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> The real question is why can't people discern the difference between the idiot and the non-idiot? And here is the real problem with FB, the algorithmic feed.
by matwood 5y ago
> The real question is why can't people discern the difference between the idiot and the non-idiot?
And here is the real problem with FB, the algorithmic feed. Normal life is pretty boring day-to-day, and doesn't trigger 'engagement'. Conspiracies, etc... cause an enormous amount of engagement. When a person is fed conspiracies all day by the engagement algorithm, even the most critical thinkers will start to drift. It works for the same reason advertising works, familiarity and repetition. The solution is never use FB, but that ship has sailed for most.
- bluGill 5y agoI have had decent luck in reverting facebook back to what it is for: sharing pictures of my kids with people who care to see pictures of my kids. That means every time someone shares something - no matter how funny - I block the place it was shared from permanently. Slowly facebook is running out of things to show me that isn't pictures of my friend's kids.
- bryan_w 5y agoSame, it didn't really take as much as I thought it would to get it to stop showing me reshares, but now I see either groups content or family/friends original content. I still wish they had fine grain controls though.
- bluGill 5y agoI dropped all groups too. Facebook's algorithm is a terrible interface for groups - it doesn't show me everything instead just what it determines might be interesting, and doesn't have any means to help with discussion of topics.
- mavhc 5y agoIf only they could advertise your kids to you. "I picked a free service and was annoyed they wanted to make money somehow"