Re:Former Facebook staffers launch Integrity Institute
by mzs on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:42PM
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>The problem instead seems to be a systemic one. i.e. What kinds of posts does the platform incentivise and promote as a whole? However, changing the system would require significant product updates and harm the bottom line, as it would likely result in lower engagement.
It took me an hour but I made FB enjoyable for me again by making it a feed that is just my friends in chronological order. As a bonus there is no good way for the system that decides what to show me to be gamed, I just bookmark this:
https://facebook.com/?sk=h_chr
Preventing all the groups and pages I had interacted with before from creeping into that feed was the time consuming but worthwhile part. I had to go into my groups settings & unfollow them all individually though:
https://facebook.com/groups/feed/
same for pages:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/?category=liked&ref=bookmarks
Re:Former Facebook staffers launch Integrity Institute
by lanerobertlane on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @03:52PM
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> https://facebook.com/?sk=h_chr
That's just the "Most recent" option from the left hand menu (or the burger menu) on the Facebook website?
The problem instead seems to be a systemic one. i.e. What kinds of posts does the platform incentivise and promote as a whole? However, changing the system would require significant product updates and harm the bottom line, as it would likely result in lower engagement.
We're also in this weird position where politicians seem to want to hold platforms accountable for content which is legal, but objectionable. This is also exacerbated by employee activists wanting to do the same.