So any post that has "... a liberal amount..." or "... take the conservative approach ..." or "... replaced the right wing nut..." would be filtered.
Political candidates also share names with other people. Name based filtering can silence unrelated people. See how well our no fly lists are at targeting people who just happen to have the wrong name.
For every problem, there is a simple solution that is wrong. Getting things right is often not simple.
I'd be fine if any post with references to "liberal amounts", "conservative approaches", or "right wing nut" was excised because my friends don't talk that way when they are posting pictures of their kids or the bike they just bought.
> For every problem, there is a simple solution that is wrong.
As with most flippant axioms and generalities this catch-phrase is quite often just wrong. Often there are simple solutions that are just fine.
I used Facebook Purity for quite a while and set up simple keyword based filters and while they weren't perfect, it was a lot better than the default feed.
I have mostly ditched Facebook (and don't miss it). Considering the piles of studies which suggest people are happier when they drop Facebook, it's hard to argue Facebook in its current state is right for anyone.
> So any post that has "... a liberal amount..." or "... take the conservative approach ..." or "... replaced the right wing nut..." would be filtered.
Political candidates also share names with other people. Name based filtering can silence unrelated people. See how well our no fly lists are at targeting people who just happen to have the wrong name.
For every problem, there is a simple solution that is wrong. Getting things right is often not simple.