Not as far as I know, but I don’t post or comment on political crap and the vast majority of my friends don’t, either. If they do and I get annoyed by their glurge of political stuff in my feed, I just turn off updates on them.
I’ve unfollowed a few simply because they never shut up, even if I largely agree with their position.
Facebook being the ultimate echo chamber, I am surprised that many users see conflicting posts except with things like family members.
All of my “Facebook Friends” have lost me. I have given up on Facebook completely, games and all. Between the constant adverts, the demands of blind acceptance of all opinions with hearty approval being the only acceptable response(anything less than this means you are a “hater”), and the mountain of glurge passed on by those who feel no responsibility to check anything out before reposting it, it just isn’t worth my time any more.
Yep. I had the most minimal presence for almost seven years, as a recent popup informed me, but I have only been active for a few months, driven by a need to engage two closed groups. (The local “town chat” group moved from another platform, and it’s pretty much essential for staying engaged with stuff since there is almost zero traditional media here.)
But I’m done, for all those reasons and more of the same. Echo chamber of selfieness.
I find it useful to keep people as friends but not necessarily follow them so I can keep a finger on the pulse of the radicalized right. So much of what they post is just factually untrue: Did you know that the government stole $150 billion from Social Security? Or that the US gives $900 billion in benefits to illegal aliens? Or that because there are homeless veterans, no other problems should be addressed? Or that kids no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance? You can’t argue with them, but I like to keep up with the phony outrage of the day.
Some.
I endured YEARS of “Birther Bull-Shit” photo-shopped posts…Nancy Pelosi mysogeny… and jokes about Joe Biden’s ‘old age forgetfulness’ from people who I remember as straight D students who only ever majored in Marlboro Cigarettes, cutting class, selling drugs, and Sucking at sports.
I endured YEARS of their whited-hooded lies (and posts that drew flies) just for old times sake.
With this election, I finally gave back 1/10th of their Bullshit & slapped back their ignorant talking points (and their ears). Of late, there are a few passive-aggressive posts about them ‘hating to see Liberal Propaganda on Facebook’.
:rolleyes:^99
“Cause the good ole days weren’t Always good…
And tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems…”
…- Billy Joel
I use Facebook to post pictures of my kids. I never put anything political on mine own wall. I never “like” anything; if I want to make a statement, I write a comment. I sometimes comment on my friends political posts, but never post anything ranty. Mostly pro-factual stuff.
My friends list varies from racist conspiracists to Bern-heads. I haven’t unfriended them, because I really don’t care what their politics are. Sometimes it’s interesting to see where they’re coming from, but mostly I scroll past their political posts.
Several of my friends have posted messages about unfriending those who don’t meet their political standards. I don’t think I’ve been unfriended by any, but I haven’t looked closely.
Good question. I hope not because I’d be sad that I had such delicate flowers as friends.
I would gladly pay for a Facebook app that allowed me to see pictures of my cousins vacations in Yellowstone and the latest updates on their kids, but let me block anything with specific words like “Trump,” “Clinton” or “second amendment.”
I lost a former Navy shipmate of mine that I liked a lot as a Facebook friend – from memory, this is the exchange:
Shipmate posts a picture of the Democratic National Convention and says that there were no American flags present on the first day, saying this is why he can never support the Democratic party.
Me: Don’t worry, there were flags present on day 1 – I saw them on TV.
Shipmate: Bullshit
Me: Here’s a link to some pictures – they had flags on the big screen and brought out several flags for the colors ceremony
Shipmate: Stop lying. Conduct unbecoming of an officer.
Me: That’s very unkind, especially from a former shipmate. I really did see the flags on TV.
Shipmate: Flags on screen don’t count.
Me: There were flags for the colors ceremony too.
Shipmate: Quit lying. There were no flags.
Me: It’s really ugly that you can’t disagree without calling me a liar. I’m a decent guy who just disagrees, and I’m telling you what I really saw.
Shipmate: No you’re lying.
It goes back and forth like this for several exchanges – I never insult him or say he’s lying or anything worse than “that’s very unkind and rude”, and he continues to accuse me of lying and accusations of dishonorable behavior. Eventually I say “sorry that it’s come to this – you were a great sailor and a great shipmate, I’m sorry that I’m such a terrible person in your eyes now. Goodbye and best wishes to you and your family” and I unfriend him. It really ruined my day. A lot of other former shipmates post nutty right wing stuff, but my exchanges with them are more cordial and friendly (though I stay away from the ones I worry aren’t capable of friendly disagreements).
My cousin (a police officer) also unfriended me recently without any conversation or exchange. I don’t know exactly why, but it may be because I posted something about a police officer convicted of a shooting (though I always try to post in a neutral tone and avoid anything inflammatory).
I have unfriended a few acquaintances and extended family members (and hidden the feeds of a few more, including my own sister) because of their incessant SJW posts.
What are examples of SJW posts?
Yes!!! I want filters where I can say hide any post with various terms like trump, clinton, democrat, republican, conservative, liberal, hannity, guns, ccp, …
I wish Facebook was more about things people like rather than things they don’t.
I let it all slide, but then I’m not getting overwhelmed with political glurge (nearly all of it on my feed comes from four hardcore right-wingers and one hardcore left-winger) and I never ‘like’, comment or otherwise reply. Also, I have to confess I take considerable amusement from witnessing the gullibility of people in falling for that crap anyway.
Same thing here.
Unfollow, unfollow, unfollow, then unfollow some more.
I don’t get all polemical, but I’m not afraid to comment on where I stand on things. What’s surprising is all the nutters I unfollowed 5 years ago still want to talk, comment on my baby pictures, etcetera. I’m a muslim-loving latte-swilling socialist. How can my right-wing friends so easily set that aside? Do they see politics as just one big fantasy football league where, even if we disagree on existential moral topics, we’re all still buddies at the end of the day? It baffles me to no end.
I’ve unfollowed both on the left and on the right. Even though I don’t post much political on FB, I’m pretty far left, but I unfollowed a high school friend even though he posted very liberal stuff, because his posts were full of over the top diatribes, full of links to junk sites and the like. I’m not positive that this guy wasn’t actually Reeder.
Basically, if reading someone’s posts is constantly getting my blood boiling, I’ll unfollow them. I also use the “Hide All From…” feature to block websites fairly frequently.
I don’t think I’ve actually unfriended anyone, and I’m unaware of anyone unfriending me.
Maybe I’m just a more private person or something, but the whole FB idea of walking around naked in front of everyone you know creeps me out and always has. And every week there’s another story of someone who is horribly humiliated because they didn’t quite figure out that mom/dad/granny/boss/bff/someone can see the same stuff their Good FB Friends can. Even years after the party has been cleaned up after.
Dunno. Even my sister and I found it too creepy to share movie lists on Netflix - just… cause.
Perhaps this is a good place to ask.
I have some good friends who like posting anti-Obama picture quotes and articles. I can’t even fathom how ugly it will get if Hillary wins.
Is there a way I can filter out the political pictures/articles, but keep the “Here’s me and the kids at Disneyland” type posts?
- On edit, I realized I’m not the only poster to ask this, like Kunilou. Carry on.