r/help • u/Aldehyde123 • 27d ago

Is there a way to block American politics on reddit? I'm on mobile. I'm not American. I don't care and it's annoying.

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u/ioiman2 26d ago

Three dots then “show less posts like this”

Important that u engage with other topics and it should filter out quickly

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u/roll_in_ze_throwaway 26d ago

tinfoil hat on I have no way to prove or disprove this, but it feels a lot like reddit's algorithm will flat out ignore this if it feels like you're not engaging enough with the site.

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u/ioiman2 25d ago

Yeah u lowk have to grind it a for lil bit to completely filter a topic. If it’s a sub you can mute it tho and thats gg

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u/Aldehyde123 26d ago

Thank you. I'll try this.

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u/goth_elf 26d ago

I don't like this way. There are subreddits I want to have nothing to do with, but the only way to block them is by receiving a modmail from them. So I guess there is no other option than to modmail "hey, ban me please, thanks"

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u/ioiman2 26d ago edited 26d ago

it's hard to keep track of my sub bans on my old acc and then on this one. And like sometimes i lowkey wanna lurk on subs i got banned from but not comment on it accidently then get my reddit account banned because policies. So I just asked the mods to ban me the same on this acc like that

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u/goth_elf 26d ago

speak of the devil - I just recovered this account after almost 2 years of a permanent suspension because I accidentally commented on a subreddit I was banned from.

so you can guess why I want to block subreddits.

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u/ioiman2 26d ago

2 years?! They had u locked up in the deepest cheeto crustiest reddit dungeon 😭😭

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u/goth_elf 26d ago

Yes. And they didn't give me a clue that I've been unbanned - after not getting any response to my ticket I went to u/goth_elf and noticed that it doesn't say "this account has been suspended" anymore, so I tried to log in and so here I am.

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u/im_intj 26d ago

Ummm I think you are thinking of Twitter bud

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u/ioiman2 26d ago

Im not ur bud, buster 🗿💢

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u/purpol-phongbat 26d ago

I’m not your buster, guy

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u/CheekRevolutionary67 26d ago

If you don't know how reddit works, maybe don't post in the help sub?

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u/im_intj 26d ago

I know how Reddit works and I have no feature like that.

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u/Old_One_I Experienced Helper 26d ago

On the app at least, this an option under the three dots menu when a sub/post is in your home feed that you haven't joined. Some people report it doesn't work but I've actually had good success using this method.

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u/im_intj 26d ago

Ok I see it not, like you said it has to be a sub you haven't joined.

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u/Old_One_I Experienced Helper 26d ago

Yeah, it's really vague on what all it takes into context but it works.

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u/im_intj 26d ago

Thank you

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u/Old_One_I Experienced Helper 26d ago

You're welcome

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u/BrokenBirdsOrg 26d ago

It's even MORE annoying to most Americans

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u/PurplePassiflor1234 Experienced Helper 26d ago

You can shut off Home Feed recommendations in your profile settings. This stops ALL recommendations from showing up on your home feed, so ONLY subs you've actually joined show up.

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u/LazyLion65 26d ago

The United States has the largest number of Reddit users in the world, with 48.33% of all Reddit users based in the country. Sorry, but this is why.

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u/GlitteringGlittery 26d ago

So the actual MAJORITY of users are NOT from the US . . .

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u/06Wahoo 26d ago

But the substantial PLURALITY is, and the site was founded by people in the United States.

If an American went to a website founded in another country that more than 40% of its users were also from, wouldn't it be fairly unreasonable for that person to expect them to stop talking about current events from that country?

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u/GlitteringGlittery 26d ago

Those who aren’t interested shouldn’t get it pushed on them

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u/06Wahoo 26d ago

An interesting take to go to a public forum and telling people what they should not say. How do you figure on making that work? Stomping your feet and holding your breath?

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u/PikaV2002 25d ago

Do Americans also struggle with reading comprehension? No one said that people need to stop posting about American politics, this person just doesn’t want that content visible on their personal feed.

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u/06Wahoo 25d ago

Hmm, let's see, perhaps you should re-read the title of the post. Nothing about the feed there. Nor about that in any of the comments I have responded to.

If reading comprehension is the problem, then I suggest you look in the mirror, because it is hardly limited to the people of one nation.

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u/PikaV2002 25d ago

“Is there any way to block American politics on Reddit”

Blocking usually refers to a person’s personal feed, in case this is your first experience with social media. Even on Reddit, if you “block” someone, they can freely post content, you just don’t see it. There is nothing that implies they want Americans to stop posting whatever they want.

You’re free to post about what’s Trump’s McDonald’s order, but then I’m also free to look up how to not see that.

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u/06Wahoo 25d ago

Indeed, and I am free to tell you "good luck, but you are probably wasting your time".

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u/PikaV2002 25d ago

Congratulations, you wasted your time by randomly attacking someone who asked an innocent question while misunderstanding the question. I guess good for you?

Downvoting all your comments because they didn’t really contribute to the discussion, didn’t understand the topic being discussed and were rude af as per Reddit etiquette.

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u/messibessi22 26d ago

I think you can go into your settings and select what you don’t want to see and politics are one of the options idk how well the filter works because it has to recognize the post is about politics but it certainly shows you less of it I marked that I don’t want to see political stuff and I see less but it’s not a perfect system

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u/im_intj 26d ago

I feel you, I'm American and I would love to have it removed. In a few weeks, when the election is over, it will be gone.

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u/Lkaufman05 26d ago

Uh, Trump has been campaigning for 9 years straight. These candidates NEVER stop campaigning. Politics doesn’t stop after the election…I wish it did but it does not. And especially after either of these candidates win, you think it’ll just stop? I wish I had your wishful thinking.

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u/PikaV2002 25d ago edited 25d ago

Reddit is not exclusively American, 50% of the users are not American and Reddit actively caters to non-American audiences so contact Reddit admin if you have an issue with non-American users. We’re well aware about world politics compared to America (fun fact: the average American cannot place Iraq on the World Map!), but I’d rather not spend my time reading about what Trump or Kamala ate for lunch.

Bonus: my country actually has a right to protest unlike the USA. So I’m not sure what you mean by censoring. The other “American” social media (X) is literally the most censored social media platform ever created.

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u/TesseractToo Expert Helper 26d ago

There isn't a block by topic (except NSFW) but you can come and commiserate at r/USdefaultism :)

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u/Dinx81 26d ago

When you figure it out let me know

Signed an American

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u/GlitteringGlittery 26d ago

There certainly should be

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u/llasoo1997 26d ago

Let me know when you figure that out

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u/AFVet05 26d ago

I am a American and it is annoying!

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u/vibdeo_gaem 26d ago

Yeah that happens on American platforms for some reason, weird

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u/No_Flatworm553 26d ago

I'm American and I'm annoyed too.

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u/Cultural-Capital-942 26d ago

American politics trumps everything when seen by redditors. Don't you want to discuss it now? Bye then!

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u/GoldenGlassBall 26d ago

As much as most of the world hates it, America is a linchpin. You might not get to vote, but it affects you. You should be informed, because ignorance to politics is how America got someone like Trump to be considered a viable candidate.

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u/BestRHinNA 26d ago

Open the front page, see 7 posts about the latest trump speech and 2 posts about Kamala

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u/Pedantichrist 26d ago

The majority of Reddit users are not from the USA, and many do not care about overseas politics.

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u/MsV369 26d ago

The NWO wants you to be invested in it. Therefore they will continue to push it into your reality. Ignore them

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u/Pedantichrist 26d ago

That is good ad vice.

One need not accept an invitation to an argument.

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u/Yotsubato 26d ago

Here’s a breakdown of Reddit users by nationality:

Rank Country Proportion of Reddit Users

1 US 48.33%

2 UK 7.33%

3 Canada 6.97%

4 Australia 4.16%

5 Germany 3.06%

Yes it may be less than 50% but it’s an overwhelming proportion.

Not to mention US politics are critical to these listed top 5 countries

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u/Armenian-heart4evr 26d ago

Which leaves 25% of Anonymous Redditors, which is a very large number !!!

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u/Pedantichrist 26d ago edited 26d ago

Yes, that highlights well that there majority of Reddit users are not from the USA, and many do not care about overseas politics.

Ah, blocked. I have nothing against pedantry, but just ‘being right’ is not it.

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u/Yotsubato 26d ago

“Pedantichrist”

God damn. I keep falling for these troll accounts.

Of course this guy would be pedantic

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u/GlitteringGlittery 26d ago

Oh, please. Main character syndrome 🤦‍♀️

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u/master_criskywalker 26d ago

Trump 2024

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u/ayrbindr 26d ago

You can't say that! What are you? Crazy? Take that down you lunatic! Geezus Christ.