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Anecdote incoming: I've turned off every notification setting possible on my Facebook account. The issue is that every time they add a new notification "feature

by komon 9y ago

Anecdote incoming: I've turned off every notification setting possible on my Facebook account. The issue is that every time they add a new notification "feature" it seems like they flip all of them back on again. All as if to say, "Everybody wants a daily/weekly rollup of what happened on Facebook! Subscribe everybody by default!" So I feel the GP's pain, I've taken to marking them as spam as well because I know that my settings aren't guaranteed to stay where they are. It's not even in Facebook's best interest to try and keep my notification settings where they are.

NikolaeVarius 9y ago
I've had notifications disabled for at least a year and have never had this happen.
- wiredfool 9y ago
  They're probably A/B testing it, and you're the control group.
  - giancarlostoro 9y ago
    Or resetting those settings to try to get back some high earning users. Ignoring those they don't profit from.
    - UweSchmidt 9y ago
      Or maybe observing country-specific laws and regulations
- rockinghigh 9y ago
  Same here. For at least 5 years.
r00fus 9y ago
The growth hacker mentality was cute when FB was a scrappy little startup. Now they're dominant, it's just creepy.
- teddyh 9y ago
  “Growth hacking” is always creepy.
- mncharity 9y ago
  > cute when [...] was a scrappy little startup. Now they're dominant, it's just creepy. Microsoft/Gates also had trouble with this. What is "business hardball" in a startup, can be illegal conduct in an almost-monopoly. In a kitten, pouncing aggression is cute... in a liger, not so much. For the same behavior, you'd put it down. Individuals can similarly fail to recognize transitions. "You can't do X." "But I've been doing X for years!" "Yes, but here you have relationship Y, so X is no longer ethical/legal."
  - fapjacks 9y ago
    In a liger. Indeed.
- quadrangle 9y ago
  It was always creepy.
macNchz 9y ago
For a long time I intentionally configured Facebook to only send me notifications by email and only when someone added me or tagged me, since I almost never actually signed in to see those things. At some point or another they decided to expand this to include re-engagement garbage like "{{Some person you haven't interacted with in 10 years}} {{ commented on their status || uploaded a photo || added a video}}!", so now I've turned off everything but security alerts. My current frustration is how they won't let you get notifications about new messages by email. I don't want the app, I don't want to 'delete' my account since we know it doesn't really remove anything and I'd rather retain a semblance of control, but I also don't want to leave the occasional person hanging who tries to contact me via Facebook Messenger, since people can still message you even if you mark yourself 'offline'. I know this is completely intentional and designed to get me to install the Messenger app and look at their ads, but damn if it doesn't grind my gears. If I could go back to 2005 I never would have made a Facebook account to begin with.
- calvinv 9y ago
  just FYI, I never see ads on Messenger app

by komon 9y ago

NikolaeVarius 9y ago

I've had notifications disabled for at least a year and have never had this happen.

wiredfool 9y ago
They're probably A/B testing it, and you're the control group.
- giancarlostoro 9y ago
  Or resetting those settings to try to get back some high earning users. Ignoring those they don't profit from.
  - UweSchmidt 9y ago
    Or maybe observing country-specific laws and regulations
rockinghigh 9y ago
Same here. For at least 5 years.

r00fus 9y ago

The growth hacker mentality was cute when FB was a scrappy little startup. Now they're dominant, it's just creepy.

teddyh 9y ago
“Growth hacking” is always creepy.
mncharity 9y ago
> cute when [...] was a scrappy little startup. Now they're dominant, it's just creepy. Microsoft/Gates also had trouble with this. What is "business hardball" in a startup, can be illegal conduct in an almost-monopoly. In a kitten, pouncing aggression is cute... in a liger, not so much. For the same behavior, you'd put it down. Individuals can similarly fail to recognize transitions. "You can't do X." "But I've been doing X for years!" "Yes, but here you have relationship Y, so X is no longer ethical/legal."
- fapjacks 9y ago
  In a liger. Indeed.
quadrangle 9y ago
It was always creepy.

macNchz 9y ago

For a long time I intentionally configured Facebook to only send me notifications by email and only when someone added me or tagged me, since I almost never actually signed in to see those things. At some point or another they decided to expand this to include re-engagement garbage like "{{Some person you haven't interacted with in 10 years}} {{ commented on their status || uploaded a photo || added a video}}!", so now I've turned off everything but security alerts. My current frustration is how they won't let you get notifications about new messages by email. I don't want the app, I don't want to 'delete' my account since we know it doesn't really remove anything and I'd rather retain a semblance of control, but I also don't want to leave the occasional person hanging who tries to contact me via Facebook Messenger, since people can still message you even if you mark yourself 'offline'. I know this is completely intentional and designed to get me to install the Messenger app and look at their ads, but damn if it doesn't grind my gears. If I could go back to 2005 I never would have made a Facebook account to begin with.

calvinv 9y ago
just FYI, I never see ads on Messenger app