stopthatgirl7 to Technology@lemmy.world • 10 months agoElon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accountsmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1331arrow-down152file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldenoughmuskspam@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
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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.
minus-square@AbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish33•10 months agoIs there a way to block content other than community and user yet? I’m getting really sick of hearing about Elon.
minus-square@db2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish11•10 months agoThe best bet would be to make a feature request for a mobile client to add word/phrase filtering.
minus-square@Strangle@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglish7•10 months agoI’d just like to be able to block bot posts
minus-square@Strangle@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoSorry, I didn’t mean to imply that you were
minus-squareTemetralinkfedilink6•10 months agoYou can disable seeing bots on Lemmy, in your settings. Not sure if this carries over to apps though.
minus-square@Strangle@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoI’ve heard this, I should log into the website and look. I use an app though
minus-squarestopthatgirl7OPlinkfedilink5•10 months agoI am most decidedly not. Just terminally online while I’m on a long vacation.
minus-squareWHARRGARBLlinkfedilink2•10 months agoThank you. I was hoping you’re real - I enjoy all your posts!
minus-squarestopthatgirl7OPlinkfedilink2•10 months agoAww, thank you! I try to post things I think are interesting and other people will like.
minus-square@monkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•10 months agoSync for Lemmy has keyword filtering:
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏linkfedilinkEnglish10•10 months agoFor other sync users, you can change those settings here Settings shortcut: Filters > Keyword filters
minus-square@MajorHavoc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months agoI’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
Is there a way to block content other than community and user yet? I’m getting really sick of hearing about Elon.
The best bet would be to make a feature request for a mobile client to add word/phrase filtering.
I’d just like to be able to block bot posts
I mean, I’m not a bot, tho. 🤨
Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply that you were
You can disable seeing bots on Lemmy, in your settings. Not sure if this carries over to apps though.
I’ve heard this, I should log into the website and look. I use an app though
You can in your settings.
Is stopthatgirl7 a bot?
I am most decidedly not. Just terminally online while I’m on a long vacation.
Thank you. I was hoping you’re real - I enjoy all your posts!
Aww, thank you! I try to post things I think are interesting and other people will like.
Sync for Lemmy has keyword filtering:![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/65c8c256-cec7-4ad1-beac-c21bc95c96de.png)
For other sync users, you can change those settings here
Settings shortcut: Filters > Keyword filters
Neat
That’s so cool.
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