Re:To Hell with Facebook (2021)
by binbinbinbin on Friday August 19, 2022 @08:37AM
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I tried that, at least until the supposed quality of FB Market placed seemed to average out to Gumtree/Craigslist levels.
It had some odd results - for a long time, it would only suggest accounts from central Africa as potential friends. Then it quite suddenly switched to likely-looking people from my own country, and scarily interspersed with people that I really did know.
Re:To Hell with Facebook (2021)
by TakeBlaster16 on Friday August 19, 2022 @11:00AM
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> for a long time, it would only suggest accounts from central Africa as potential friends
Sounds like FB could not figure out your location and was suggesting people near Null Island
Yet, i still appreciate Fb? why? it has an uncanny ability to group together likeminded individuals. No need to read tabloids, get your junk food pushed to your phone.
Re:To Hell with Facebook (2021)
by quickthrower2 on Friday August 19, 2022 @06:24AM
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They will probably nuke your account.
Re:To Hell with Facebook (2021)
by schwartzworld on Friday August 19, 2022 @06:34AM
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It happened once. Not an issue if you don't have any relationships on there.
I created a new account with a fake name and denied every friend suggestion, but I have joined some groups. The groups are great and don't have the same draw for endless scrolling.
But the events section, there's nothing like it. Lots of free, family events are only advertised through FB, and I will usually spend a few minutes a week finding interesting things to take my kids to over the weekend