Not the OP, but I&#x27;m someone who leans libertarian, and Trending Topics is one of the reasons I deactivated my Facebook account.  I wasn&#x27;t interested in most of the trending stories, they were often news stories designed to make people sad or angry, and that&#x27;s not what I want to feel when visiting Facebook.  I couldn&#x27;t find a way to hide that feature either - so like bad advertising, it was always there annoying me.<p>I would have preferred if the trending topics learned what I was interested in.  I&#x27;m not averse to curation (either way), but I&#x27;d prefer that users were ultimately in control of their own filters.  Even if that filter is &quot;never show any politics, only show cat videos&quot;.