How to disable your Facebook feed

Turning off the tap

Processing the jumbled deluge of content on the typical Facebook feed can causedistraction, cognitive overload and intermittent alarm from its cack-handed delivery of serious news. But this formidable mental challenge is made tricky to avoid.

Social media’s commercial goal is to gain and hold our attention for long periods rather than efficiently inform, a role it is unable to perform. The Facebook feed is the crowning achievement of the sector, being the most effective te...