[onedev]

My FB feed is phenomenal. I hide people that post spam, and unfollow pages that spam me.

What's left is the people I care about and the content from pages I care about (e.g. The Economist posts really good content every day, so does Rap Genius, and brands like Nike/Adidas; all of which I like-- in the traditional sense).

It's basically my "newspaper". I even follow HN and it feeds me the newest stuff from HN alongside other publications, pictures of my friends from around the world, and status updates from people I care about.

I also have AdBlock so I don't get the sidebar ads which I do agree are a bit spammy.

This article is just a bunch of bullshit. It has no real critical analysis and doesn't really say much at all. It's very shallow and a repost to boot (it was on here just days ago). Let's not upvote this garbage.

[andyhmltn]

You're a very lucky person then! Sadly I'm at around the 1,000 friends mark and I have a feeling it'd be a bit too much work to make my timeline useful again.

[scholia]

So why did you friend a load of people you don't really know?

It's like going to a great restaurant, ordering five times as much as you can eat and then complaining about the food.

[onedev]

It doesn't take any work at all.

Just look at your feed. As soon as you see someone you don't care about just one click hide them or unfriend them (if socially possible).

If you see a post from a page you don't care about, then one click unfollow them.

It's really simple. Their newsfeed algorithms are actually really awesome at figuring out the rest once you give it a tiny bit of feedback like I mentioned above.