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From a user perspective Facebook's feed is spam. You used to be able to see a custom feed of a selected friend lists but since they removed that option the sit

by spurgu 2y ago

From a user perspective Facebook's feed is spam. You used to be able to see a custom feed of a selected friend lists but since they removed that option the site has been completely unusable, unless perhaps you do something like remove 90% of your "friends" and groups but that would hurt usability in different ways.

xtracto 2y ago
Ooooh so thats what happened. I just recently restarted using my Facebook account after about 6 years of not really using it. I found it odd that I was only scrolling to android games ads, some diy videos and some rage-motivated generic posts from accounts I don't know... I liked more the Facebook that showed me the humblebrag posts of my friends/connections (and I'm not being sarcastic)
- ant6n 2y ago
  That was like 20 years ago. People have been sad about Facebook being impersonal for more than 10 years.
  - spurgu 2y ago
    It was very usable with custom lists up until recently. Their help pages still reference the ability to browse updates from custom friend lists (at least when I checked a couple of weeks ago) but the actual feature has been dead for a while now. Guess they didn't like that people were able minimize pointless engagement and doomscrolling.
relativ575 2y ago
> From a user perspective Facebook's feed is spam. The topic is FB groups. They aren't spam, at least for those I'm a member. Some groups may be quiet, some are active, but I don't recall coming across spam posts from any of them. A particular group has a rule that members can promote their business once a week, enforced by the group's admin
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kayodelycaon 2y ago
It really is. I’m following two groups and a handful of people. I never see posts from any of them and it’s difficult for me as a software engineer to navigate the site.

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From a user perspective Facebook's feed is spam. You used to be able to see a custom feed of a selected friend lists but since they removed that option the sit

by spurgu 2y ago

xtracto 2y ago
Ooooh so thats what happened. I just recently restarted using my Facebook account after about 6 years of not really using it. I found it odd that I was only scrolling to android games ads, some diy videos and some rage-motivated generic posts from accounts I don't know... I liked more the Facebook that showed me the humblebrag posts of my friends/connections (and I'm not being sarcastic)
- ant6n 2y ago
  That was like 20 years ago. People have been sad about Facebook being impersonal for more than 10 years.
  - spurgu 2y ago
    It was very usable with custom lists up until recently. Their help pages still reference the ability to browse updates from custom friend lists (at least when I checked a couple of weeks ago) but the actual feature has been dead for a while now. Guess they didn't like that people were able minimize pointless engagement and doomscrolling.
relativ575 2y ago
> From a user perspective Facebook's feed is spam. The topic is FB groups. They aren't spam, at least for those I'm a member. Some groups may be quiet, some are active, but I don't recall coming across spam posts from any of them. A particular group has a rule that members can promote their business once a week, enforced by the group's admin
- deleted 2y ago
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kayodelycaon 2y ago
It really is. I’m following two groups and a handful of people. I never see posts from any of them and it’s difficult for me as a software engineer to navigate the site.