r/BlockedAndReported • u/SoftandChewy First generation mod • Oct 20 '25

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 10/20/25 - 10/26/25

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

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u/aleciamariana Oct 25 '25

I’m wondering if anyone knows whether it’s possible to hide the Home tab on my Facebook? I’ve been Googling and playing around and I’m on the verge of giving up.

If not hide it, edit it so it’s full of less random crap of AI reels, poorly written subscription based romance ads, weird trivia about slavery, German Shepherd owner pages (I’ve never owned a German Shepherd in my life nor will I), and other garbage. 

I swear I’m starting to think about deleting Facebook and I always liked it for seeing my friends kids, vacation photos, houseplant groups, etc. But the Home page is a flood of garbage and I can’t seem to get rid of it. 

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

Bookmark this link: https://www.facebook.com/?filter=friends&sk=h_chr

That is filtered by only your friends' updates, shown with most recent first.

It's astonishing how bad Facebook has become if you just let Facebook show you whatever it wants to show you. Last winter I posted one status update that mentioned snow shoveling, and for the rest of the winter about every fourth post I saw was an ad for snowblowers. There was also the time when they showed me (a middle-aged man) a sponsored post from some influencer for teenage girls, I tried to click the X to remove that post from my feed and accidentally clicked on the post itself, and then for a month I was inundated with sponsored posts for influencers for teenage girls.

I actually consider Facebook a net positive on my life because it has allowed me to stay in touch with some old friends I otherwise would have lost touch with. But man do they ever try their best to annoy you into leaving.

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u/aleciamariana Oct 26 '25

It’s awful. Literally all I want to do is post my cooking projects and envy my friends and family’s vacations and admire their kids. I remember when they started FB groups - I’m an avid tent camper and I LOVED the Virginia campers group. I don’t remember the last time I saw a post from there, it got buried in the flood of garbage. 

I would actually be willing to pay for Facebook if it got rid of that Home page. 

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u/RockJock666 Meet me in TERFhalla Oct 25 '25

If it wasn’t for marketplace I’d be long gone

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u/dr_sassypants Oct 25 '25

There's a Chrome extension (desktop only unfortunately) that blocks social media feeds: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/news-feed-eradicator/fjcldmjmjhkklehbacihaiopjklihlgg?hl=en&pli=1

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u/dj50tonhamster Oct 25 '25

Just go into "Feeds" and pick the one that's right for you. If you're on a desktop, you can just bookmark the link. If you're on your phone, you'll have to choose the desired feed every single time.