Social users can't precisely filter unwanted content from feeds
Social and news feed readers want to hide specific topics, people, or images without losing unrelated posts. Signals describe native controls that can be too broad, apply beyond the feed a person wants to filter, or require muting posts one at a time. A browser tool could improve filtering on supported websites, but no small product can reliably control every app and mobile feed.
For social and news feed readers seeking selective content filters. Mentioned from Apr 2024 to Jul 2026 on Bluesky and Hacker News.
20 different people described this problem in 18 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 4.0/10
- Pain
- 5.0/10
- Frequency
- 10.0/10
- Willingness to pay
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- Momentum
- 4.7/10
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- Consumers
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- Build difficulty
- Medium
What people said
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i can't mute "vote" or "voting" because that would cast too wide a net but good lord i would pay money not to see more posting about whether or not people are voting in the presidential election
Wish there was a Bluesky feed that filtered out all sports- related posts. I would pay $$$ for a browser extension that did that for everything.
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