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Why does this matter at all? You should be adding ignore filters from friends who you aren't interested in seeing things from because they are not relevant, ann
by res0nat0r 15y ago
Why does this matter at all? You should be adding ignore filters from friends who you aren't interested in seeing things from because they are not relevant, annoying, dumb, etc, sponsored or not.
- tantalor 15y agoI agree fully, but filters are edge cases, and in general you will see the highlighted posts. I assume most people don't apply filters, or if they do, only in very limited ways. Obviously if somebody is very annoying they will be filtered, but this is unusual.
- s8qnze982y 15y agoI'm tempted to assume the opposite. I filter out lots of people, whose posts are very uninteresting for me - my assumption reflects my behavior, so the question is if the average user prefers to read everything for entertainment's sake, or filter out what's uninsteresting for him/her.
- AVTizzle 15y agoThis matters. The whole reason things like Google and Yelp search work for users is because their natural results are uncorrupted by commercial incentives. Advertisers can pay to have their sponsored listings displayed above the natural listings, but there's a clear, transparent distinction between the two. It's murky to let any sponsored listings intertwine undifferentiated with natural listings. It's an inherently advertiser-first, user-second policy, and it's at the expense of the integrity of the natural service. It's tough to argue that this is more for any benefit then their bottom line, which, given Zuck's grand "Hacker Ethics" letter, kind of wreaks of bullshit.
- res0nat0r 15y agoThis sounds like a win for advertisers and for users. Pay me money to put something on facebook? Sweet. If I do this too many times I will pay for it by being ignored or de-friended by everyone because I am just a shill.