Hmm, I wonder if Facebook could do that automatically? Like, write an algorithm to detect content farms and automatically hide them from your newsfeed.

I wonder why they’ve never done that…

They have that kind of algorithm, but most people want, or at least behave as though they want, outrage bait, and cute content farm affirmations. The moment you take a moment to be proactive and have ownership over your experience the algorithm happily shows you less crap and more people.

Just like the spam filter, “algorithm” won’t be 100% effective.

Unlike spam, the content farm spreads organically.

They optimise for engagement. I engage with content farms.

I've been doing this for a few days and things are getting better. However I still spend a lot of time hitting hide all from...