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Re:Almost All of Facebook’s Top Christian Pages in 2019 Run ... by dragonwriter on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @09:52AM (#28693675)
> One way or the other, Facebook now seems to be a pipeline for spreading propaganda:

Facebook's overt business model is to be a platform for advertising (not just via overt ads, but also through paid reach of what looks like organic content). “Advertising” is just another word for “propaganda”.

So, you've noticed that Facebook “now seems to be” exactly what Facebook overtly is.

Re:Almost All of Facebook’s Top Christian Pages in 2019 Run ... by rich_sasha on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:47AM (#28695312)
I don't mind ads interspersed with content. Like, I google something, I get some outright ads, and some higher-placed, paid-for links. But it's still a useful service for finding things.

Facebook appears to be nothing but clickbaity ads, which if I'm lucky, is trying to get me to buy something I don't need. If I'm unlucky, it's ideological poison for hire fueling culture wars or foreign agents meddling in elections.

I basically never use Facebook now, except if a friend asks me to post something, but whenever I do, and scroll through the timeline, I always end up depressed. Oh and yes, bombarded with all the weird stuff discussed in this thread.