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Re:Facebook is cooked by eek2121 on Friday February 20, 2026 @09:48PM (#47096991)
There is definitely more to this. I’ve been on Facebook since it opened up to the public, and they know for a fact that I am a guy.

I literally only use it to communicate with family. I logged in today on both desktop and iOS, and the only thing I saw were updates from friends/family that I personally know.The only AI things were from a nerdy friend that created/shared/disclosed of it being AI, the rest was real stuff that I already knew about.

If users are seeing this, it is more likely something to do with settings, Facebook not knowing anything about you, or some other mechanism.

I am absolutely not holding them blameless, I am saying: compare notes and identify the actual problem, because I know a lot of folks using Facebook, and from conversations I had in the past hour or two, none of them see any of that, so there is likely something else going on.

Re:Facebook is cooked by steezeburger on Friday February 20, 2026 @10:36PM (#47097240)
I think they definitely track how long you stay on something as you're scrolling. They show an attractive woman doing your hobby, then it just keeps going.
Re:Facebook is cooked by j-bos on Saturday February 21, 2026 @06:58AM (#47099956)
Yeah it's an optimized skinner box. Any reaction above baseline is sure to be registered and reinforced.
Re:Facebook is cooked by walt_grata on Saturday February 21, 2026 @05:51PM (#47105754)
They aren't blameless, friends and family only should be the default even if you don't engage much. Why would they default it to a bunch of junk.