Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will allow users to turn off political ads

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19 points·saravana85··11 comments

Even if this worked, it would just mean that smarter people don't see the ads, but they're not the ones who are most affected by them either.

I will be surprised if 10% of Facebook users opt-out.

People who the real side of facebook have already moved

Do you think the less smart people should lose their right to vote? If not, why do you think they should lose the right to decide for themselves what to believe?

Why are you putting words in their mouth? The parent commenter is saying that only the folks more susceptible to potentially misleading political ads will be the subject to them.

Thank you, this is exactly what I meant. Not sure what that other commenter is on about.

He's being deliberately obtuse, by offering a "solution" that doesn't address the problem.

My only use for Facebook nowadays is a community message board. My building and my neighborhood's only real online presence is on Facebook. Totally non-toxic, mostly people curious about restaurant recommendations, buying or selling things, and posting pictures.

Can they also allow users to turn off political posts?

That's what I want -- I want all political anything, left right and center, expunged from my FaceBook.

There's a browser plugin "Social Fixer" that can do this really well by all accounts, but alas, almost all my facebooking is on my phone, which it doesn't support.

Can I turn off political posts from my relatives?

There's an option in the settings somewhere that allows you to delete your account. That's the only way I could get away from it. Other than family dinners and the like. For those you may just have to suffer. :D

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