![]() “I’m not against politics,” Faul told me. ![]() Noppl was thought up by Kevin Faul, who had it built as a side project not related to his day job as VP of Product Management at RealD. I’m actually capable (OK, I try) of being friends with people who share differing views on the economy, government, taxes, etc., but I don’t really want my News Feed filled with these opinions, causing me to miss out on…well, you know…the important stuff on Facebook, like new and ending relationships, vacation photos, events and parties, and yeah, all those baby pictures. Your friends are having babies, and you just can’t stand to see the accompanying pictures? Then why are you friends with these people? But politics is another matter. I didn’t care for, since it’s somewhat mean-spirited. But I’m not sure why you would want to do that – after all, we already have, right? The extension has helpfully pre-filled in some suggestions for you, like “romney, paul ryan, obama, biden, election.” Of course, this setup means that you can also use it to block any unwanted content from Facebook, based on keywords. After installation, you just click the button and enter in the words you want to block. Noppl is a fairly bare bones effort, but it’s simple and it works. Thankfully, there’s a new Chrome extension that will help get me through this political season: noppl, which stands for “no politics please.” The Chrome extension, also available as a bookmarklet for other browsers, lets you completely hide unwanted political posts from Facebook. ![]() They don’t change anyone’s mind, and only serve to turn people against each other. C’mon people, fact-check yourself! The thing is, I don’t have time to engage in inane political discussions on Facebook. What’s worse, is that they continually post these erroneous opinions of theirs to Facebook, and back them up with statements which I can thoroughly debunk via Politifact. And by idiots, I mean they disagree with me about who should win the upcoming election.
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