So, are they going back to where every post starts with “is”?
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2025
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I won't know because I deleted Facebook.
These days my most common action is to "hide" or "block" random posts that are in my feed from pages or groups I've never heard of. Blocking ads is more steps but I still do that for particularly egregious crap getting pushed on me.
As long as you can't default sort by updates from people you actually want updates from, and omit the fire hose of unsolicited ads and propaganda, it will never even get a whiff of what it started out as.
Probably they'll try to bring back features that cause people to interact more publicly, like poking. No way sponsored posts and ads are going away. For me it is an unusable app, way too little organic content on there. Marketplace is great though.
Just took a look at Friendica for the first time last night. It’s wild how something as simple as proper post formatting and wide open attachment options are enough to make me wish all my friends were on it. Way more personal feeling.
gently harass them until they relent and try it? let the website to phoneapp pipeline do its thing.
The where Zuckerberg was stalking his fellow female students, or the one where he was threatening people with their private data? You know, BEFORE he went mask-off pro-facist.
I think he's talking about the one which fueled the genocide in Myanmar.
fellow female students
laughs in executive order
I see what you did there.
Maybe that one plus where the parties are this weekend.
Removing sponsored posts is a good start... Also, sort by date for posts..
Too little (probably), too late. The platform has been taken over by bots with AI slop and forwards from Grandma and that's damn near all that shows up in my feed anymore. I really hope Bluesky catches on
Freindica - hmmm tell us more...
Friendica - The Un-Social Network.
For real. There's no one there.
Why is there a whole Friendica directory if there's no one there?
Do you have siblings? Are they on it? How about cousins? Aunt?
Were your siblings or cousins on Facebook before that became a thing?
Good luck getting all the boomers off there.
Don't need all, just enough. The rest will leave when they die.
And you don't have to convince everyone, just the folks in your life.
I've deleted the Facebook app off my phone, and started just checking in once or twice a day to see if any cool trips are being planned.
My feed is mostly sponsored posts and meme pages now, and that's not what I'm there for.
Facebook seems to have forgotten what their site is supposed to be for, which is connecting with people you know.
That's what you thought it was for. It was always for profit. Their goals and yours may have just better aligned before. Once they achieved mass addiction they had the ability to decouple their profit strategy from your perogative.
I mean, there's a reason they're going back to the old Facebook, or are claiming to. You need people to actually use your platform to make money off them.
The classic three step process of enshittification:
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Draw in users with good stuff and lock them in with the network effect
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Use the large user base as bait to draw and lock in businesses and other figures wanting to pay money to throw their message at said users
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Squeeze users and advertisers for all they're worth until the exodus starts to a different platform.
I think they've realised they're at 3, and are backing off a bit.
Probably. There is no user growth anymore at facebook and what's happening at X shows the network effect can work in reverse. As soon as a certain amount of (high profile) people leave, a lot of their followers go with them, what triggers others to pack up and it's downhill from there.
You're hired!
I know they would follow Fortnite.