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There is a browser extension that automatically unfollows everything on Facebook for you. I used this extension and then re-followed the handful of people I act

There is a browser extension that automatically unfollows everything on Facebook for you. I used this extension and then re-followed the handful of people I actually care about. It brought Facebook back to the early ~2010s era. Gone are all the useless memes, embedded ads, "news" articles, and daily ramblings by people I don't care about. Instead it's a tool I can use to keep up to date with my friends and loved ones. My feed even has an end again. Only this time the "end" says: "Something went wrong. This may be because of a technical error that we're working to get fixed. Try reloading this page." Here's a link. I highly recommend it. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unfollow-everyone-on-face/pijkodjelolnmbehifeokihlodnajela?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unfollow-everyone-...

Supermancho 5y ago
I unfollowed everything on Facebook the old fashioned way. I deleted my Facebook profiles. There is enough news out there to eat up each day without it.
- SonicScrub 5y ago
  Congrats. Pat your self on the back. So brave... This does nothing to help the people that enjoyed the functionality of the early Facebook and would like to configure their page to return to that, rather than dropping it entirely.
  - Supermancho 5y ago
    > This does nothing to help the people that enjoyed the functionality of the early Facebook and would like to configure their page to return to that, rather than dropping it entirely. That's progressive to try to enact change from within via the market. Keep complaining on HN until they become what you want them to be...which is what they used to be. I honestly think you're angry and things wont get better for you.
phgn 5y ago
What happens when the people you manually re-followed share content you dislike? What I'd use Facebook for is keeping up with friends - for that it doesn't have to be the largest social network around. It would probably be better at that purpose if it was smaller.
- SonicScrub 5y ago
  Click the 3-dot menu button on the right side of the post, click "Hide all from <shared source>". Now if the person is sharing from <fake news site>, or <annoying meme page> you won't see it. If someone is continuously sharing nonsense from a wide-variety of sources, they get unfollowed (and they probably were not someone I selected to follow in the first place). This is impossible to manage if you are following everyone in your network (as is the default), but becomes doable if the default option is "unfollow" as enabled by this extension.

Supermancho 5y ago

I unfollowed everything on Facebook the old fashioned way. I deleted my Facebook profiles. There is enough news out there to eat up each day without it.

SonicScrub 5y ago
Congrats. Pat your self on the back. So brave... This does nothing to help the people that enjoyed the functionality of the early Facebook and would like to configure their page to return to that, rather than dropping it entirely.
- Supermancho 5y ago
  > This does nothing to help the people that enjoyed the functionality of the early Facebook and would like to configure their page to return to that, rather than dropping it entirely. That's progressive to try to enact change from within via the market. Keep complaining on HN until they become what you want them to be...which is what they used to be. I honestly think you're angry and things wont get better for you.

phgn 5y ago

What happens when the people you manually re-followed share content you dislike? What I'd use Facebook for is keeping up with friends - for that it doesn't have to be the largest social network around. It would probably be better at that purpose if it was smaller.

SonicScrub 5y ago
Click the 3-dot menu button on the right side of the post, click "Hide all from <shared source>". Now if the person is sharing from <fake news site>, or <annoying meme page> you won't see it. If someone is continuously sharing nonsense from a wide-variety of sources, they get unfollowed (and they probably were not someone I selected to follow in the first place). This is impossible to manage if you are following everyone in your network (as is the default), but becomes doable if the default option is "unfollow" as enabled by this extension.