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Re:Almost All of Facebook’s Top Christian Pages in 2019 Run ... by nonfamous on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @10:41AM (#28694276)
Hmm, I wonder if Facebook could do that automatically? Like, write an algorithm to detect content farms and automatically hide them from your newsfeed.

I wonder why they’ve never done that…

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Re:Almost All of Facebook’s Top Christian Pages in 2019 Run ... by corpdronejuly on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:31PM (#28697051)
They have that kind of algorithm, but most people want, or at least behave as though they want, outrage bait, and cute content farm affirmations. The moment you take a moment to be proactive and have ownership over your experience the algorithm happily shows you less crap and more people.
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Re:Almost All of Facebook’s Top Christian Pages in 2019 Run ... by j16sdiz on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:33PM (#28696080)
Just like the spam filter, “algorithm” won’t be 100% effective.

Unlike spam, the content farm spreads organically.

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Re:Almost All of Facebook’s Top Christian Pages in 2019 Run ... by wizzwizz4 on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:52PM (#28697339)
They optimise for engagement. I engage with content farms.
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