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On leaving Facebook


I haven't killed my account over there or anything. I'll probably keep it in a dormant state because there are just too many situations where I might need it.

THAT SAID

I don't even need to get on a high horse about ethics or the new administration to be bailing on Facebook. My feed there is a disaster. Half of it is groups I didn't follow. I don't know when they added that "feature." Before the election, those unfollowed group posts were inflammatory political crap. Now, they're mostly AI-generated fake images.

And speaking of AI-generated fake images, I clicked ONE VIDEO on their video shorts and managed to train the algorithm that I want to see fake videos of AI-enlarged sea life. That's absurdly specific. How is that even a category?

I get the argument that Facebook holds so many relationships that will be hard to keep up otherwise, but it's gotten so hard to find content from any of those relationships that I'm not sure the argument makes sense anymore

in reply to Susan Rati Lane

I'm pretty sure all that extra content is to hide that people aren't posting much anymore. The dead internet theory is becoming a reality.
in reply to Daniel Lowe

Hmmm. That makes a lot of sense.

Enlighten me on the dead internet theory.

in reply to Susan Rati Lane

Basically that, statistically, there are no more real people on the Internet. It's just bots advertising and trying to scam bots.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Int…

in reply to Susan Rati Lane

I'm just glad to see you posting somewhere again! I've missed you and getting to hear/read your thoughts! πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–
in reply to Crystal Wolf

@Crystal Wolf
πŸ’–πŸ’–! This feels really good. I want to be able to chat with friends like this. It's just that, like a lot of people, falling off Facebook was so good for my mental health that I didn't want to try returning.
in reply to Susan Rati Lane

I don't blame you for that AT ALL. I've been spending a bit less time there since folks have actually been migrating to BlueSky and I can tell the difference in my psyche. That place is a hot mess.
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