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Re:Meta shares drop 20% on Q4 earnings miss, weak outlook by sjg007 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @10:49PM (#30188364)
I can describe a tale of two Facebooks. It was at first the best of times and now the worst of times.. In the beginning was my old account that had basically mostly friend status updates with photos. I deleted this account during the last election and covid pandemic to get a break. I rejoined later and despite adding most of my same friends it's been a complete disaster. So many ads and group suggestions. I feel like I am swamped by craiglist posts if I ever click on the group section even inadvertently. And I have a couple of groups I want to be in!! Just a total cluster f$$$ really.

I am actually grateful b/c I was addicted to FB. I broke that addiction and the reintroduction hasn't been anywhere close to where it was. Now twitter has seemed to become better... but maybe I've changed.

HN is still well, still here, maybe I should leave and see what I think in 6 months.

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Re:Meta shares drop 20% on Q4 earnings miss, weak outlook by Gareth321 on Thursday February 03, 2022 @03:13AM (#30189971)
This is roughly my experience, but I didn't delete Facebook in-between. It's just terrible now. I watched as the newsfeed was aggressively tuned for outrage. I used to see updates about friends. Now it's just outrage and clickbait and ads. So many ads. Even with adblockers. I just can't use it anymore. It's so terrible.
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