[RickS]

> we can control it ourselves by unfriending/unfollowing/unliking things we don't like... But we can't apply this assumption to the whole active userbase of Facebook/Instagram.

Perhaps that is the UX challenge companies like these should be pursuing? One of the unfortunate side effects of the valley's growth fetish is that features like "make it easier to break connections" get sharply deprioritized.

I naively dream of a world where products teach the masses "it's easy to settle only for quality, and it's okay to stiffarm the other noise that clamors for your attention"