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Re: Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta

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Post by soco »

fosron wrote: post #13

Facebook is still big in my country, Lithuania, and both rage-bait and other type of fringe content is rampant, and even worse after fact-checking was removed. It is wild, and with some outside actors (specific country that shall not be named) it is a big problem with political and social effects being felt IRL.

And is Lithuania doing anything about it? In Romania Facebook and TikTok do whatever they please, and whatever they are paid to do, with complete impunity as the authorities actively do nothing at all.

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Post by basisword »

ThunderSizzle wrote: post #19

How is this any different than traditional media? Cable news creates fake problems and controversy constantly, and pay their news anchors well to do so. In return, many companies that rely on these problems, turn around and advertise on these networks. Social media is just following the same strategy.

>> How is this any different than traditional media?

Facebook is global. Traditional media is much more heavily regulated in some countries and while it may not be perfect, it's not comparable to the shit show that is social media.

Re: Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta

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Post by basisword »

bwb wrote: post #14

FB is built on rage bait, what else do they have beside cute videos?

Connecting with your friends and family. Unfortunately they abandoned this long ago because they weren't satisfied with making a mountain of money.

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Post by Joeboy »

bwb wrote: post #14

FB is built on rage bait, what else do they have beside cute videos?

If you use the friends or "all" feeds, you just get stuff about what your friends are up to and things from pages you've subscribed to. Or I do anyway. Also good for discovering events locally.

Even the main feed isn't that bad for me. I guess it depends who your friends are and what you click on.

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Post by basisword »

miladyincontrol wrote: post #8
graemep wrote: post #4

Ragebait is what FB runs on. A lot of these people do not even believe what they say. https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-16/kin...

FB and IG reels both. Twitter gets a lot of rightfully owed criticism about it's fair share but its always weird to me seeing people slam twitter then go right on to IG or some other meta owned app as if its significantly different.

I use both IG and Twitter. IG reels for me are largely funny videos, stuff I follow, and stuff I'm interested in. On Twitter I only follow tech stuff and yet about 20% of the stuff in my 'recommended' feed is racist, violent, and stuff I have zero interest in. Even if you hit the 'non interested' button they continue to shove it down your throat.

Re: Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta

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Post by bwb »

Joeboy wrote: post #45
bwb wrote: post #14

FB is built on rage bait, what else do they have beside cute videos?

If you use the friends or "all" feeds, you just get stuff about what your friends are up to and things from pages you've subscribed to. Or I do anyway. Also good for discovering events locally. Even the main feed isn't that bad for me. I guess it depends who your friends are and what you click on.

I removed all friends years ago. After I read about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I quit, but I still need an account for a few groups I moderate.

I think it has done more damage to this country than tobacco.

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Post by leonidasrup »

cedws wrote: post #12

Social media platforms have been paying out for attention seeking behaviour for a long time now. It’s why every YouTube video now has the same lame shocked face, red arrows, and clickbait title. It’s why assholes film themselves intentionally pissing people off for TikTok. It’s a whole category called nuisance tubing. I remember during COVID I saw a number of YouTubers swing from producing normal content into conspir…

CCP is keeping tight control over social media platforms first and foremost to prevent spreading information which could topple CCP.

"Last month 60 popular celebrity gossip sites were closed overnight for corrupting "core socialist values," and a new regulation released in May requires all online news portals to be managed by Communist Party-sanctioned editorial staff."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-40896235

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Post by juleiie »

Levitating wrote: post #40
juleiie wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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But we don't all use Facebook, Facebook found its niche of tech-illiterate people to abuse. The population is a wide demographic and it would be nice if companies didn't try to exploit parts of it.

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Re: Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta

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Post by leonidasrup »

magic_hamster wrote: post #36

First of all, Facebook is not even the worst offender. That'd have to go to X and TikTok. Rage bait, propaganda, and straight up bad actors with money pushing their agenda. If you got angry because of a TikTok video, you are being exploited. Some of these actors also put a lot of money into campuses in the west, so when you're done watching some terrible propaganda, you can join a local club and find your way to more…

This is how we also get stuff like Haitian immigrants were stealing and eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_pet-eating_hoax

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