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  2. Restore your browser to default settings - AOL Help

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    This can remove adware, get rid of extensions you didn't install, and improve overall performance. Restoring your browser's default settings will also reset your browser's security settings. A reset may delete other saved info like bookmarks, stored passwords, and your homepage.

  3. List of Facebook features - Wikipedia

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    The news feed is the primary system through which users are exposed to content posted on the network. Using a secret method (initially known as EdgeRank), Facebook selects a handful of updates to actually show users every time they visit their feed, out of an average of 1500 updates they can potentially receive.

  4. Feed (Facebook) - Wikipedia

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    On the Facebook app, Feed is the first screen to appear, partially leading most users to think of the feed as Facebook itself. [32] The Facebook Feed operates as a revolving door of articles, pages the user has liked, status updates, app activity, likes from other users photos and videos. [35] This operates an arena of social discussion.

  5. Algorithmic curation - Wikipedia

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    A feed of posts curated for a user on the Mastodon social network. Algorithmic curation is the selection of online media by recommendation algorithms and personalized searches. Examples include search engine and social media products [1] such as the Twitter feed, Facebook's News Feed, and the Google Personalized Search.

  6. New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social ...

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    The legislation describes algorithmic feeds as “addictive” and says they negatively affect children’s mental health. The New York legislation defines an “addictive feed” as one that ...

  7. Turn pop-ups off or on in your browser - AOL Help

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    Most modern browsers employ pop-up blockers to keep away the annoying ads or offers that can overwhelm your experience online. While this is often a good thing as it prevents malware and other programs from infecting your computer, it can also cause problems with legitimate sites like AOL Mail.

  8. Facebook - Wikipedia

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    The Facebook page's name "The Lions of Rojava" comes from a Kurdish saying which translates as "A lion is a lion, whether it's a female or a male", reflecting the organization's feminist ideology. [465] In recent years, Facebook's News Feed algorithms have been identified as a cause of political polarization, for which it has been criticized.

  9. Filter bubble - Wikipedia

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    Social media inadvertently isolates users into their own ideological filter bubbles, according to internet activist Eli Pariser. A filter bubble or ideological frame is a state of intellectual isolation [1] that can result from personalized searches, recommendation systems, and algorithmic curation.