It used to be that I could keep in social contact with various groups and peoples by personally visiting said various groups and peoples, but Covidsolation has necessitated my return to Facebook lest I lose track completely. Holy crap! The amount of glurge passed along blindly by people that contain “I bet you”, “I bet nobody”, “I challenge those who really care…” etc. etc. et fucking cetera is like a field of guilt landmines, so I just posted the following to all and sundry:
I can’t wait to see the reactions…and how many times the word “hater” pops up.
You’re a brave but very sensible man! My newsfeed has been full of people doing their top ten list of things nobody else cares about, and sharing posts full of self-satisfied smirks because they’ve not set foot outside the front door apart from sneaking out in the middle of the night to put the bin out.
Just keep unfriending those who are overtly political, or constantly posting glurge (religious or otherwise). On the rare occasion someone posts the challenge stuff (“Are you brave enough to 'like” this?" or “I bet I won’t get one like”) I try to make it come true for them (and unfriend as well).
After a while, your feed will calm down to just kids, pets, and vacations. I like it better that way.
Also, I unfollow people who post stuff like that. I don’t actually unfriend them. I don’t mind if they post to my wall, or message me. I might even look a their wall if someone else makes an interesting comment there. But I’m not interested in those posts. If I see one, and I remember your posting another like it, unfollow.
I have also returned to Facebook recently, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised. Lots of really good stuff there, as well as an easy way to keep up with a lot of people.
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Snooze Friend [or originator of reposted glurge] for 30 days
Unfollow Poster (but stay friends) [or unfollow originator of reposted glurge]
IME most complaints about fbook feed content are from old people who don’t know how to internet.
Exactly. While it’s not one button simple, Facebook does give you pretty good control of your feed. It’s pretty easy to get rid of the stuff that bothers you and maintain your feed in good shape.
But I completely understand if people don’t want to do that; they may not value what they would get on FB from the effort it takes to get it delivered in the fashion they want. That’s cool. But it’s not like all of us out here are putting up with garbage, spam, and fluff just to play a game or post pictures of our latest lunch.
If I posted something like that, the answer would be “zero”. I have a largish list of friends on Facebook, and get a decent amount of likes/replies to things I post. I also have plenty of people on my feed that post glurge and “I bet you won’t…” posts. But I can’t imagine any of them would be so rankled that they’d respond to something like that.
This. Hide Post also works for bullshit ads, like those “puzzle” things which have absolutely nothing to do with actual gameplay!
I use Facebook to keep track of family and (mostly) actual friends, not to play games. My feed has been much less cluttered after hiding game-related posts and Trumpteer bullshit from my SO’s relatives.
