• Opinionhaver@feddit.uk
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    29 days ago

    I follow a single news source which doesn’t just focus on US politics. They only write about it when there’s actually something to write about. Other than that, I take active steps to block it everywhere else. On Lemmy I stay out of political communities and I have set content filters to cover everything from Trump to measles and I keep adding new ones every day. In today’s world the only way to consume anything even remotely resembling an “optimal” amount of news is by avoiding them. People who have never tried this get the feeling of FOMO and think that they’re going to then be ignorant then but the truth is that you simply cannot insulate yourself from world news unless you go live alone in a forest. When something major happens you will hear about it. Anyone consuming an unfiltered Lemmy feed because they feel the responsibility to “stay informed” are just masochists doing self-harm.