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Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by snarfy on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @08:09AM (#28758296)
Not only can you not filter, the stream is purposefully toxic to increase 'engagement'. I have a lot of friends on my feed that post constantly. Memes, cat pictures, etc, a few posts are about 'libtards'. Guess which posts show up on my feed.
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Re:Facebook going down meant more than just a social network... by Shorel on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @08:32AM (#28758488)
But you can filter. I do that all the time.

My filter list consist basically of football and religious proselytism, two topics I never want to read about.

During the last world cup, or last euro cup or some event like that I had to filter about 10 groups, and the thing is, it works. I never get any football content in my feed any more.

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