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It’s surprising how much social media bullshits on this issue. RSS had the standard and solution a decade ago.

Being able to filter even by simple regex would be so much better than Facebook/Google’s “algorithm.” But it would allow us to filter out ads.

It would also allow for community-driven white/black lists.

But again, wouldn’t allow Coke and HBO to make you look at stuff.

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And Usenet and email had the solution a decade or two before RSS. The march of progress is in dumbing things down so the average person doesn't have to think, and the intelligent person isn't permitted to think.

Harrison Bergeron

I actually use some combination of Tampermonkey and uBlock to filter out Facebook ads (I forget which finally did it, since they work hard to make those things tricky to block). Haven't thought about using it to filter out offensive posts, but that's because I just unfollow people if they pass a completely subjective tolerance barrier.

By virtue of delivering content to your browser, Facebook has put the power in your hands. It's how you use your browser that determines what you see. ;)

Indeed.. Social media users don't get those tools because they are not the customers, they are the product.

The people who downvoted you are idiots.

I didn't downvote, but it may be that those that did are tired of seeing this same "insight" on every single story about a free service.

Please don't.

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