I guess I would have preferred it to have been done proactively.
The FB page was used MAINLY to stay in the loop on occasions when FR was down; I never visited much. Over at Gab, use the “Block” feature as extensively as you need to; it’s a great tool for screening out the vulgar and the profane. I’m far more often on the FR Group at MeWe where the only Nazis you run into are the ones you permit on your feed.
https://mewe.com/join/free_republic_on_mewe
MeWe gives the individual more control over their own Feed than perhaps any other platform out there; it’s FAR less “noisy” than anything else I’ve been on, including FB, Gab, and Parler.
MeWe DOES NOT root through your info to try to suss out “People You May Know,” nor do they use that info to “seed” your Feed with articles they think you’ll react to, nor do they interject ads — your Feed contains your own content, and any that you’ve permitted your Contacts to post. When you elect to add someone as a Contact, you can choose whether they get to see your feed, and you can choose whether to allow their content to appear on your feed. When you join a Group, there are settings for how much Group content you want to see in your feed.