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It seems you may have forgotten the old saying: if you're not paying for it, you're the product. Perhaps these practices create an ideal (or, at least better t
by actually_a_dog 5y ago
It seems you may have forgotten the old saying: if you're not paying for it, you're the product. Perhaps these practices create an ideal (or, at least better than what "display everything chronologically would) environment for displaying ads to receptive people.
- mcphage 5y ago> It seems you may have forgotten the old saying: if you're not paying for it, you're the product. Nope, I didn't forget—I don't entirely mind being their product, but it seems like Facebook forgot the fact that, if I'm their product, then they need to make it worth my time to go to it. > Perhaps these practices create an ideal (or, at least better than what "display everything chronologically would) environment for displaying ads to receptive people. Maybe it does, but it doesn't seem like they're firing on all cylinders. Instead, it seems like they're trying to get more and more out of fewer and fewer "products".