It’s Time to Delete Your Facebook News Feed
Ah, 2017, the year fake news took over our timeline and the accompanying arm-twisting took over our lives. That doesn’t mean we need more things to bother us on Facebook – after all, we’ve been gritting our teeth with FOMO for ten years now. As this year draws to a close, I urge you to prepare for the onslaught ahead. Take two seconds and install News Feed Eradicator for Facebook , a Chrome extension that does exactly what it says and still preserves the tiny scrap of sanity you have left.
When you log into Facebook after installing News Feed Eradicator, you don’t see anything.
You have access to your messages, notifications and groups; You can see whose birthday it is if you want to get there and HBD with the masses, but there is no news feed. No pictures from the Boxing Day party you weren’t invited to, no jaded but happy childhood friend holding her newborn in a hospital gown, no reports of political rage … I can’t even think of another example of that you can find it in your news feed because I haven’t seen mine for so long.
Is it extreme to completely eradicate your food? Maybe. Are you going to meet the same BS on Twitter and Instagram? Definitely. Does your news feed remain intact when you log in from your mobile phone? Oh yeah. But you can reduce the likelihood of seeing things that drive you crazy by watching accounts that actually make you happy. My suggestions? Try UPS Dogs and of course Lifehacker .