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Facebook loses users for the first time

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Re: Facebook loses users for the first time

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Post by sircastor »

sujesh wrote: post #327

I deleted my FB a while ago and it truely helped my online mental health. The fb feed was full of false news and hate speech. I reported as much as I could but nothing happening. There wasn't any regulations and I felt more toxic on the contents. I am not gonna lie there was a positive side like knowing the news instantly but It's not worth it apparently.

I once reported explicit pornography that posted on an electronics group I belonged to and the response I got from the system was that it was deemed not inappropriate and no action would be taken.

I don't know what good reporting does for anything...

Re: Facebook loses users for the first time

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Post by Jugurtha »

submeta wrote: post #473

Now that‘s some good news today. - FB is toxic, for individuals and societies alike. The sooner they diminish, the better off we are.

People associate with the most toxic people, subscribe to the shadiest pages, and spend their day talking non-sense in dangerous groups, then complain they have a shitty Facebook feed.

People say that about YouTube as well. They'll complain about conspiration theories and fake news, when there are literally videos on practically any subject (physics, History, cooking, sports). It's is YouTube!

It's like people will ignore every delicious food on the planet, go directly to the sewers to feast on feces, and then accuse everyone else.

At some point, someone who likes to feed on shit ought to question their culinary choices and take responsibility.

Re: Facebook loses users for the first time

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Post by berkes »

grujicd wrote: post #395
iamthemonster wrote: post #355

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's so interesting how different people's Facebook feeds are so different. I do have excessive ads for products, that's fair enough, but I have absolutely nothing political. My only issue with Facebook is that it's poorly designed, actually very dated and cluttered, and none of my friends really use it for personal posts except me. I suspect that each Facebook user exists in a different bubble. Possibly they see som…

FB is RSS for non-tech content. In my experience FB is what you make it to be. It requires some curration effort but you can mold it to be useful. But you can’t just add, you’ll have to block as well, including ads - each ad source can be turned off. For me, FB is the main source of news about local concerts. Sure, you’ll find about major ones anyway, but there’s no way to effectively track small ones. It doesn’t hav…

There are niche solution for all such niches. Spotify has the best concert agenda for my town. There's two local publishers doing online presentation for businesses here (one is indebuurt).

Not surprising though. That small, focused, local niche solutions are more effective than a giant behemoth can ever be.

Yes, FB has all the data. But it needs to analyze that in tiny contexts before it can build a tailored solution for that context, first.

Re: Facebook loses users for the first time

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Post by monocasa »

sircastor wrote: post #491
sujesh wrote: post #327

I deleted my FB a while ago and it truely helped my online mental health. The fb feed was full of false news and hate speech. I reported as much as I could but nothing happening. There wasn't any regulations and I felt more toxic on the contents. I am not gonna lie there was a positive side like knowing the news instantly but It's not worth it apparently.

I once reported explicit pornography that posted on an electronics group I belonged to and the response I got from the system was that it was deemed not inappropriate and no action would be taken. I don't know what good reporting does for anything...

I reported a comment thread discussing which ethnicities needed to be put in camps, and got the same thing about it somehow not being against the community standards.

I did catch a 30 day ban for saying that 'men are trash; I'm going back to dating women' though.

Re: Facebook loses users for the first time

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Post by kajaktum »

jollybean wrote: post #404
kajaktum wrote: post #116

People like to hate on Facebook, but how is any other social media different? They are all free services that profit from your personal information. Some just have better PR than the other.

TikTok is very different and will probably turn your view of what drives engagement upside down. Try it for a bit, it's an alternate universe.

NO thanks, I am not planning on using yet another service that is trying to psychologically milk every ounce of my attention. Reddit and Hackernews is bad enough. I am also not interested in looking at lewd teenagers dancing to the latest tune or whatever the kids are doing these days.

Re: Facebook loses users for the first time

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Post by udbhavs »

ByThyGrace wrote: post #476
elwell wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Facebook is for old people. Instagram is for moderately old people. Snapchat is for moderately young people. TikTok is for young people.

Whenever I see this "social network per age group" depiction, Twitter is never mentioned. I wonder why.

Twitter is a public bulletin board where you go to air your grievances and pick fights

Re: Facebook loses users for the first time

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Post by carabiner »

sujesh wrote: post #327

I deleted my FB a while ago and it truely helped my online mental health. The fb feed was full of false news and hate speech. I reported as much as I could but nothing happening. There wasn't any regulations and I felt more toxic on the contents. I am not gonna lie there was a positive side like knowing the news instantly but It's not worth it apparently.

You must have spent a lot of time arguing politics with your friends. My feed is really benign. It's mostly family/travel/outdoors photos.
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