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Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by MattGrommes »

ge96 wrote: post #83
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…

YT is like this too, if you're not logged in, thirst trap, crazy stuff until you build up a search history (even not logged in)

Not sure why people are downvoting this, it's absolutely true. I watch a lot of youtube on my TV and I can tell in milliseconds if it's logged me out and I'm seeing the default feed. It's fully insane and inane.

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by Groxx »

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…

From seeing the feeds of a few categories of people near me (some using it semi-professionally, some just personally, some like me that avoid it unless strictly necessary)... it really does seem to be all of them. Absolute garbage is a majority, and they all complain about missing things they actually care about (though to be fair this has been true ever since it left colleges).

Facebook is truly awful to everyone. I can't believe people don't try harder to leave.

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by Ancapistani »

I use Facebook a lot, but not for the social feed - Marketplace, business pages, and ads.

I’ve never interacted with their “shorts” feature, and it’s all young women and girls in as little clothing as they can manage. It’s to the point that I don’t open the Facebook app in public. Ridiculous.

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by OGEnthusiast »

nathanaldensr wrote: post #96
dash2 wrote: post #93

This is the tech version of "nobody I know voted for Nixon": FB's position in the US & Europe is very misleading from a global perspective. In the Philippines, say, Facebook is the internet. Every business runs on it. People use it instead of news. Everybody uses Messenger to chat. You get free minutes with your phone that are specifically for FB/IG/Messenger.

As someone with a Filipina wife and who's traveled many times to the Philippines, your characterization is exactly correct. Facebook is the option, not just one option. Interesting side fact: The Philippines is #1 in social media usage in the world.

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Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by thepaulmcbride »

This is exactly the same experience I've had. I recently re-installed the app to use marketplace after moving to the US. My feed is mostly AI generated half naked women and AI generated conservative rage bait. It is so obvious that it's AI slop, but none of the comments ever mention it. I too assumed they were bots.

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by nc »

It's your feed.

Everyones feed is different.

It depends on how much you train the algorithm.

Yours is untrained, therefore slop.

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by karmakurtisaani »

Ancapistani wrote: post #163

I use Facebook a lot, but not for the social feed - Marketplace, business pages, and ads. I’ve never interacted with their “shorts” feature, and it’s all young women and girls in as little clothing as they can manage. It’s to the point that I don’t open the Facebook app in public. Ridiculous.

They're selling me the life of a divorced dad as a goal of some kind. It is amusing to an extent.

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by alex1138 »

Octoth0rpe wrote: post #28

The current leader for me for worst questions suggested by Meta's AI was on a photo someone took of some conspiracy theorist's van with the spraypainted message "THEY EAT BABIES IN DENVER". The suggested questions from their AI were: - Baby-eating restaurants in Denver - Denver's unique food scene wtaf meta. Beyond that, I simply don't see how Meta can possibly ever monetize their investment in AI. People are and wil…

Yeah, it's incredibly ham fisted. I do not understand Zuckerberg's brain. The man is incapable of coming up with a good product or it was some product engineer given absolutely free reign to do whatever they wanted. AI summaries do not go with a product made for posts of friends

Re: Facebook is cooked

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Post by efilife »

ge96 wrote: post #82
bramhaag wrote: post #59

My feed has devolved into AI generated propaganda with a scary amount of genuine support. Police brutality against minorities and other politically relevant groups; all fake but with hundreds of seemingly real replies cheering them on.

Maybe the replies are also fake to drive the narrative It is interesting where you go on (eg. echo chambers) but like 9gag for example is super racist and doesn't seem to be moderated. Like TruthSocial do real people actually use that? Crazy

They are not fake. I've also seen these and checked commenters' profiles. Real people, in the 35-50 age range.

Re: Facebook is cooked

#170

Post by overfeed »

I don't know if author coined the term, but "Meta's Gooniverse" is a better descriptor of its properties than "Family of apps" they use in quarterly reporting.
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