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I'm not sure why anyone uses Facebook anymore. I think a better plugin would be to remove any posts that contain remote content. Then you are simply left with
by poorman 10y ago
I'm not sure why anyone uses Facebook anymore. I think a better plugin would be to remove any posts that contain remote content.
Then you are simply left with updates about your friends.
- trendia 10y agoAn even better plugin would block Facebook altogether.
- tsm 10y agoThat'd be a great plugin and seems relatively easy to make…does it exist?
- daveguy 10y agoAnd you think the B.S. detector was blocked quickly. There would be a pure vacuum left in the internet due to the quickness with which a third party remover would disappear. I expect Facebook is saturated and or declining in the US due to excess BS. A few years ago it was rare that I would find a "fb free" person. Now it is much more common (maybe as much my age group as fb though).
- notadoc 10y agoPretty sure the only reason most people I know use Facebook is for Tinder.
- RickS 10y agoThis is funny, because the only reason tinder values a facebook login is if users were robust facebook users pre-tinder (and thus easily verifiable as real people), so it's ultimately all for naught.
- quickquicker 10y agoSame here. Hadn't been active on it for years, basically since college.
- uberstuber 10y agoA plugin like this would make FB usable again. Too bad it would get blocked asap.
- wernercd 10y agoAs mentioned elsewhere: http://www.fbpurity.com http://www.fbpurity.com I can't stand using Facebook on my phone due to lack of ad-blocking (Sponsored stories) and other tweaks FBP gives...
- MaxLeiter 10y agoThis would be great - I hate all the "blank commented on" posts, I just want updates
- dimfeld 10y agoThe FBPurity browser plugin might interest you. You can block all sorts of content based on post type and keyword. http://www.fbpurity.com http://www.fbpurity.com
- sucrose 10y agoI've tried this plugin and it's very useful, however, in my case the chat stops working when enabled.
- dimfeld 10y agoHmm, interesting. For what it's worth, I haven't had that problem.
- shmatatina 10y agoThank you for sharing this. I have been looking for this for years!
- shawnz 10y agoIsn't that the current behaviour if you have no pages 'liked'?
- RickS 10y agoNo. I had nothing "liked" and it will simply insert things that your friends like, which is typically awful, or things that it thinks are interesting to you based on your advertising profile (eg: like DJ gear? you should like guitar center!)
- Cafey 10y agoI ask myself this about everyday I open the app. Unfortunatly, the answer is always: well in between all the BS there are things my family post or members of groups I joined post. So I keep on going even though I find it appalling.
- astrodust 10y agoHow about a plugin that blocks Facebook in its entirety?
- snowwrestler 10y agoFacebook is an easy way for my friends to call my attention to a piece of external content that I might otherwise have not known about (and vice versa). For example one FB friend follows whitewater racing closely and is constantly posting articles and videos from local websites throughout Europe. I would never get to see this content otherwise. Sure a lot of people on HN don't like Facebook or don't use Facebook, but about a billion people do. And they do it for a reason: they like it. The question is what obligation does Facebook have to those people--and to society in general--to avoid fooling or exploiting them. I'd say it is at least "some".
- sharkmerry 10y ago>> For example one FB friend follows whitewater racing closely and is constantly posting articles and videos from local websites throughout Europe. I would never get to see this content otherwise. Do you seek out this content now that you've seen it? Has it made you a bigger fan of whitewater racing?
- fgandiya 10y agoI only use it for messenger, which isn't bad...