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> It’s social utility seems to have dwindled to almost zero Unless you live entirely in their Messenger app, which I do. The timeline is full of contraganda, s

> It’s social utility seems to have dwindled to almost zero Unless you live entirely in their Messenger app, which I do. The timeline is full of contraganda, spam, and things like `Tell me your favorite color without saying it` bullshit

nicoburns 5y ago
I’d argue that’s not really Facebook anymore than Instagram or WhatsApp are.
croon 5y ago
This is 99% of my Facebook use too. I'd argue that the only meaningful benefit (to me at least) of Facebook is as a contact list and finder. I would delete my Facebook instantly if I felt fairly confident that I wouldn't lose out on any outreach from less-than-weekly acquaintances.
corpdronejuly 5y ago
Just hide every content farm I find, and my feed is my old school friends day to day lives, local marketplace ads, and DnD Mini-painting groups. The worst thing I see are ads that are irrelevant, or my uncles deranged rants about his local politics. Took me about 2 weeks of hitting hide from content farms to train the algo to steer me away from that junk.
- bluGill 5y ago
  I've been doing this for a few days and things are getting better. However I still spend a lot of time hitting hide all from...
- nonfamous 5y ago
  Hmm, I wonder if Facebook could do that automatically? Like, write an algorithm to detect content farms and automatically hide them from your newsfeed. I wonder why they’ve never done that…
  - corpdronejuly 5y ago
    They have that kind of algorithm, but most people want, or at least behave as though they want, outrage bait, and cute content farm affirmations. The moment you take a moment to be proactive and have ownership over your experience the algorithm happily shows you less crap and more people.
  - wizzwizz4 5y ago
    They optimise for engagement. I engage with content farms.
  - j16sdiz 5y ago
    Just like the spam filter, “algorithm” won’t be 100% effective. Unlike spam, the content farm spreads organically.
mavhc 5y ago
"Reply to this post" things only exist because if lots of people reply, the algorithm thinks you're popular, and thus will show your posts more often without you having to pay.
rich_sasha 5y ago
Yeah Messenger is OK. Another WhatsApp. But really, these are small, self-contained apps. They don't need the rest of Facebook attached to them.

nicoburns 5y ago

I’d argue that’s not really Facebook anymore than Instagram or WhatsApp are.

croon 5y ago

This is 99% of my Facebook use too. I'd argue that the only meaningful benefit (to me at least) of Facebook is as a contact list and finder. I would delete my Facebook instantly if I felt fairly confident that I wouldn't lose out on any outreach from less-than-weekly acquaintances.

corpdronejuly 5y ago

Just hide every content farm I find, and my feed is my old school friends day to day lives, local marketplace ads, and DnD Mini-painting groups. The worst thing I see are ads that are irrelevant, or my uncles deranged rants about his local politics. Took me about 2 weeks of hitting hide from content farms to train the algo to steer me away from that junk.

bluGill 5y ago
I've been doing this for a few days and things are getting better. However I still spend a lot of time hitting hide all from...
nonfamous 5y ago
Hmm, I wonder if Facebook could do that automatically? Like, write an algorithm to detect content farms and automatically hide them from your newsfeed. I wonder why they’ve never done that…
- corpdronejuly 5y ago
  They have that kind of algorithm, but most people want, or at least behave as though they want, outrage bait, and cute content farm affirmations. The moment you take a moment to be proactive and have ownership over your experience the algorithm happily shows you less crap and more people.
- wizzwizz4 5y ago
  They optimise for engagement. I engage with content farms.
- j16sdiz 5y ago
  Just like the spam filter, “algorithm” won’t be 100% effective. Unlike spam, the content farm spreads organically.

mavhc 5y ago

"Reply to this post" things only exist because if lots of people reply, the algorithm thinks you're popular, and thus will show your posts more often without you having to pay.

rich_sasha 5y ago

Yeah Messenger is OK. Another WhatsApp. But really, these are small, self-contained apps. They don't need the rest of Facebook attached to them.