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> I've stopped scrolling through my timeline because it's mostly filled with bull crap that I don't care about from random pages that paid to be in my face or r

> I've stopped scrolling through my timeline because it's mostly filled with bull crap that I don't care about from random pages that paid to be in my face or random pages that I liked 5 years ago You can unlike things, you know. You can also mute things.

zodPod 10y ago
lol I was waiting for this. I probably should've thought of something to say in response. Then, what would be on my feed? No I'm clear that you can but it's still a lot of effort that isn't worth the lack luster content that still remains.
- Declanomous 10y ago
  It really isn't worth the effort. You need to manually unlike each page individually. There is no way to unsubscribe from multiple sources individually. Once you have unsubscribed, your newsfeed will be wonderfully straightforward. After a few days it will be cluttered with sponsored likes. I assume this is however long the batch process takes to catch up. I only go on Facebook to respond to invites at this point. I stopped going on because their mobile app is literally the worst software I've ever installed on my phone though. It's huge and bloated, and it doesn't even include messaging, which they broke out to another app for god-knows-what reason.
  - takno 10y ago
    I've found that as long as I go to "I don't want to see posts from this page" on every single sponsored link, they stopped appearing at all fairly quickly. No defence of the app though - I strictly use the mobile website. The separate chat app is actually pretty useful for that reason
  - jkaunisv1 10y ago
    Also the mobile app listens to what you say and targets ads appropriately (and who knows what else they do with the audio).
    - coldpie 10y ago
      This is fascinating. Do you have a source for more information?
      - RobertKerans 10y ago
        You get most of what's been described from social graph + location data + people pattern matching on positives & ignoring the vast number of negatives, so there's not much beyond conspiracy theories ATM.
        jkaunisv1 10y ago
        Definitely possible. The ones I've heard about foreign languages heard in background seem easiest to test.
      - jkaunisv1 10y ago
        Sorry, no. I've just read a couple anecdotes about it online recently. One was about a TV show in a foreign language playing in the background causing ads in that language. Another was about a guy talking to a friend about an upcoming trip to Vegas, then getting ads for Vegas. I've never wanted to install the app on my phone so I haven't been able to test it myself.
        Declanomous 10y ago
        I started getting ads in Spanish recently and I was totally confused. I've been watching soccer on Telemundo Deportes recently. I wonder if an app was listening in. I'll have to see which apps of mine are using the microphone. I'm guessing it would have to be the standard Google app though, since I don't have Facebook installed on my phone.
      - gearoidoc 10y ago
        Experienced first hand when I said on a FB Messenger call that I was considering buying a Roomba. Guess what was advertised in my feed later that day? Note: I hadn't so much as googled Roombas before this - it was a totally off hand remark during a call.
  - haywirez 10y ago
    If you're in any kind of a music/art type of scene, invites become completely useless as well. I originally joined FB just to promote my music and organize my contacts in the industry. Now I get 50-100 invites per week to events on continents I've never even visited.
- mkane848 10y ago
  Sounds like FB isn't the platform for the people you interact with, then. As per another poster's comments, I just keep people I actually give a shit about unhidden. I care about what they're up to, so their content matters to me. Your point feels like it boils down to "There's no one in my life that's also on facebook that makes a post that matters to me, nor are there any special interests or groups that are worth following". And at that point I'm not really sure it's a problem with facebook, or a problem at all, but moreso you not being the target user.
  - falcolas 10y ago
    It's not just one sided - it's not just him who isn't getting updates because of the spam, it's everybody else who also isn't getting his updates because of the spam.
mcintyre1994 10y ago
I'm not sure how it's meant to work, but muting doesn't seem to work properly for me at all, which is really annoying because the huge amount of stuff I've muted in the past is the only reason my timeline is ever remotely usable. But recently, crap app of the day pops up, a few people share it, I ask them to hide all from that app, and I see it again the next day or so. The cynic in me thinks they might be doing some kind of test to see how long they actually need to hide something before it can be dropped back into the timeline, instead of just hiding it like I asked.

zodPod 10y ago

lol I was waiting for this. I probably should've thought of something to say in response. Then, what would be on my feed? No I'm clear that you can but it's still a lot of effort that isn't worth the lack luster content that still remains.

Declanomous 10y ago
It really isn't worth the effort. You need to manually unlike each page individually. There is no way to unsubscribe from multiple sources individually. Once you have unsubscribed, your newsfeed will be wonderfully straightforward. After a few days it will be cluttered with sponsored likes. I assume this is however long the batch process takes to catch up. I only go on Facebook to respond to invites at this point. I stopped going on because their mobile app is literally the worst software I've ever installed on my phone though. It's huge and bloated, and it doesn't even include messaging, which they broke out to another app for god-knows-what reason.
- takno 10y ago
  I've found that as long as I go to "I don't want to see posts from this page" on every single sponsored link, they stopped appearing at all fairly quickly. No defence of the app though - I strictly use the mobile website. The separate chat app is actually pretty useful for that reason
- jkaunisv1 10y ago
  Also the mobile app listens to what you say and targets ads appropriately (and who knows what else they do with the audio).
  - coldpie 10y ago
    This is fascinating. Do you have a source for more information?
    - RobertKerans 10y ago
      You get most of what's been described from social graph + location data + people pattern matching on positives & ignoring the vast number of negatives, so there's not much beyond conspiracy theories ATM.
      - jkaunisv1 10y ago
        Definitely possible. The ones I've heard about foreign languages heard in background seem easiest to test.
    - jkaunisv1 10y ago
      Sorry, no. I've just read a couple anecdotes about it online recently. One was about a TV show in a foreign language playing in the background causing ads in that language. Another was about a guy talking to a friend about an upcoming trip to Vegas, then getting ads for Vegas. I've never wanted to install the app on my phone so I haven't been able to test it myself.
      - Declanomous 10y ago
        I started getting ads in Spanish recently and I was totally confused. I've been watching soccer on Telemundo Deportes recently. I wonder if an app was listening in. I'll have to see which apps of mine are using the microphone. I'm guessing it would have to be the standard Google app though, since I don't have Facebook installed on my phone.
    - gearoidoc 10y ago
      Experienced first hand when I said on a FB Messenger call that I was considering buying a Roomba. Guess what was advertised in my feed later that day? Note: I hadn't so much as googled Roombas before this - it was a totally off hand remark during a call.
- haywirez 10y ago
  If you're in any kind of a music/art type of scene, invites become completely useless as well. I originally joined FB just to promote my music and organize my contacts in the industry. Now I get 50-100 invites per week to events on continents I've never even visited.
mkane848 10y ago
Sounds like FB isn't the platform for the people you interact with, then. As per another poster's comments, I just keep people I actually give a shit about unhidden. I care about what they're up to, so their content matters to me. Your point feels like it boils down to "There's no one in my life that's also on facebook that makes a post that matters to me, nor are there any special interests or groups that are worth following". And at that point I'm not really sure it's a problem with facebook, or a problem at all, but moreso you not being the target user.
- falcolas 10y ago
  It's not just one sided - it's not just him who isn't getting updates because of the spam, it's everybody else who also isn't getting his updates because of the spam.

mcintyre1994 10y ago

I'm not sure how it's meant to work, but muting doesn't seem to work properly for me at all, which is really annoying because the huge amount of stuff I've muted in the past is the only reason my timeline is ever remotely usable. But recently, crap app of the day pops up, a few people share it, I ask them to hide all from that app, and I see it again the next day or so. The cynic in me thinks they might be doing some kind of test to see how long they actually need to hide something before it can be dropped back into the timeline, instead of just hiding it like I asked.