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I've been hoping there would be a feature added to FB that would be simply "do not show any posts with links" or "do not show any posts sharing posts from anoth
by jupiter90000 8y ago
I've been hoping there would be a feature added to FB that would be simply "do not show any posts with links" or "do not show any posts sharing posts from another account." The number of things people post linking politics, news, random crap, memes, etc. is enough to almost drive me up a wall. I've tried putting lots of effort into curating by "hide things like this", etc, but inevitably more like it ends up in the feed. I really, really do not like the inability to disable that kind of content from the news feed showing up.
- henrikschroder 8y agoI would love that! I go to Facebook for the cat and baby pictures, and knowing what people are actually doing in their lives. I want to see vacation pictures and people just living and enjoying themselves. I don't want to see re-shares from accounts who post polarizing shit that's mean to make everyone angry.
- elcomet 8y agoI'm not sure you even want this. Several studies have shown that it correlates with people being depressed about their lifes. Eg http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0069841 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.... Of course correlation is not causality, but one should still be careful
- rhizome 8y agoI imagine that's where they get the vast majority of their ad-targeting signals, though. They can't show ads based on how much you like the random thoughts of an acquaintance of unknown proximity, they need us to signal our feelings toward fixed commercial targets and sources that can be analyzed reliably for sentiment.
- colordrops 8y agoIt's a Faustian bargain.