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All I wanted from facebook regarding that problem on how to deal with news on my timeline was one option to hide all shared links and content and show only my f
by bigato 9y ago
All I wanted from facebook regarding that problem on how to deal with news on my timeline was one option to hide all shared links and content and show only my friend's original content. When I want news I know where to find them and it's not on facebook.
- propter_hoc 9y agoNews on Facebook is a real problem, because the news stories that get shared on Facebook are things that people get really upset about. Donald Trump got tons of press because he deliberately and repeatedly said the most outrageous things. I've now individually hidden every major news source (BBC, CNN, etc...). Huge improvement to my Facebook experience. While I still get ads from companies, my Facebook feed has been entirely purged of Donald Trump and mass murders.
- bigato 9y agoEvery time someone shares something from some source, I block the source. It improves the experience indeed, but people never cease finding different sources.
- munificent 9y agoWhen you hide a shared link, you can tell Facebook to hide all links from that domain, forever. It takes surprisingly few blanket bans from the big clickbaity domains before your feed gets back to showing mostly original content.
- JakeAl 9y agoCheck out the Facebook Purity add-on. It gives you the control to filter out just about anything if you use a web browser to access Facebook. http://www.fbpurity.com http://www.fbpurity.com