Ability to turn off any social features!
I just want to read my news in a quick way with a simple interface, no social anything which disturbs the clean interface. no recommendations, trends, ...
So if i could turn all these features off under settings, that would be great.
Ability to email an article to someone else is enough.

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Anon commented
Agreed. I don't need to know the names of random people who like what I like. I don't click like on anything, but if I did, I would NOT want my username passed on to anyone.
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Chris Swenson commented
In Firefox, you could try AdBlock Plus and AdBlock Plus Element Hider to hide selected portions of the website. That might work for you to hide the buttons and sections you don't like. Otherwise, just ignore the home page and the "Following" folder, and don't share any items!