Don't worry, Facebook already has Fading Connections

You can be married to each other and your posts won't show up on the other person's feed (there's a post on HN about this)

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razingeden 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Xitter was kind of doing the same thing: I can’t see anything my mom posts, but I definitely have to see everything Elon’s mom does.

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JumpCrisscross 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> Xitter

Is this an alternate front-end (Nitter) or shorthand for X/Twitter?

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type0 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I usually call it Xshitter

	▲	wffurr 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The X is pronounced "sh".

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stavros 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The latter.

	▲	sgerenser 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And the X is pronounced like “sh.”

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alwa 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don’t post on Facebook—HN is my closest analogue. But I assure you my partner(s) have no interest in seeing whatever I post here. Any more than I want to be in the thick of the extended-family group chats. Or, frankly, Facebook.

In that sense, maybe this is Facebook doing its part for domestic harmony…

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kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I think the point was two people can be the absolute closest of friends, and Facebook will still fail to show them relevant posts.

	▲	alex1138 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It sure justifies the creepy People You May Know though, doesn't it? Which apparently outs sex workers and whatever else If you're going to move fast and break things and connect the world full steam ahead (and damn the consequences like what happened in Myanmar) your platform better be absolutely rock solid but Facebook doesn't even do that. Its implementation of 'connection' is laughable

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Loudergood 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yup, it's annoying as all hell.

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giancarlostoro 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What in the world lol

	▲	alex1138 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14147719 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16278631