Built one 6 years ago that I gave up on https://github.com/mihailthebuilder/simplyfeed. The problem was that so many posts were filtered out that the feed would just show up empty.
> the user-facing software of Facebook is categorically, fundamentally coercive. It's like an arbitrary code execution exploit running on our brains. Scrolling down is the program counter, and the content that pops up is the instructions.
https://andrewkelley.me/post/dont-take-black-pill.html#:~:te...
(In the age of AI it's better to DIY it, IMO, because it's one less bit of self-updating code you've downloaded from a stranger).
Sounds like
1) it's working as designed
2) your direct connections are normal human beings