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> By trying to increase my levels of engagement with the platform, FB, you've utterly poisoned it. I presume it works for some portion of users I'm pretty sure
by 15457345234 3y ago
> By trying to increase my levels of engagement with the platform, FB, you've utterly poisoned it. I presume it works for some portion of users
I'm pretty sure 100% of their growth is coming from the developing world where they basically _are_ the internet.
- Nursie 3y agoI guess that does make some sense, if you use it for everything. It is still useful for one other thing - looking up opening times for local businesses that may not have their own website. But at that point it's not the social network part that's doing it, it's serving more like a geocities page...
- 15457345234 3y agoI won't use it on general principle; I've seen the way the frontpage will pour literal poison and mental damage on you. There was a time I had a relationship issue that was pretty stressful; I discussed it with a few people (my family members) via FB messenger, the way the frontpage immediately became wall to wall 'walk away bro' 'she's cheating bro' 'man up bro' type memes and stuff that served only to spread alarm and despondency was ridiculous and so obviously keyed off of private messenger conversations. I genuinely think it's a cyberweapon that should be destroyed and that anyone that works there has their hands literally dripping with blood, because I could easily see people who were less well grounded and less able to solve the problem directly (i.e. by talking face to face) being driven to severe levels of despair by such tricks.