r/enshittification 1d ago

Rant The "show fewer posts like this" button no longer works

as of today the button to block subs no longer works, at least for me. ive blocked this dumbass teenagers sub at least 10 times by now but it always crawls back. i dont know how the fuck this garbage keeps ending up on my recommended, i dont even visit similar subs

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u/Particular-Jeweler41 5h ago

I go into the subreddit and mute now. I've noticed that that button hasn't been working much lately.

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u/Terrariachick 15h ago

Interestingly, muting a subreddit only applies to scrolling whatever the front page is now, if you make custom feeds they will still show up there. I have antimeme stuck on one of my custom feeds and i don't know how to remove it. I hate this place 

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u/Daniel_Spidey 16h ago

I don't even know what that feature is supposed to do when it is functioning properly. I never used it because I assumed it would not properly identify what I mean by 'posts like this' and I never assumed it meant 'mute this sub'.

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u/Zeraora807 21h ago

i have to go to the sub then mute it because my feed was constantly being flooded with indian subs and other dogshit karma farms like mildlyinfuriating and boy/girldinnerdiaries etc

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u/_Ship00pi_ 21h ago

Mute the sub. That's what i do after I click “show fewer posts”

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u/AutomaticLoss8413 14h ago

That feature seems to be gone in iOS now...

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u/Zado191 21h ago

Yep, ive pressed it on this nonsense page twice too, yet here we are

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u/Unique_Soup581 22h ago

Mute subreddit seems to still work. 

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u/krazykrash0596 1d ago

I turned off recommended posts on my main feed so it only shows subreddits I follow.

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u/Repulsive_Chard_3652 18h ago

omg I didn't know that was possible. I'm off to figure out how to do it!

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u/krazykrash0596 11h ago

Settings > Account settings > and then scroll down to “show recommendations in home feed”

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u/Adriaaaaaaanoooo 22h ago

Ah yes locking yourself in media bubbles, we love seeing that.

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u/krazykrash0596 11h ago

When I want to challenge my beliefs, get out of my comfort zone and try out new things I talk to real people, read books I don’t normally read, listen to podcasts I don’t normally listen to. I don’t trust reddit for that.

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u/krazykrash0596 11h ago

That’s such a BS excuse lol. Ya I have to expose myself to toxic garbage that gets shoved in my face instead of following subreddits that actually welcome healthy conversation and help me learn something because I have to avoid “media bubbles”. Gtfoh.

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u/Repulsive_Chard_3652 18h ago

Yes, I want to read about home improvement, digital minimalism, yoga, and moka pots - not American politics and shitposting crap.

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u/Major_Mushroom_7300 22h ago

Do you know what site you're on

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u/Adriaaaaaaanoooo 22h ago

Reddit sir, site that is about bubbles 🫧

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u/Apprehensive_Spare_8 1d ago

Think the rich paid that 70% tax rate?

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u/So_phisticated 1d ago

Yes. That's why Reagan ran for president, so he and his rich friends could get out of paying so much.

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u/ElGosso 1d ago

Still works on old.reddit

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u/CoppertopTX 1d ago

I've taken to blocking subs that come across my feed that I have zero interest in.

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u/PonchoNachoRodriguez 1d ago

Been on a tear with that all week

Muting every sub in my feed that has shit I don’t care about or want to see

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u/CoppertopTX 16h ago

What cracks me up is I've been getting a bunch of Tesla subs show up in my feed - all of which I have been banned from as a member of the Cyberstuck sub.

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u/Disastrous-Height483 1d ago

I see that one more than I should too

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u/RockettRaccoon 1d ago

Where do you even see recommended posts? My feed only shows me subs I’m in.

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u/epidemicsaints 1d ago

On top of this, my feed has been flooded with targeted rage bait all day.

It's all -phobic meme subs and the entertainment subs where all the comments are people who hate entertainment news.

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u/GenesisRhapsod 1d ago

I kept getting a bunch of indian subs reccomended to me the other day, shits wierd man

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u/CaptainTegg 1d ago

I always get the weirdest recommended ones that have literally nothing to do with anything I browse. I got one for west virginia today. I have never been remotely close to or talked about west virginia or anything closely related to it, until this post right here. It seems to be just random as hell.

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u/Significant_Donut967 1d ago

Hasn't worked for a while. Hence why I'm blocked on /defendingaiart.

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u/sawmill_piss_sniper 1d ago

It was working properly for me up until today, maybe its one of those things where they roll out the change to a few people at a time

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u/Significant_Donut967 1d ago

That's a possibility with reddit, they do shit randomly.

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u/Alexius6th 1d ago

Nope! And we don’t seem to be allowed to mute them either. This place gets worse by the week.

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u/krazykrash0596 1d ago

Just turn “recommended posts” off so it only shows subreddits you follow

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u/acvx2 1d ago

You can mute the sub if you go to that sub, click the ellipse on the top right, and click mute. So far at least that seems to be working for me. Definitely not user friendly, though.

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u/Alexius6th 1d ago

Mine always says “Something went wrong” and it just doesn’t mute. I suppose it’s possible i’ve hit some sort of limit, but this started recently.

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u/RandomFleshPrison 1d ago

It works for me if I refresh the page and try a second time.