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I'd like to see something that makes people more comfortable with the idea of unfriending folks that overpost annoying things, rather than covering up and hiding content over and over.

That said, the technology behind this looks like it could have a lot of practical uses. I especially like the example with TV show spoilers.

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I have a pretty unusual spoiler avoidance routine for which this would be great. I live outside the US and have an account for NFL Gamepass and love football. There's essentially no spoilers here at all which is great but my US bound friends on Facebook tend to spoil stuff.

I typically watch the early games on Redzone live and then all the late games on Monday (as 30 Minute cuts) and the SNF+MNF game on Tuesday (+Thursday game on Friday)..basically I avoid FB on Mondays (and sometimes Tuesdays)

There are social consequences of unfriending someone, regardless of how annoying their posts are. De-friending someone is the digital equivalent of saying "I don't want to be your friend anymore". If you don't want to come off as abrasive, simply block the user from your feed.

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