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Comment by baggachipz | Hacker News Reader

Several sections have Trump in the headline. I wish there was a way to block that word like I do in Lemmy. That guy monopolizes the headlines which only makes him more powerful, and annoys me. I'll see whether I can take this when I use this new app, which I otherwise think is great.

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This comment[0] suggests that they have some kind of a filter

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45427513

Strange, I couldn't find anything in the settings (iOS version). So maybe there's a divergent feature set and updates are forthcoming.

I can't speak to any of the apps, but after making my original comment, I checked out the website version, and the settings there do indeed have filters for category as well as specific terms.

Can verify. Settings > Content Filter > Custom Keywords. You can choose whether to hide the stories completely or blur them instead.

We have Content Filter on the web version. And it's coming to the mobile app very soon. We're working towards having complete feature parity with the web app.

It is possible to block news by keywords, see settings (I believe in the web app currently only)

Awesome, looking forward to it being in the mobile apps if possible. I like to think of it as blocking spammy domains ;)

Haha if you block Politics, Sports, Celebrity News and Crypto there are no news in the USA section for me

Surely it isn't that simple. Even a person who thoroughly condemns Trump's hijacking of media systems and attentions must acknowledge that if international politics are at all relevant for you, some actions of the US president should be seen by you, if only in exceptional circumstances.

The problem is the continual stream of bullshit emitted from Trump's mouth gets clicks, and as such even little things that don't have any bearing on an international audience are reported heavily.

When Biden was president I barely heard anything about US politics, but with Trump in power it's hard to avoid.

This is the issue. I feel bombarded by trump's firehouse of bullshit, but some of it has to be important, right? So how can Kagi create a "smart" trump filter that focuses on the most important stuff and reduces the firehose. I tried Kagi news and created a "trump" filter and *every story in the US section was gone*.

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