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Facebook is an archipelago of good content in a sea of garbage. There's the guy who constantly posts braindead religious and political memes that sort of remin
by colechristensen 2y ago
Facebook is an archipelago of good content in a sea of garbage.
There's the guy who constantly posts braindead religious and political memes that sort of remind you of when a very small child is learning the concept of what a joke is.
There's the girl rapidly approaching middle age posting vague feelings and insinuations about someone who wronged her that remind you of a dramatic teenager.
There's your aunt who posts objectively deligtful to at least mildly interesting updates about her life (I love the cookie press you found made by distant relatives' business in the 30's)
And then there are sporadic groups which are fairly specific niches and well moderated. Like the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz, local EDM (dance music) groups, that group that only posts people who kinda look like Adam Sandler...
- nothercastle 2y agoThere is no method to amplify good parts over garbage so mostly it’s garbage but some groups and classified are decent. The implementation of classifieds is shitty but that’s where the deals are
- quantified 2y agoToday was the beginning of a wave of sexual cartoons in hand-drawn style. Prior waves were fake (or real) breastfeeding pics with unrelated travel instructions, large-breasted elder women, and large-breasted women in beachwear and headscarves. I'm glad FB has figured out I'm a male. Meanwhile, I get a very small peephole onto my actual friends' and family's postings. Man is its feed just abysmal.
- colechristensen 2y agoThere are very few people left who post anything on facebook in my sphere. And the creepy sexual content can be discouraged if you give the "I don't want to see this" feedback enough times and then wait a day. The alternative isn't good but at least it isn't deeply unsettling when I want to catch up on the few things of value left on facebook.