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Posted by npilk 1 day ago

Facebook is cooked(pilk.website)
1438 points | 803 commentspage 18
bananamogul 1 day ago|
Facebook is just fine.

This is mostly about OP, not Facebook. The reason he sees tons of AI images of AI girls is because that's the kind of content he consumes on various Meta platforms. When I login to Facebook, I see none of that. So...

I am in a couple dozen active groups across a variety of topics - guitar, tech, TV shows, history, tabletop gaming, etc. - and 99% of posts are on-topic chatter by humans.

I prefer Reddit because it's longer-form content but with communities, it's about where there's a center of gravity - a subreddit, a FB group, a Discord, a traditional forum, etc. I go where the people are. And a lot of those people are on FB for some niches.

The "FB is nothing but AI slop and ads" is a myth. I have interesting conversations with people I don't personally know (in a real life sense) on FB every day.

npilk 1 day ago||
Well, I haven't really used any Meta platforms for at least 5 years, so I don't think that's how they're deciding what to serve me.

I could definitely believe that I used to click on more pictures of girls than boys back in high school and college when I actually used Facebook. But they would have been real pictures of people I was friends with.

To your point, I'm sure if I used the product more, the algorithm would get "better" according to what I engaged with.

artemonster 1 day ago||
I read a RARE friend-made post, close tab, decide to react/support/comment/like on it, reopen FB and this post is buried forever in the feed, findable only if you search this person again. fuck them for fucking with my feed. Forget if this was a post from some group, since they can be shown to you out of order, good luck finding it
tamimio 1 day ago||
It’s intentional and facebook is allowing it, for one, it brings traffic, second, how else can you distract the public from questioning what matters? Thirst traps!

Same issue in other social media btw, it’s probably too obvious in FB since it’s an old site with old audience, but if you go to instagram and the likes it’s all about thirst traps, which is a result of having a hypersexual society plus monetization.

umvi 1 day ago||
Could this also be related to Facebook killing messenger.com (i.e. they are no longer running a charity so they need all users to be on the main site now to consume the slop)?
sgt 1 day ago||
I mean... I've been a Facebook user since 2006 and I don't see much spam at all in my feed. So I guess like PaulHoule said, it's a cold start problem and the defaults are terrible.
snowhale 1 day ago||
logged in after years away and had basically the same experience. the feed is just AI slop and engagement bait now, none of it from people I actually followed.
zer0zzz 1 day ago||
Why do people still complain about fb. FB has been this way for years..
justinhj 1 day ago||
Hating on Facebook had always been cool. It's like "not even owning a tv". Is it cooked though? I'm over 50 and it has a lot of value for me. Marketplace, local happenings and keeping in touch with family are all well served.
dj_gitmo 1 day ago|
You are not responding to the content of the article. Did you read it? The FB feed has changed dramatically since the adoption of genAI and the experience of using it can be pretty unpleasant. Do you disagree?
justinhj 12 hours ago||
The article is so far removed from personal experience it sounds like another site entirely. Maybe this is what you see if you log out for a long time and all Facebook knows about you is you are a young man, hence the content.
metalman 1 day ago||
I declined when "facesmash", whatever, was invitation only, and am only now considering how to set up an advertising presence there, sortof, as I am overwhelmed with customers wanting things made, so may just stay on page 7 of search, and just keep answering the phone
j45 1 day ago|
This could be true, and/or a large percentage of the people who spend a large amount in the economy are on these platforms.

The surprising effectiveness of Meta Ads for certain audiences as counter-intuitive as it seems is one example.

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