• HousePanther
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    7111 months ago

    Right wing rage bait drives engagement which in turn drives up the cost of advertising and gives them more revenue. This is really why everyone needs to abandon corporate social media in droves.

  • Morhamms357
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    5911 months ago

    Did…did they censor trash?

    Oh, god, that just makes everything worse!

    “PSA: Do you know how difficult it is being a #&$8man? He picks up your $&@( for you. Be respectful to your local #(#-men.”

  • FlashMobOfOne
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    4611 months ago

    Deactivated FB six weeks ago.

    I’m not saying you should do the same, but I’m not not saying it.

        • Nightwatch Admin
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          511 months ago

          My municipality is posting important information on there, I cannot leave yet. I’ve sent a complaint but “everyone uses it”.

      • @TIEPilot@lemmy.world
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        511 months ago

        Thats about when I dropped FB for the second time for the last time… I was dating a girl that didn’t believe I didnt have a FB, my dumbass makes a new one and it was pure misery like the last go. I can’t imagine how bad it is now…

      • FlashMobOfOne
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        211 months ago

        It’s really not.

        You’re still starving the beast. Deactivating just leaves the people who know me an outlet to get in touch if needed.

        • @TheOneAndOnly@lemm.ee
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          311 months ago

          I told myself that… And then would reactivate and spend a day or two falling back in. Like a shitty relationship. Eventually, I had to cut the cord entirely.

          • FlashMobOfOne
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            311 months ago

            Sometimes that’s the best way to go. For me, deactivating’s been fine. I like Mastodon and Lemmy way more.

    • @irotsoma@lemmy.world
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      411 months ago

      It’s how I stay updated on events mostly. Even if a decent alternative existed it would take a long time to get many of my friends and family to move, not to mention some of the groups.

      • FlashMobOfOne
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        311 months ago

        Understable. Requires more legwork without it, but I don’t mind that for the mental health tradeoff.

      • FlashMobOfOne
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        211 months ago

        Not necessarily. You can deactivate FB and still keep your contacts to use in Messenger.

    • @l0v9ZU5Z@feddit.de
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      -411 months ago

      You are still looking at a Facebook post. You simply found a way to feel superior to the people who do it on Facebook.

      • FlashMobOfOne
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        111 months ago

        It’s not a superiority thing.

        As much as I dislike FB, it unfortunately still has a lot of use for most people. I get that.

  • @Steeve@lemmy.ca
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    4211 months ago

    Stop clicking on right wing rage bait and it won’t be recommended to you lol

    • @crab@lemm.ee
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      2411 months ago

      You don’t even need to click for them to recommend it. If you look at it longer than another thing, or take a screenshot when it’s on the screen, it’s a signal that you might spend more time on the app if they show those kind of things. And the chance of you spending more time on the app means more money for them through ads.

    • GONADS125
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      1511 months ago

      I’ve never once had FB suggest things like this to me…

      Probably because I’ve never made an account!

    • Move to lemm.ee
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      1011 months ago

      This is not true. Anyone that clicks anything remotely socialist immediately gets fed with the completely opposite, gommunism no food and 100gorillionbillion deaths propaganda. It immediately tries to lead people to the opposite.

      • Queen HawlSera
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        411 months ago

        Happens on Youtube a lot, I watch leftist videos, and all of a sudden I’m recommended PragerU and it starts showing up on my fucking autoplay.

    • @user235434@lemmy.world
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      i noticed this year ago that if stop using my fb account after some time my TL is filled with “suggestions” RW and lewd stuff. i think they are just trying to see what i like, if i click on RW stuff they gonna flood them and same for lewd posts

      • Queen HawlSera
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        111 months ago

        Which is weird, because when I try to share them my account just gets flagged and suddenly I can’t message the three relatives that still use it for three months

      • @normalmighty@lemmy.world
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        2111 months ago

        Imo continuing to use reddit is a lot better than using Facebook. As many issues as you may have with Reddit as a company, Meta is far worse.

        • @arin@lemmy.world
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          111 months ago

          Reddit is trying to become like Facebook tho, look at their app and how they are trying to copy blocking mobile web like Facebook used to do for chat

      • Ghostalmedia
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        1311 months ago

        Got to change your sort and subscribe to more communities. There is more than enough stuff here to make my legs go numb on the can.

  • Scrubbles
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    3711 months ago

    and god forbid you tell conservatives that all of those options can exist in this world, and that people have different opinions. (and that’s okay)

      • @Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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        911 months ago

        I think I know why people who only comment the most repugnant shit always complain about being “censored:” they want everyone else to be as miserable as they are, so it enrages them when nobody wants to listen to their barely-coherent screeds.

        After all, what’s the fun in posting to 4Chan when they’re just another outrage baiter? Nobody there cares if they’re incivil, hateful, or childish so they can’t get the rise out of people that they crave. There are callous laughs to be had there, but it doesn’t feed the need.

        No, they have to go to places where they can spread their miserable loathing around and get any kind of attention for it. Anything for that hit of dopamine they get from angering the targets of their ire.

  • Move to lemm.ee
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    3611 months ago

    Who gives a fuck? The car isn’t decorated for you it’s decorated for its owner. Same goes with how a person chooses to dress or decorate their body.

    Ultimately just another form of “your body exists for my enjoyment”.

  • @CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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    2411 months ago

    Looks at weird paint job on my project car Yeah who… who would paint a car like that?

    I don’t get it really. She can get tattoos if she wants, it’s not like she’s making me get them.

  • ChickenButt
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    2011 months ago

    The content algorithms are terrible. I’ve been trolling some local news pages that have been posting about Jason Aldean, and it never fails that the most relevant comments are all showing support even though each comment only has a few likes, but when “all comments” is chosen, there are massive amounts of opposing comments that have an enormous amount of likes.

    It’s like the purest form of manufacturing consent.