Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts
by titzer on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:16PM
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The recommendation system was really addictive for me for a while. I was wasting a ton of time on YouTube. Then I switched off recommendations based on my watch history and it suddenly got abysmally bad. And hallelujah, that worked like a charm. I spend almost no time on YouTube at all now. Whoever thinks that recommendations aren't predatory time sinks probably hasn't experienced both sides of that.
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Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts
by cphoover on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @05:53PM
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They can be both addictive and bad.... I find myself clicking clickbait nonsense all the time. With annoying titles like "Funniest NFL celebration fails" or "Best cheeseburger in NYC" It's inane worthless content, that my brain is addicted to. I feel utterly unsatisfied after watching this terrible content, yet I still click more often than I would like.
Re:FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends' posts
by rnd0 on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @12:52AM
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Actually, Youtube is the last service I like because I pretty ruthlessly go through my watch history and delete anything that might mess it up. As a result my recommendations tend to be pretty decent. Not perfect, but acceptable.