Comment by thinkling

Comment by thinkling 6 days ago

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Instagram tip: if you click the wordlogo “Instagram” at the top (in the mobile app), you can select “Following” and get a feed of only posts from accounts you follow, with no suggested posts and no reels.

I end up going through that feed in a few minutes and it insulates me from the endless scrolling.

vlachen 5 days ago

Also works on the mobile page.

The other thing possible is to block certain post types with uBlock origin, on desktop or mobile:

  www.instagram.com##article:has-text(Suggested for you):style(visibility: hidden !important; height: 300px !important; overflow: hidden !important)
  www.instagram.com##article:has-text(Because you liked a post):style(visibility: hidden !important; height: 300px !important; overflow: hidden !important)
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Digit-Al 5 days ago

Facebook mobile tip: if you click on the burger menu and select "Feeds" you will be taken to a page with a list of different feeds at the top. If you then select the "Friends" tab you will see only posts from your friends. Doesn't get rid of ads, unfortunately, but it does get rid of all the crap from recommended pages, etc...

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wtk 5 days ago

Can you set this as default?

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  • willdelorm 5 days ago

    You can't, and I've watched as they've added/removed UI to indicate that you can even press it. I'm glad the feature is there, but it's clear Meta doesn't want you finding it.

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