Hidden Report No. 6 -- the Last One

This is the last of my Hidden Reports. It's getting a bit depressing, so while I will continue to hide things on social media, I'm no longer going to keep track.

Here's what bit the dust over the last few days:

Strike the Root -- Propaganda.

Top Start -- I'm old and I made a birthday cake with peach cream filling.

Evan Ero -- Ragebait.

Only Engineers Can Understand -- Elon simping.

Dormtainment -- Ragebait.

Sammy Bailey -- Ragebait.

Kevin radouan -- DIY ragebait.

Just Josh -- Whatever it was, I can't read it in my notes.

The Rain Forest Site by GreaterGood -- That stupid ragebait on paddling being reintroduced to a school district.

Koa Smith -- Elon simping.

Mechanical Engineering World -- That lie about Musk donating $112 billion to help the homeless.

I Love America -- only the "right" part of it.

I have three rules, but I've added one, so now there are four:

1. I will hide pages first, people I have encountered only online second, and people I have met in meat space only on rare occasions. The first two won't care that I've hidden their stuff. But meat space people are meat space people.

1a. I will mute meat space people for 30 days as necessary.

2. I will be ecumenical. I may hide crap from one political party more than another, but crap from both sides will be hidden.

3. Legitimate news sites will not be hidden, even if I don't agree with their politics. Though by hell I really want to hide Forbes.

An aside: My phone is no longer the island of social media sanity it once was. I may have to delete the Facebook app of my phone just for the sake of sanity.

Hidden Report No. 5, and Dumping Facebook from My Kindle Fire

I've mentioned here before that of the three devices I use to peruse social media, my Kindle Fire consistently delivers the worst experience algorithmically. So tonight, weary of seeing Trump or Musk in every other post, I deleted the Facebook app from my Kindle. I think that'll be a good thing.

Anyhoo, here's what I've hidden in the past few days:

Explain America - TRUMP BEST PRESIDENT EVAR.

DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse - I recently had a poor shoe-buying experience, so I don't want to see shoes advertised on my social media.

LuxeArts - They have a lot of AI-generated VW-centric merchandise ostensibly for sale, but when people go to their website, it's just full of "ideas," not things to purchase. Which is fine in that they're not wasting their money, but still, get your AI crap off my feed.

DraftKings - gambler enablers trying to be socially aware.

HAMMY T.V - I don't even remember why, but goombye.

Sweet Memories - DIY ragebait.

Fredo TV - Lying about Musk giving $112 billion to help the homeless.

Amazed by Animals - Who knows? Probably something stupid.

The Animal Rescue Site by GreaterGood - Non-animal-related ragebait.

The Russian Embassy of South Africa - Lyin' through their teeth.

My rules are three:

1. I will hide pages first, people I have encountered only online second, and people I have met in meat space only on rare occasions. The first two won't care that I've hidden their stuff. But meat space people are meat space people.

2. I will be ecumenical. I may hide crap from one political party more than another, but crap from both sides will be hidden.

3. Legitimate news sites will not be hidden, even if I don't agree with their politics.

Hidden Report No. 4

Here's what I've hidden in the past few days:

A Sailor's Wife -- general ragebait.

Conservative Byte by WJ -- conservative crapola.

Russian Foreign Ministry -- propaganda.

Althea Riley -- conservative crapola.

Your Nation -- general asshattery.

Brietbart -- black belt asshattery.

Again, less time spent on social media lately.

Still, my Kindle Fire is the device that shows me the most crap I end up hiding. My desktop experience is getting better by degrees. My Samsung phone still remains the best.

1. I will hide pages first, people I have encountered only online second, and people I have met in meat space only on rare occasions. The first two won't care that I've hidden their stuff. But meat space people are meat space people.

2. I will be ecumenical. I may hide crap from one political party more than another, but crap from both sides will be hidden.

3. Legitimate news sites will not be hidden, even if I don't agree with their politics.

Hidden Report No. 3

Here's what's been hidden in the last few days:

The Animal Rescue by GreaterGood -- that stupid "paddling reintroduced to schools" thing. Obviously trying to drive traffic or get likes or hit the algorithm or whatever.

NTP Television -- Lying, plain and simple.

Donald J. Trump -- Lying. Also, I have no idea if that's the real Trump, associated with Trump's team or whatnot. Nevertheless, hidden.

Notice News -- Leftist crapola.

NTD Australia -- I don't need pro-goon propaganda from a country full of kangaroos.

Countdown to Christmas -- I'll be honest, I'm much more interested in how good weather will be coming, not how soon next Christmas will be here.

Congressman Mary Miller -- Not my congressman.

This might make it look like I'm slowing down in hiding stuff. Not necessarily; just spending less time on social media.

1. I will hide pages first, people I have encountered only online second, and people I have met in meat space only on rare occasions. The first two won't care that I've hidden their stuff. But meat space people are meat space people.

2. I will be ecumenical. I may hide crap from one political party more than another, but crap from both sides will be hidden.

3. Legitimate news sites will not be hidden, even if I don't agree with their politics.

Hidden Report No. 2

Preliminary assessment: Hiding these pages might be working, because I'm seeing less of it. It won't seem like less when I list those I've hidden since the last report, but this is over two days now, not a matter of fifteen minutes:

Surendra Garhual -- AI video passed off as real.

Awesome Videos -- Showed one of those stupid order of function math problems. I don't do those.

Life Facts -- Optical illusion of Herr Musk.

Stay Calm and End Socialism -- Bigotry.

Jennie and Nick's Reels -- Painful lack of self-awareness.

My Patriot Post -- Snowflake levels of blizzard proportions.

President Trump is My Wingman -- Clickbait.

Congressman Warren Davidson -- Not my representative (Ohio).

David Wolfe -- Leftist conspiracy theories/innuendo.

The National Newspaper -- I want a subjugated Scotland. Pro-Putin propaganda.

Allegra OTC -- Advertisement.

Fixodent -- I have all my teeth/not Martha Raye, Denture Wearer.

Joni Ernst -- Who even are you?

NTP News -- Facts presented without context/innuendo.

Nate McMurray -- Name calling, pandering.

Real News Now -- Fake news now.

Diabese Advances by CenterGood -- Spam post on a school district reinstating paddling as punishment. What does this have to do with diabeetus?

Hashem Al Ghaili -- Gross exaggeration.

DC Swamp -- Unmitigated right-wing stupidity.

Here are my rules:

1. I will hide pages first, people I have encountered only online second, and people I have met in meat space only on rare occasions. The first two won't care that I've hidden their stuff. But meat space people are meat space people.

2. I will be ecumenical. I may hide crap from one political party more than another, but crap from both sides will be hidden.

3. Legitimate news sites will not be hidden, even if I don't agree with their politics.

Hidden Report No. 1

Out of curiosity and a bit of accountability, I've decided to keep track of the pages I hide on Facebook. These reports will be sporadic and I can't guarantee completeness, but it'll at least give me a glimpse of the crap I'm trying to get out of my feed, mostly to see if Facebook ignores my requests and just puts it back, which is what I suspect they're doing.

So, in the span of about 15 minutes this evening, here are the hidden:

R. A. Rothman, science fiction author: Spreading propaganda and half truths without context.

Infinity Farms Animal Sanctuary and Rescue: Posting promotions of fake movie sequels for clicks.

DIY and Crafts: AI art.

Urban Street Art: AI art.

Donald Trump for President: Spreading propaganda and half truths without context.

Occupy Democrats: Lying because the other guys are lying.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Grandfather spinning in his grave.

Jason the Great: Spreading falsehoods.

Science, Tech and Universe: Showed me a "wag of the finger" video.

Lessons Taught by Life: Phishing for security question answers.

Glenn Burns: Publishing art in the style of Charles Schulz that is not Charles Schulz' art.

Representative Tom Tiffany: Not my representative; I do not live in Wisconsin.

Anti-Capitalist League: General stupidity.

Here are my rules:

1. I will hide pages first, people I have encountered only online second, and people I have met in meat space only on rare occasions. The first two won't care that I've hidden their stuff. But meat space people are meat space people.

2. I will be ecumenical. I may hide crap from one political party more than another, but crap from both sides will be hidden.

3. Legitimate news sites will not be hidden, even if I don't agree with their politics.