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How to hide political posts from your Facebook Newsfeed

Posted on March 25, 2022

If you enjoy following politics you probably don’t mind the political posts that pop up in your Facebook Newsfeed at times.

And as you’ve probably noticed, they tend to pop up fairly often.

Many Americans have strong beliefs and ideals when it comes to politics, and that means regardless of where a particular post might happen to fall on the political spectrum it’s sure to evoke strong emotions – both for and against.

If you happen to dislike political posts and try to avoid them as much as possible, a handy browser extension called Social Fixer will hide the vast majority of politically themed posts from your Facebook Newsfeed when you’re using a laptop or desktop computer (this extension doesn’t work on mobile devices).  [Read more…]

How to post about politics on Facebook without irritating your apolitical friends

Posted on October 23, 2020

Do you enjoy discussing politics on Facebook but hesitate to put up political posts because you have friends who get upset when they see those types of posts in their newsfeeds?

Well, there’s a simple way to post about politics (or any other topic for that matter) on your Facebook Timeline without your non-political friends ever having to see those posts or any of the comments that are left on them.

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Scam alert: Why you should always take ‘Fact Checks’ of political statements with a grain of salt

Posted on January 14, 2020

Important: As you read this post please keep in mind that it isn’t meant as a jab at people of any certain political persuasion.

What I say below applies equally to fact checkers who lean to the right AND to the left.

I have my own political opinions and you are certainly entitled to yours as well. This post is meant strictly as a warning about “fact checkers” in general.

Truth be told, this isn’t meant to be a “political post” at all.

I’m simply alerting you to a real-life scam that some fact checkers perpetuate every day on the Internet and on television “news” broadcasts.

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get started…

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Facebook has labeled you as either Liberal, Moderate or Conservative. Want to find out which it is?

Posted on March 29, 2018

Hey, I have a news flash for you…

If you are a Facebook user, you have been labeled by Facebook as either “Liberal”, “Moderate” or “Conservative” in regards to your political leaning.

And guess what? You have been assigned a “political leaning” even if you NEVER make any posts that are political in nature.

How Facebook determines your political leaning is quite interesting…  [Read more…]




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