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You could build this as a browser extension... Call it "de-politics", and have it scan the HTML of popular sites (facebook, twitter, etc) and simply collapse/hide all content matching some filter.

I bet a simple keyword filter for names of politicians could catch 90%.

I wonder if people would pay for it?



If you take the time to set it up you can get close using https://www.fbpurity.com/ chrome plugin.


Ah, of course, censoring political discussion is the answer!


Censoring is when an authority removes content without your consent. Installing something that lets you decide what content to see (or not see) on a site is not censorship.


It is, however, sealing one's self in a chamber of like-minded opinion.


That implies Facebook posts are an accurate assessment of opinion, and not whatever the algorithms promoted to increase engagement.




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