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> If someone doesn't like the content from a Page they follow, they should unfollow it I've been doing some of this lately, but initially I did not follow most
by _delirium 13y ago
> If someone doesn't like the content from a Page they follow, they should unfollow it
I've been doing some of this lately, but initially I did not follow most of my current likes because I wanted to see their content. Most of them are not things I ever explicitly "liked"! Facebook used to have areas of your profile where you listed your favorite movies, favorite bands, etc. At some point these got converted into follows of pages, without me opting in. When I said that I liked the band Coil, whose principals are now dead, I did not thereby imply that I intended to follow some profiteering asshole who controls their Facebook "Page". And yet that's what happened. I do unfollow these when they show up in my feed with objectionable content. But I think it's a mistake to assume that people want to see the content from the Pages they "follow" (admittedly, a mistake of Facebook's own making).
- saurik 13y agoThis is entirely fair; in fact, the same thing happened to me. However, this problem doesn't seem solved by filtering the content: it seems like it should be solved by not tricking people into automatically following pages just because they liked the brand as an entity as opposed to the content on Facebook coming from that brand. Facebook has a weird and unfortunate mix of "like" and "follow" behaviors, especially with regards to the "favorite X" part of the profile. One thing I will say, though: they at least did separate like vs. follow at some point, which at least makes this issue solvable by the user.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoI'm not sure when it was introduced but pages now have an option to continue to 'like' them but unfollow their content. So you can still have your likes appear on your profile but you will never see their posts.