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Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts by hankdoupe on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:44PM (#32827736)
The stickiest feature for me is Facebook groups. I go to Facebook to see what the people who share my interests are up to, where the next group bike ride is, etc. The recommended content (read: auto-playing reels) just distracts from that and literally any other content / media I'd rather be consuming. I'm really bummed that the platform is trending towards being a Tik-tok clone.

I remember at some point there were a bunch of Facebook ads about how it was a great platform for groups. What happened to that focus?

e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88mIXSdF7nw

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Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts by mrweasel on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:49PM (#32827813)
> where the next group bike ride is, etc

Didn't things like that become a problem once they switched the feed to not be chronological? LinkedIn has this problem. Top posts: Some meet up from two weeks ago that I am interested in... but it was two weeks ago, so, MEH.

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Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts by martin_a on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @04:31PM (#32829823)
Yeah, I was bored and spend too much time on LinkedIn. Now all they can show me is events and promotions from three weeks ago. Not sure I should interact with that content anymore.
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