FB Purity
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 30 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Browser extension that restores chronological Facebook feeds and hides generated junk posts, and people say it has worked reliably for years. Caveat: it can break as Meta changes Facebook.
Browser extension that restores chronological Facebook feeds and hides generated junk posts, and people say it has worked reliably for years. Caveat: it can break as Meta changes Facebook.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 11 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works reliably for years
“FBP has been effectively perfect for over a decade now.”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Facebook ads are so hard to block that uBlock Origin stopped filtering them” “It's worked across multiple browsers for years.”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Facebook ads are so hard to block that uBlock Origin stopped filtering them” “quietly working for me for all those years”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Facebook ads are so hard to block that uBlock Origin stopped filtering them” - Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Facebook ads are so hard to block that uBlock Origin stopped filtering them”
Shows friends' posts chronologically
“I use the plugin "FB Purity" to filter out the generated cr*p posts and force chronological order.”
Comment from 12 Jul 2026 in “Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media” “Using FBP, I only see new posts of friends in chronological order.”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Facebook is absolutely cooked” Hides generated and junk posts
“It's a little janky, presumably Meta has a few developers constantly working to hinder it. But still can mostly get rid of that kind of crap.”
Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready” “I use the plugin "FB Purity" to filter out the generated cr*p posts and force chronological order.”
Comment from 12 Jul 2026 in “Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media” Keeps familiar Facebook interface
“I'm using it for Facebook interface needs until I can get something more agentic in my browser operational.”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “Facebook is absolutely cooked” “I have Facebook on my desktop computer exactly as it used to be in the 2000s when I signed up”
Comment from 10 Jul 2026 in “EU Commission: addictive design Instagram and Facebook in breach of the DSA”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Feels janky; Meta may hinder it
“It's a little janky, presumably Meta has a few developers constantly working to hinder it. But still can mostly get rid of that kind of crap.”
Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready”
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The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| FB PurityThis page | 11 | 1 | 92% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
All 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I got a lot of value out of FB-purity.”
“FBP has been effectively perfect for over a decade now.”
“quietly working for me for all those years”
“It's worked across multiple browsers for years.”
“I use the plugin "FB Purity" to filter out the generated cr*p posts and force chronological order.”
“I have Facebook on my desktop computer exactly as it used to be in the 2000s when I signed up”
“I think that the approach by FBPurity and Antigram is more practical.”
“Using FBP, I only see new posts of friends in chronological order.”
“I'm using it for Facebook interface needs until I can get something more agentic in my browser operational.”
“That Makes Facebook Into What Users Actually Want”
“Thanks for sharing. Also available to install from Google”
“Delete it, trust me, you'll be happier. There is no 'purity'”
“It's a little janky, presumably Meta has a few developers constantly working to hinder it. But still can mostly get rid of that kind of crap.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.