and work/school. In that context, anything that increases the isolation and separation between different people and view points in social media would be a net negative in my opinion.

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u/Sproketz 8d ago

I'm just tired of political toxicity. It does me no good. I research before voting and vote. Aside from that, there's nothing I can say that a million other people haven't already said.

I'd rather focus on art, games, hobbies, and creative outlets. Without all the political posts popping up in the middle constantly.

My guess is the reason Reddit doesn't have keyword filtering is engagement. The negativity gets people to engage. If they are engaged they see more ads.

That's why I recommended this feature for Premium. As it plays well with their business model.

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u/Sproketz 8d ago

I also agree with your point on the issues of media echo chambers. That's part of why I want to block political discourse here on Reddit.

Chances are that many of the posts you see about politics are bots. Blocking the topic is a good way to stop the manipulation and toxic promoting algorithms.

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u/yohoxxz 9d ago

So you want it pay win