The last time Trump won, there was this constant barrage of scandals and frankly horrifying news permeating my online experience. And while I admit that from my European perspective, there was some entertainment in the whole thing, the experience was more exhausting than anything else.

I like to keep up with the news, but I also like my mental health. Are there any effective strategies for keeping the amount of trump-spam I’m exposed to at an absolute minimum, while also keeping up with whatever else is going on in the world?

  • Stovetop@lemmy.world
    12·
    12 days ago

    Some apps/frontends have keyword filters, could just filter out the word “Trump” as a way of trimming down the feed.

    • Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.worldOP
      41·
      12 days ago

      Thanks, I’m using voyager and am filtering some keywords already. While it helps a good bit on here, I guess I’m more looking for an ad block extension for Firefox, but for trump and trump adjacent content. Ideally something that includes what his business partners and associates in the government are up to.

      • Bagel5941@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        12 days ago

        I’ve used the Spoiler Protection 2.0 extension in the past, though it hasn’t been updated in a long time so there may be a better option.

        It doesn’t block content but places a big red overlay over links, headlines, images (that are tagged) and videos. It’s not fool proof but definitely useful if you want to block “Trump” or “Musk” or whatever else.

      • Mothra@mander.xyz
        3·
        12 days ago

        Hi, if you’re on Android I can recommend Blokada5. Get the 5.21.0 version from a mirror because newer versions (the only ones you find on the play store) will only give you one month and then force you to upgrade your account.

        As an ad blocker it works for your entire phone, not just Firefox. I don’t have any adblockers for my browsers.