I agree, they're "not that bad"

And that they aren't "that good" either.

They just tend to be low effort pandering to a limited range audience. Which is fine! Targeting an audience is part and parcel of creating anything with a goal of anyone else being interested.

It does not make a given project broadly accessible, which means that until folks here in the fediverse have easy access to filtering methods, folks are gonna complain.

I look at it like porn. I don't want to see porn on my feed, so I take steps to minimize it. I don't enjoy most pizzacake comics, so I take steps to minimize it. I have been successful with both of those. I only see porn when a new community gets created, and I only see pizzacake when I'm not using an app that has keyword filtering for posts.

Which is ideal, imo. It means fans can enjoy, and I don't have to flick my finger an extra time to get past.

What? Randombutthurt@randinstance.gripe didn't know you can just scroll past, roll your eyes, and move on with your day?