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Even though I am a bit anti-social, I still have a Facebook page. I like to try and keep up with what is "happening" in the lives of family, friends, and neighb

Even though I am a bit anti-social, I still have a Facebook page. I like to try and keep up with what is "happening" in the lives of family, friends, and neighbors. By "happening", I mean things like weddings, funerals, babies born, graduations, etc. I don't mean "What I had for breakfast!", "What movie I saw last night!" or "A running diary of my two week vacation" I never understand people who want to know every detail of all their friends lives and spend hours scrolling through posts every day. I hate having to scroll through hundreds of meaningless posts to find major events. Maybe Facebook has a way to do this and I haven't figured it out, but I wish it had a way to "Rank" your posts (1-10). Then every time you posted something you could assign it a rank (1 = "I got married", 2 = "My kid got married", 3 = "I went to Europe for the summer", ... 7 = "This is what I did in Spain", ... 10 = "This is what I ate for breakfast at a cafe in Spain"). Then you could filter events for each of your 'Facebook friends'. Some you would only want to see #1 posts. Others, you might go to level 4. Maybe you go to level 7 for your best friends.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
>By "happening", I mean things like weddings, funerals, babies born, graduations, etc. WhatsApp friends/family groups take care of this for me. If we are not close enough for that, I can wait until the next time I visit someone’s home to see pictures of life updates. I just wonder how Meta will monetize Whatsapp.
SteveDR 4y ago
> I never understand people who want to know every detail of all their friends lives and spend hours scrolling through posts every day. That’s like saying you don’t understand people who want to lose at slots. Those people don’t exist. They just trudge through the misses until they get their next hit.
- didgetmaster 4y ago
  I guess I haven't become addicted because I only check my Facebook page about once a month.
BbzzbB 4y ago
>Maybe Facebook has a way to do this Isn't that pretty much it's default behavior? It seems to know pretty well which handful of people really matter to me, and their "content" always finds it's way to the very top of my feed. Pretty much always the first post if it's a big one (usually has a lot of engagement on it).
- rr808 4y ago
  It used to be until a couple of weeks ago and now it starts with tiktok like videos with a few of your friend's posts hidden inbetween.
- didgetmaster 4y ago
  I have a couple cousins who seem to post every thought that goes through their heads. When I look at my feed I usually see at least a half dozen posts from each of them. Almost all of them are meme stories they liked, comics they read, or some wordle puzzle they solved. Can I block them or unfriend them without them knowing? Family reunions might get a little more uncomfortable.
  - karaokeyoga 4y ago
    You can remain friends but hide all their posts from your feed.
kayodelycaon 4y ago
I can’t even use Facebook for that. I reduced my Facebook friends to a dozen people and two organizations never saw them in my timeline even through the combined number of posts was a few dozen a day.
conductr 4y ago
I use FB roughly in this manner. So I only go in the app about once a month. I’ve learned that if I just like the relevant posts from those people I actually care about, that’s what I will see. They still post crap stuff, but the algorithm usually knows the post is old AND was low engagement so doesn’t show to me by the time I show up. Downside is I’m that weird guy that’s liking 3 week old posts that are ancient history to everyone else.
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lotsofpulp 4y ago

>By "happening", I mean things like weddings, funerals, babies born, graduations, etc. WhatsApp friends/family groups take care of this for me. If we are not close enough for that, I can wait until the next time I visit someone’s home to see pictures of life updates. I just wonder how Meta will monetize Whatsapp.

SteveDR 4y ago

> I never understand people who want to know every detail of all their friends lives and spend hours scrolling through posts every day. That’s like saying you don’t understand people who want to lose at slots. Those people don’t exist. They just trudge through the misses until they get their next hit.

didgetmaster 4y ago
I guess I haven't become addicted because I only check my Facebook page about once a month.

BbzzbB 4y ago

>Maybe Facebook has a way to do this Isn't that pretty much it's default behavior? It seems to know pretty well which handful of people really matter to me, and their "content" always finds it's way to the very top of my feed. Pretty much always the first post if it's a big one (usually has a lot of engagement on it).

rr808 4y ago
It used to be until a couple of weeks ago and now it starts with tiktok like videos with a few of your friend's posts hidden inbetween.
didgetmaster 4y ago
I have a couple cousins who seem to post every thought that goes through their heads. When I look at my feed I usually see at least a half dozen posts from each of them. Almost all of them are meme stories they liked, comics they read, or some wordle puzzle they solved. Can I block them or unfriend them without them knowing? Family reunions might get a little more uncomfortable.
- karaokeyoga 4y ago
  You can remain friends but hide all their posts from your feed.

kayodelycaon 4y ago

I can’t even use Facebook for that. I reduced my Facebook friends to a dozen people and two organizations never saw them in my timeline even through the combined number of posts was a few dozen a day.

conductr 4y ago

I use FB roughly in this manner. So I only go in the app about once a month. I’ve learned that if I just like the relevant posts from those people I actually care about, that’s what I will see. They still post crap stuff, but the algorithm usually knows the post is old AND was low engagement so doesn’t show to me by the time I show up. Downside is I’m that weird guy that’s liking 3 week old posts that are ancient history to everyone else.

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