Re:I deleted my social media accounts
by pickledoyster on Monday January 13, 2025 @06:51AM
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>And finally: Ordering. Non-chronological ordering makes no sense, because everything is random (probably not, somehow maximizes engagement for users very different from me, I guess). So I can’t even scroll for the stuff I want to see.
Does https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr not work anymore? It should surface the chronological feed without reels and other recommended slop.
I love you!
This does exactly what I want! It makes FB usable again!
Re:I deleted my social media accounts
by pickledoyster on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @08:04AM
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...np, I guess.
To be honest, I'm actually disappointed in myself for helping fb retain a user
Re:I deleted my social media accounts
by Semaphor on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @09:00AM
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I mean, without a curating algorithm, facebook is pretty cool. I’ve been one of the earlier users (having had to register my German university e-mail as a student mail to be allowed in), and the only negative parts have ever been Facebook forcing things on me that I don’t want.
Re:I deleted my social media accounts
by brightball on Monday January 13, 2025 @09:45AM
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The Reels, I'm with you on.
It does seem to keep showing you more of what you click on though, so I hit a good trend of funny clips from Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, Friends and random interesting nature videos and for the most part those dominate now.
But no matter what you click on it seems like they are really determined to keep throwing in the various ladies clips.
Reels every few posts are usually sexily dressed Asian women, or more normally dressed White women, with some kind of clickbait text overlaid. I think I maybe clicked on a reel once or twice ever.
Then my feed is full of suggested content. Which I also don’t want to see. From metal bands I don’t care about and festivals I don’t wanna go to, to offensive content.
And finally: Ordering. Non-chronological ordering makes no sense, because everything is random (probably not, somehow maximizes engagement for users very different from me, I guess). So I can’t even scroll for the stuff I want to see.