Another mildly infuriating thing about Faecesbook, highlighted by this pic:
Regardless of the bullshit that it claims to the users, its moderation system is fully algorithmic and automatic. However since algorithms don’t understand discourse, it’s damn easy [when you’re human] to say the shit that you want, in a way that they don’t understand - but that other humans do. For example you can get away calling people “trash”, even if this should be against Faecesbook’s code of conduct; and nobody will be able to take your post down because no actual human being with power to take it down will actually review it.
Right wing rage bait drives engagement which in turn drives up the cost of advertising and gives them more revenue. This is really why everyone needs to abandon corporate social media in droves.
Day XXX of conservatives making liberals look cool by accident.
No accident. We always have been the cooler ones.
Liberals in the American sense (not far right) or in the pol-sci one (private property is the most fundamental of rights)?
When you grab images of two different people to try to prove you’re right.
And they fail because the bottom one looks hotter to me (person, not car. I concede that the top car looks better.)
I’d say neither car looks good.
I dunno, I’m not a car person at all but the bottom one looks a bit Splatoon-ish, so it’s better by association?
And I think both women look really beautiful.
The content algorithms are terrible. I’ve been trolling some local news pages that have been posting about Jason Aldean, and it never fails that the most relevant comments are all showing support even though each comment only has a few likes, but when “all comments” is chosen, there are massive amounts of opposing comments that have an enormous amount of likes.
It’s like the purest form of manufacturing consent.
Deactivated FB six weeks ago.
I’m not saying you should do the same, but I’m not not saying it.
You are still looking at a Facebook post. You simply found a way to feel superior to the people who do it on Facebook.
It’s not a superiority thing.
As much as I dislike FB, it unfortunately still has a lot of use for most people. I get that.
Deactivating is for wafflers. Delete that shit, burn the crops, and salt the earth in your wake.
It’s really not.
You’re still starving the beast. Deactivating just leaves the people who know me an outlet to get in touch if needed.
I told myself that… And then would reactivate and spend a day or two falling back in. Like a shitty relationship. Eventually, I had to cut the cord entirely.
Sometimes that’s the best way to go. For me, deactivating’s been fine. I like Mastodon and Lemmy way more.
I need it to contact like 90% of the people I talk to
Are all your friends American retirees?
Not necessarily. You can deactivate FB and still keep your contacts to use in Messenger.
I was banned from FB years ago, they did me a favor
It’s how I stay updated on events mostly. Even if a decent alternative existed it would take a long time to get many of my friends and family to move, not to mention some of the groups.
Understable. Requires more legwork without it, but I don’t mind that for the mental health tradeoff.
6 weeks? I thought everyone left that dumpster fire 8 years ago
Nope.
It’s a shame they didn’t.
My municipality is posting important information on there, I cannot leave yet. I’ve sent a complaint but “everyone uses it”.
Thats about when I dropped FB for the second time for the last time… I was dating a girl that didn’t believe I didnt have a FB, my dumbass makes a new one and it was pure misery like the last go. I can’t imagine how bad it is now…
And conservatives are suing Facebook because they feel censored.
ROFL!
Its engagement bait, trying to make you click through and argue with people. I just hide/snooze it all as it shows up.
But the question is, is that the same girl?
i don’t think so, they have different shaped faces and bodies and different hair colors
Algorithms are crap. I love archeology and space docs so, of course, my YouTube feed is 100% ancient aliens bullshit. I’ve even tried blocking channels but they keep coming back. I despise seeing Joe Rogan’s face. I just ignore it and wait for a word of mouth suggestion. I refuse to be force fed shit.
Algorithm free is the way to be.
Personally, I quite like tastefully tatted ladies, but that just me.
I have no idea what they are advertising
Right wing rage
Women as property
Did…did they censor trash?
Oh, god, that just makes everything worse!
“PSA: Do you know how difficult it is being a #&$8man? He picks up your $&@( for you. Be respectful to your local #(#-men.”
Took me so long to figure out that this wasn’t some obscure swearword.
ASSMAN.
It’s “Trish”. That’s the 2nd girl’s name. They didn’t want to be banned for doxxing.
There’s a reason Ferrari doesn’t allow the bottom one…