You know how much of a dark pattern Facebook is? Simply typing “fa,” two home row characters, is enough to trigger it in most browsers.
I had to come up with a brain hack to stop typing it and visiting this site I freaking hate.
https://tedium.co/2026/07/27/facebook-home-row-keyboard-trick/
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Ernie Smith
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2026-07-27 18:08:00 UTC
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