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Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by sparky_z »

HoldOnAMinute wrote: post #3

I'm a parent in my 50's. "Peak Facebook" is years in the past for me. But it was great for a while. My spouse, friends, friends' spouses, and I were all sharing stories and pictures of our kids, travels, and experiences, such as dining experiences or hikes. There was so much joyous sharing. And it wasn't done for clicks, views, or monetization. It was just friends, sharing their experiences, encouraging each other, e…

> It all just went away, starting with the husbands.

I honestly can't tell whether I'm supposed to interpret this as "The dads lost interest in Facebook before anyone else", or "Everybody got divorced."

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by rhyperior »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #100
euleriancon wrote: post #26

I had a similar experience recently, where I logged in to Facebook after not using it for years and was shocked by how much garbage was there. My spouse does use Facebook somewhat regularly so I looked at her feed and it was much more reasonable. I wonder if for those of us that haven't used Facebook in years the recommendation algorithm is essentially default. Which much like the default youtube algorithm, is comple…

Try https://www.fbpurity.com/ I'm using it for Facebook interface needs until I can get something more agentic in my browser operational. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/adversarial-interopera...

The only way you can use FB imo.

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by next_xibalba »

This amounts to an anecdote and an opinion. What are the actual engagement numbers? I suspect Facebook is doing just fine.

My own anecdotes are that Facebook Groups tend to be the nexus of legacy social features and that Marketplace has overtaken Craigslist for person to person sales.

But the feed is now more akin to TikTok than friend feed 1.0 from the late 2000s.

Again, I’d love to see actual Facebook engagement data, not some guy’s opinion.

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by nephihaha »

gus_massa wrote: post #98
hu3 wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Folks around me use mostly Instagram which ironically is also from Meta. Zuck is always one step ahead.

And as a sibling comment says, also WhatsApp. The guy is always two steps ahead.

I'm waiting for Whatsapp to go down the toilet too. I notice it is already advising me to beware of misinformation on forwarded posts and only to use official and trusted sources (the government and their mates basically).

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by pdpi »

gus_massa wrote: post #98
hu3 wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Folks around me use mostly Instagram which ironically is also from Meta. Zuck is always one step ahead.

And as a sibling comment says, also WhatsApp. The guy is always two steps ahead.

There's two separate things at play here.

One is "I don't want to use Meta products as a matter of principle", and WhatsApp's a no-go if that's your posture.

The other is "I don't want to drown in horrible, algorithm-curated junk content". Instagram is just as bad as Facebook there, but WhatsApp is definitely not the same.

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by AJRF »

I use Facebook for marketplace and when I logged in the first post I saw was the half time score for a football game that happened 3 weeks ago.

They are not sending their best.

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by CrzyLngPwd »

I have a similar experience on both FB and IG.

I only log in to see what friends/family are doing, and I have fewer than 100 friends on both added together, but I have to scroll and scroll to see anything by those I am interested in.

Whether it's AI or not, it's all irrelevant slop to me.

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by nephihaha »

operatingthetan wrote: post #24

What I don't understand is how FB and Insta are just full of spam (from spammers, not Meta AI) now. It used to be that FB was the absolute best at getting rid of spam and now they appear to be overcome by it?

Because if you report something they do nothing about it. I have seen complete scams on there and they do nothing about it. At the same time the site wants to control your worldview so lose lose on both scores.
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