At the recent AKB general election, NMB48 member Ririka Suto announced her engagement, causing quite a stir.

Along with that, former AKB48 member Yuko Oshima criticized Ririka Suto during an Instagram live stream and, at the end of the broadcast, showed off a cap with "F〇〇〇" written on it, which also became a hot topic.

Thinking about the fans' feelings, you might wonder whether she really had to announce it right there, or whether the "F〇〇〇" cap was going a bit too far…

This time, I'll introduce a way to avoid seeing negative posts like that on social media (lol)

People who make negative posts tend to make them pretty often, don't they?
Since you're connected, you can't exactly say "please don't post things like that," and even if you did, there's no telling whether it would change anything. Besides, that's not where you should be spending your energy, so if you don't want to see negative posts, you should learn how to avoid them yourself.

"But won't the other person find out if I block them?"

Some of you may be thinking that.

But don't worry!
This time I'll share a "way to stay connected as friends while no longer seeing their negative posts."

Each social network has its own settings, but first let me introduce the settings for Facebook, which is the most widely used among readers of this blog.

Use Facebook's mute feature

The "way to stay connected as friends while no longer seeing their negative posts" uses a feature called muting.

Setting it up is very easy.

1. Find a negative post

You don't need to go looking for one on purpose (lol)
Just come back to this blog when you find one and deal with it then.

2. Click the down arrow in the upper right and select "Unfollow 〇〇 (name)"

That's it! Just that simple!

As the description says, the posts simply stop appearing in your News Feed (timeline) while you remain friends, so there's no risk of upsetting the other person.

By the way, if you ever want to undo the mute, you can cancel the setting from your News Feed settings.

If you think, "I enjoy social media, but I don't want to see negative posts!", protect yourself with this method.