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Somebody at Meta worked really hard to make sure that when I'm using Facebook on my phone to read someone's post or comment thread, it punishes me for taking a
by bityard 4y ago
Somebody at Meta worked really hard to make sure that when I'm using Facebook on my phone to read someone's post or comment thread, it punishes me for taking a call or answering a text message by reloading my feed with a set of completely different posts when I re-enter the app, and then making it impossible to find the previous post or thread again.
No other app has gone to such extraordinary lengths to make sure you can only view a piece of content once, and then hide it from you forever after.
- gryn 4y agohave you met the desktop version of tiktok ? they went out of their way to make it not possible to click multiple suggested videos in new tabs and all others kind of anti desktop measures.
- gnicholas 4y agoI use FB via browser and have not experienced this behavior there. But I do see it in the LinkedIn app all the time. Even if you click into a posted article, when you exit from the article you won't be able to find the post so you can comment on it!
- heleninboodler 4y agoI use FB via browser and this is constant on iOS. If I am going through my feed and I click a link to another site, it opens a new tab and when I return to the FB tab I see it reload the page and I lose my spot. If I try to scroll down to find the same item I clicked on (because for example I feel like commenting), it's almost always gone. Nowadays I just take it as a reminder that FB is either deliberately manipulating me or just doesn't care about the UX, so I close the FB tab. I'm not doing extra work to make up for their user-hostile decisions.