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They have the data, so obviously they know more about the effects of their tweaks than I do, but: It seems like I don't really get fresh content anymore. It s

by blhack 8y ago

They have the data, so obviously they know more about the effects of their tweaks than I do, but: It seems like I don't really get fresh content anymore. It seems like a few, mostly stale stories from people I barely talk to. That makes it harder to be engaged in the service, and it makes me use the service less. What I wish I could have (by default) is just a chronological list of things that people have posted. Maybe there is a team of facebook who needs to justify their jobs or something? I don't want my feed optimized at all. I do the optimizing by selecting who I follow.

tivert 8y ago
> They have the data, so obviously they know more about the effects of their tweaks than I do, but: > It seems like I don't really get fresh content anymore. It seems like a few, mostly stale stories from people I barely talk to. That makes it harder to be engaged in the service, and it makes me use the service less. It's entirely possible that their algorithms fail for your personality/usage patterns, but are successful enough on other accounts to make up for your loss of "engagement" from Facebook's perspective. > What I wish I could have (by default) is just a chronological list of things that people have posted. > Maybe there is a team of facebook who needs to justify their jobs or something? I don't want my feed optimized at all. I do the optimizing by selecting who I follow. They don't want you to do the optimizing for yourself because that means they can't nudge you into doing what serves them the most.
LeoPanthera 8y ago
> What I wish I could have (by default) is just a chronological list of things that people have posted. Bookmark this URL, which shows your feed chronologically: https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr
bscphil 8y ago
> It seems like I don't really get fresh content anymore. It seems like a few, mostly stale stories from people I barely talk to. Perhaps what you're observing is the result of people abandoning Facebook or using it much less. It's not that Facebook is poorly optimized for you, it's that the people you want to hear from are using the platform less that before?
- elboru 8y ago
  I totally agree with you, I decided to unfollow everyone and everything I don't want to keep contact with. It seems like I got rid of unfunny memes, photos of babies I don't care about, a lot of garbage posts from pages I don't even remember why I started following. I thought I would get a better Facebook, a new feed with only posts from people I care about, turned out my Facebook is empty now, the people and pages I do care about seem to stopped posting a long time ago, I just didn't know because Facebook made it look like my feed was full of interactions I cared about.
- paulie_a 8y ago
  Lets be honest Facebook is just poorly optimized. Nothing has actually changed since the 90s, it's shitty ads poorly targeted.

by blhack 8y ago

tivert 8y ago

> They have the data, so obviously they know more about the effects of their tweaks than I do, but: > It seems like I don't really get fresh content anymore. It seems like a few, mostly stale stories from people I barely talk to. That makes it harder to be engaged in the service, and it makes me use the service less. It's entirely possible that their algorithms fail for your personality/usage patterns, but are successful enough on other accounts to make up for your loss of "engagement" from Facebook's perspective. > What I wish I could have (by default) is just a chronological list of things that people have posted. > Maybe there is a team of facebook who needs to justify their jobs or something? I don't want my feed optimized at all. I do the optimizing by selecting who I follow. They don't want you to do the optimizing for yourself because that means they can't nudge you into doing what serves them the most.

LeoPanthera 8y ago

> What I wish I could have (by default) is just a chronological list of things that people have posted. Bookmark this URL, which shows your feed chronologically: https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr

bscphil 8y ago

> It seems like I don't really get fresh content anymore. It seems like a few, mostly stale stories from people I barely talk to. Perhaps what you're observing is the result of people abandoning Facebook or using it much less. It's not that Facebook is poorly optimized for you, it's that the people you want to hear from are using the platform less that before?

elboru 8y ago
I totally agree with you, I decided to unfollow everyone and everything I don't want to keep contact with. It seems like I got rid of unfunny memes, photos of babies I don't care about, a lot of garbage posts from pages I don't even remember why I started following. I thought I would get a better Facebook, a new feed with only posts from people I care about, turned out my Facebook is empty now, the people and pages I do care about seem to stopped posting a long time ago, I just didn't know because Facebook made it look like my feed was full of interactions I cared about.
paulie_a 8y ago
Lets be honest Facebook is just poorly optimized. Nothing has actually changed since the 90s, it's shitty ads poorly targeted.