It's almost as if giving a giant corporation unilateral control over what news our society consumes was a bad idea?
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
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I think you're onto something, hmmm.
Facebook already went through enshittification and should be dead but somehow it isn’t, it just survives off boomers and conspiracy theorists or something.
Similar to how Reddit will survive even if it‘s all just bots talking to each other and reposting into infinity.
Weird to think some text or image I contributed could be reposted long after my death and written about by AI bots.
I was using Facebook as a means to see whats up in my area, everytime I go on now I scroll till I see something interesting, I get a few mins in and decide it's dead and close out of it.
Facebook once was a great tool for local postings, it's now gone to shit. I am really hoping to see another platform, preferably in the fediverse take it's place.
dot com is coming to an end, and people are seeking alternatives, I just hope it isn't a total fragmentation of the masses.
The last time I scrolled through my Facebook feed, I saw more ads than actual posts from people I'm friends with. I couldn't spend more than a few minutes on there considering it was like 1 in 8 posts was by someone I follow or am friends with and the rest were ads.
Not the first time, won't be the least. GET AWAY FROM THE ASSHOLES! Stop giving them your attention and power by building around them. You owe them NOTHING!
Let's be real here though, has anyone clicked on a digital news site in the last few years and been happy with the result? Half of them are paywalled and the ones that aren't are absolutely filled to the brim with obnoxious auto play ads, it's no wonder people don't click news site links anymore. I've got no sympathy for them.
Aren't the news site complaining that Facebook are stealing their content and want to be compensated for it? Probably why Facebook is putting less emphasis on content from news site.
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