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r/unpopularopinion•
Rustybot

I don’t want to see people getting killed in my Reddit feed, I don’t appreciate that Reddit has no way to block/hide entire subreddits, and I certainly don’t want violent content “suggested” to me.

I’ve never seen anyone else complain about this, so I’m guessing it’s unpopular. Reddit certainly isn’t expecting people to react this way to violent content.

I specifically had a subreddit called “gunfights” suggested to me while browsing popular on the Reddit mobile app. A highly upvoted post, that was not hidden behind a NSFW/NSFL tag, show a person getting shot in the head.

I think if it wouldn’t be shown on network TV without a graphic content label, it shouldn’t be on the front page of Reddit.

And why is there no rule against violent or disturbing content? And no way to report such content?

Posted Sep 30, 2021, 9:14 PM UTC

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Dominant-Species-Mid•

I just want to block r/popping

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TheraKoon•

This is why I don't use Facebook after videos began playing automatically. Like hey there is my beautiful nieces playing in the park! Awww. Next video some giant mound of puss launching out of someone's neck

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pantsuitmafia•

Puss... or pus. Definitely gives different meaning to this.

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TheraKoon•

Shrek fucked up my autocorrect. My bad.

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pantsuitmafia•

C'mon Shrek. Why you do? Thanks for the laugh :)

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Dominant-Species-Mid•

Literally rather watch an ISIS beheading than see another gallon of puss launch from someone born to cosplay Jabba The Hutt.

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RustybotOP•

Long ago I made Facebook semi-usable by blocking the source of any link anyone posted. It was a lot of work but it allowed me to see friend’s content without news/politics/forwards from grandma. It lasted about a year before everyone else who posted good content stopped using it and then I stopped as well.

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RustybotOP•

My nightmare.

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PretendAd8816•

It used to be a feature on the mobile app. I don't know what happened but I can't figure out how to block them either anymore.

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RustybotOP•

I thought I used to be able to do it! Thanks for making me feel like I’m not crazy.

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TheDankestDreams•

I had this problem for a long time. Reddit would always put some political subreddit in the middle of my casual feed. It was infuriating because I hate politics and the people on Reddit who regularly participate in those subs. More recently however, there has been a feature popping up on my homepage that says something like show me more/show me less content like this. Then it asks you whether it was the post or the community you find annoying. If you say community usually it'll fuck off but I've never seen the option before now.

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pertobello•

I'd kill to be able to block r/WhitePeopleTwitter.

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THETennesseeD•

Ooo thanks for the sub suggestion.

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BootShapedMcNugget•

I use Relay for Reddit pro and I never see ads or suggested posts. Not sure if it's the same with the non pro version but for a couple of dollars it was worth the purchase.

It won't help you if you're browsing all and someone hasn't tagged something as NSFW though.

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the_lenin•

You can block subreddits on r/all.

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Ultra9635•

I don’t want to see people getting killed

Pretty sure this is popular.

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OneForkShort•

I would also like the ability to block entire subreddits I have no interest in seeing, ever.

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ER_KEBABBARO_AMIR•

Don't cancel an entire subreddit, just ask reddit to not show notification of those subs

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RustybotOP•

Yeah, I agree. Let people sub to it, and even show it on all, but don’t show it in popular or let people say they don’t want to see gruesome violence like they don’t have to see nudity etc.

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DuckWasTaken•

It's genuinely insane that you can't block subs entirely. I get a ton of shit on my home feed I have no interest in at all and can't even flag topics that I'm interested in. It's, like, an incredibly basic feature.

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sciron512•

You can avoid any subreddit easily.

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RustybotOP•

Yeah I could just delete Reddit and avoid them all.

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PretendAd8816•

Thanks for the help. Really appreciate when someone comes in with a delightful and concise answer to a question instead of being a snarkey jerk about it.

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EmbarrassedAd9792•

Lol

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RustybotOP•

Should me your Google search terms that lead to a link for eliminating such content in the mobile app, oh wise master.

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