6 votes

Unfiltered view doesn’t completely unfilter

Posted by FarraigePlaisteach
Tags: ask.help, filtering, groups

I have a lot of stuff filtered such as tech and US politics. But I’ve noticed on several occasions that posts I see when I’m not logged in are inaccessible to me when I log in, even when I click the button to disable filters temporarily.

One example is this post about Just Buy Nothing https://tildes.net/~health.mental/1pke/just_buy_nothing_a_fake_online_store_to_combat_shopping_addiction

I can see it when I’m logged out, but the only way to access it is to copy the link while logged out and then paste in when logged in.

I’m happy for the devs to look at my account settings etc if it helps!

5 comments

  1. [5]
    cfabbro
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    Are you actually subscribed to ~health.mental? If not, that would explain what's happening since the unfiltered view is still affected by your subscriptions. p.s. You can quickly see what groups...

    Are you actually subscribed to ~health.mental? If not, that would explain what's happening since the unfiltered view is still affected by your subscriptions.

    p.s. You can quickly see what groups you're subscribed / not subscribed to on the browse groups page:
    https://tildes.net/groups

    If the group's link colour is orange, you're not subscribed to it.

    7 votes
    1. [4]
      FarraigePlaisteach
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      Il not subscribed, no. Thanks for the clarification. I obviously misunderstand what the unfiltered view is for. I was looking for something like the r/all button on Reddit where I could briefly...

      Il not subscribed, no. Thanks for the clarification. I obviously misunderstand what the unfiltered view is for. I was looking for something like the r/all button on Reddit where I could briefly scan what’s going on on the rest of tildes.net - beyond my subscriptions and filters.

      And I see just now that I have filtered mental health. So I assumed bypassing filters would reveal it.

      3 votes
      1. [3]
        cfabbro
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        NP. And ah, yeah there is no /r/all equivalent here (unless you're actually subscribed to everything), and probably never will be... for several reasons, but primarily because it...

        NP. And ah, yeah there is no /r/all equivalent here (unless you're actually subscribed to everything), and probably never will be... for several reasons, but primarily because it encourages/facilitates brigading.

        p.s. See here for more in-depth reasoning against the idea of an /r/all equivalent on Tildes, including some comments by Deimos (Tildes' admin): https://tildes.net/~tildes/3p9/how_about_r_all_for_tildes

        8 votes
        1. [2]
          FarraigePlaisteach
          Link Parent
          Oh, I’ll have a read of that. Thanks again for the help. I’m all for the Tildes way of doing things. This place is an oasis of calm compared to some other platforms :)

          Oh, I’ll have a read of that. Thanks again for the help. I’m all for the Tildes way of doing things. This place is an oasis of calm compared to some other platforms :)

          3 votes
          1. cfabbro
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            YVW, and ditto, I ❤️ this place too. :)

            YVW, and ditto, I ❤️ this place too. :)

            3 votes