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Holy feck Facebook got really bad (hexbear.net)
submitted 4 months ago by ButtBidet@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net
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Like I know this isn't a shock to anyone. But it's a super surprise to me. So since 2011 I was really busy with various educational or work stuff, and never had time to log in. When I did log in to post something random for family to see, I had that Fluffbusters extension that cuts out the extra shit that Meta adds to your feed.

So recently I was forced to use the FB app to do some IRL stuff related to Palestine. Holy shit the unfiltered site is garbage. You have to scroll through 10 or so unrelated pages to see your friends' posts. And the sheer volume of paid Israeli stuff is mind blowing, despite me trying to tell the algorithm that I don't like it. And despite me being friends with and liking shitloads of ML stuff, I keep getting Unilad level "let's save a bunch of puppies" content. Like I get why people who use traditional social media become liberals or worse, I even found myself becoming a bit more lib looking at it.

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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Only boomers use Facebook

[–] Cherufe@hexbear.net 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Like 80% of what I post here came from facebook

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

Braver than the troops

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

Same, I frequent numerous shitposting groups and frankly it's a better source of OC than almost anywhere.

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I’m a millennial. What should millenials use?

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago

Hexbear dot net

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Encrypted chats or a private fediverse service with carefully correlated list of federated instances.

I really don’t understand the incessant need to have constant connectivity to a large social media platform. Keep to yourself and the group of friends you actually care about, all the extra assholes you tangentially knew from school aren’t worth pretending to keep in touch with.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

preach.

also, I like passively cultivating an air of mystery around myself. "whatever happened to [my name]? does he still watch a lot of TV?"

they can assume, but they'll never know for sure.

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Yes! Being an enigma is very fun, no one expects me to say I don’t use any mainstream social media.

[–] someone@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Unironically, Tiktok. If you're careful to make extensive use of the like button you can train the algorithm to be scary-accurate in just a few active hours of using it. And there's a lot of socialist and anticolonialist content on there.

[–] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Suggestions on where to start?