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Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts by antisthenes on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:44PM (#32827720)
That's an extremely liberal use of the word friend.

A more accurate way to state it would be to say 'facebook connections'. If you don't regularly communicate with them, they aren't your friends.

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Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts by reaperducer on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:51PM (#32827858)
If they won't help you move a couch, they're not a friend.
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Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts by ipaddr on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:51PM (#32827854)
If they are only your friend because you talked to them recently they probably aren't your friend either.
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Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts by hk__2 on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:49PM (#32827822)
That’s nitpicking. These people are called "friends" on FB, not "connections".
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Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts by antisthenes on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:22PM (#32828281)
It's not nitpicking. It's the correct use of a word with its established definitions.

If you want to use the FB corporate meaning, go ahead, but label it appropriately.

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Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts by bluebit on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:08PM (#32828086)
Can we all agree to call them FB friends, not friends.
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Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts by cbozeman on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:49PM (#32827816)
> 'facebook connections'

This is called an acquaintance.

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