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How To Remove Political Posts From Your Facebook Feed

By Katy Ryan Schamberger,

September 11, 2012
remove political posts from facebookAs Election Day draws closer, your Facebook News Feed is likely to become its own sort of political battleground. If you’re contemplating a Facebook hiatus until mid-November, we’ve got an easier solution: simply block political posts from appearing in your feed.

If you have a ton of time on your hands, you can block posts individually. The good news? There’s a much faster solution. Our friends at Lifehacker suggest installing Social Fixer, a Facebook browser plug-in that includes a variety of functions – including the ability to block content based on specified keywords.

Available for Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera 11+ and Grease Monkey, Social Fixer improves Facebook “by eliminating annoyances.” Once you install Social Fixer, select “minimal setup” (pictured below), which lets you establish your own parameters without filtering everything.

social fixer settings

Click the wrench icon at the top of your Facebook page to specify your settings.

social fixer set up

Click Filtering on the left side of the pop-up window. Under the Other column, look for the Matching Text field.

social fixer keyword filtering

AllFacebook recommends entering your keywords like this so your results won’t be case-sensitive: /Romney|Obama|republicans|democrats/i

When you’re done, click Save—then sit back and enjoy a politics-free Facebook experience!

One caveat? While we think this is a handy trick, we certainly don’t advocate sticking your head in the sand when it comes to keeping up with current events (including politics) and no matter who you support, please vote. And when it comes to Facebook (or other social networks) we love great conversation and well-presented and often differing points of view. What we don’t care for? Disagreement that tends to demonize or an Us versus Them mentality. We’re all in this together, folks.

Politics aside, Social Fixer can come in handy for a myriad other keywords, too, including sports you’re not a fan of, etc. Check it out – we think you’ll think it’s pretty nifty.

Lead image via Chicago Now

Katy Ryan Schamberger
Katy Ryan Schamberger

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