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I found that the timeline is the problem. It has been tweaked and reworked to make you spend as much time as possible mindlessly scrolling, liking and interacti

I found that the timeline is the problem. It has been tweaked and reworked to make you spend as much time as possible mindlessly scrolling, liking and interacting. I solved the problem by simply removing the timeline. Well, you can't actually remove it. But unfollowing everyone and everything results in this: https://i.imgur.com/w4JZbct.png https://i.imgur.com/w4JZbct.png It might not be for everyone, but it works excellent for me. And nowadays I actually complete what I came there for.

reustle 11y ago
I found the same. The news feed was the only bad part about Facebook. Events, chat, groups, are all great. I killed my news feed using this handy extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kill-news-feed/hjobfcedfgohjkaieocljfcppjbkglfd?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kill-news-feed/hjo...
andy_ppp 11y ago
I too have done the same, unfortunately Facebook has added a feature that tells me I haven't seen posts against each person. It's better to be able to catch up on your own terms though and a surprising amount of things I've missed out on such as new progeny and marriage proposals are somewhat more relevant than videos of Sad Ben Afleck :-D
herbst 11y ago
I do the same. My Facebook account is basically my Business account and nothing else. No friends, no likes other than my sites, no nothing.
- FB_fan 11y ago
  Man thats disappointing to hear :( Brother Zuckerberg has worked hard for years and years for what then?
  - herbst 11y ago
    Cheap effective ads and crappy pages and groups that drive traffic. I see no value in Facebook other than as marketing tool.
FB_fan 11y ago
This is a known bug. Facebook is working hard to fill that space up.
rollinDyno 11y ago
I've done the same, it took me a few days to finish unfollowing everyone but it was completely worth it. I find Facebook an excellent tool for connecting with people but the feed is too time expensive, that's supposedly how we pay for the service but if there's a way to circumvent it, I'll take it!
aratno 11y ago
I was considering doing this too, but it would have taken way too long so I never got around to it. Instead, I used Adblock and blocked the entire div! Now if I want to see my newsfeed, I can just log in on incognito, which I hardly ever do. Works great.

reustle 11y ago

I found the same. The news feed was the only bad part about Facebook. Events, chat, groups, are all great. I killed my news feed using this handy extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kill-news-feed/hjobfcedfgohjkaieocljfcppjbkglfd?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kill-news-feed/hjo...

andy_ppp 11y ago

I too have done the same, unfortunately Facebook has added a feature that tells me I haven't seen posts against each person. It's better to be able to catch up on your own terms though and a surprising amount of things I've missed out on such as new progeny and marriage proposals are somewhat more relevant than videos of Sad Ben Afleck :-D

herbst 11y ago

I do the same. My Facebook account is basically my Business account and nothing else. No friends, no likes other than my sites, no nothing.

FB_fan 11y ago
Man thats disappointing to hear :( Brother Zuckerberg has worked hard for years and years for what then?
- herbst 11y ago
  Cheap effective ads and crappy pages and groups that drive traffic. I see no value in Facebook other than as marketing tool.

FB_fan 11y ago

This is a known bug. Facebook is working hard to fill that space up.

rollinDyno 11y ago

I've done the same, it took me a few days to finish unfollowing everyone but it was completely worth it. I find Facebook an excellent tool for connecting with people but the feed is too time expensive, that's supposedly how we pay for the service but if there's a way to circumvent it, I'll take it!

aratno 11y ago

I was considering doing this too, but it would have taken way too long so I never got around to it. Instead, I used Adblock and blocked the entire div! Now if I want to see my newsfeed, I can just log in on incognito, which I hardly ever do. Works great.