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Re:Meta shares drop 20% on Q4 earnings miss, weak outlook by noelsusman on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @08:25PM (#30187090)
I just glanced at mine and it's like 90% people I used to know posting pictures of their kids. The rest is stuff like my buddy's mom posting a recipe for 10 minute Roti.

Overall not bad to be honest. Still not much I'm actually interested in but far from cancerous.

Re:Meta shares drop 20% on Q4 earnings miss, weak outlook by ct0 on Thursday February 03, 2022 @08:48AM (#30192319)
FB knows the optimal amount of ads to show a user, and that has to vary between time spent on the site. Someone who just glances at the site could see significantly less ads than someone who a "perma-scroller" for lack of a better term.

I removed the feed completely, but still kept my account so I can still engage with groups, which is the only thing keeping me there. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/news-feed-era...