Making use of EdgeRank gives me more control than just hiding people. Whenever I'd like to see more of somebody, I go to their page, make a couple of comments,

Making use of EdgeRank gives me more control than just hiding people. Whenever I'd like to see more of somebody, I go to their page, make a couple of comments, and pronto, their posts enter my stream, squeezing out posts of people I didn't interact with. Problem solved.