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Mr_Piddles t1_jdv00p7 wrote

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Social Media is like a garden, it needs constant pruning. Block shit you don’t want to see on sight, and the algorithms will 1) get the message and 2) you’ll stop seeing the same arguments popping up every other day.

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ClassicCodes t1_jdv181i wrote

I tried this before I left Facebook and realized there was nothing left I cared to see.

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Mr_Piddles t1_jdvas7f wrote

Facebook sucks in general, IMO. I found that unless you're following interesting people, and you like your family (and they don't just rage and aggrieve post), its a really garbage platform. It's best use is as a calendar.

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ClassicCodes t1_jdvhlzb wrote

Social media in general sucks. It's full of people with attention-seeking problems, scammers, or groups trying to indoctrinate you for political or commercial purposes. Social media platforms exist primarily to steal and sell your personal information to advertisers since that is their only real revenue stream. You aren't the customer, you are the product being sold to advertisers and big data companies.

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gpyrgpyra t1_jdvk4g4 wrote

Facebook is good for groups about specific things in specific locations. That's about it

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arcticblue t1_jdxndqi wrote

It's even worse now with how aggressively they shove garbage "reels" in your face. All the reels I've seen have been incredibly stupid clickbait or just some dumbass video of a pretty girl staring in to the camera or taking her underwear off under a long shirt. I have yet to see a reel that is actually entertaining or funny and it's become so annoying that I rarely even log on to Facebook any more.

Also, I aggressively clicked the "Don't show me this page" link on every single "Suggested post" a couple years ago while also browsing in a container tab in Firefox. Evidently if you deprive Facebook of enough metrics to collect on you, you run the risk of getting banned without warning for "not being your authentic self". They demanded a government ID from me, then ignored me. It took me almost 6 months to get my account back. If it weren't for the fact that I had some baby pics of my kids uploaded there with no other backup, I would have just left it banned.

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WhiteHairedWidow t1_jdzx6gp wrote

Lol y’all are freaking out at his platform but aren’t doing the one thing to cause some damage..delete your twitter accounts.

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Aazadan t1_je27dd8 wrote

I would if I could, but I never made an account and I don’t visit the site.

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rikki-tikki-deadly t1_jdv9zz3 wrote

Except these days it's different because Space Karen keeps running around shitting in your garden.

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Mr_Piddles t1_jdvag36 wrote

I just keep blocking and muting. My twitter is mostly still really fun and pruned to my interests.

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ogipogo t1_jdx7836 wrote

That's funny because I keep hearing from all of the people that have tried blocking the trolls and still see the posts in their feed.

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Mr_Piddles t1_jdxbgsn wrote

I’m not saying that they’re wrong, but it hasn’t noticeably happened to me. Except for when Elon force unblocked people. But then I went and blocked him again, and it stuck this time.

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bloodylip t1_jdvnsg6 wrote

In theory that's how it works. But it doesn't take into account that the platforms can and do push shit that pays for it. I try to keep my instagram pruned but for some reason, it continually pushes right wing accounts into my discovery tab, regardless of how many I block and mark as "not interested." I don't even interact with any political posts but it still pushes that shit at me.

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HeBoughtALot t1_jdx75wp wrote

I have been telling Twitter, for years, that i don’t want to see content related to politics. I have “I’m not interested…” trending topics and suggested Tweets to no end. It used to work. Ever since Space Karen took over Twitter i get served so much bottom of the barrel political garbage, its clear to see that user pruning has been disabled.

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z500 t1_jdvvzdd wrote

Yeah that actually has the opposite effect on Facebook ads. Apparently blocking counts as engagement.

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Aazadan t1_je28s1t wrote

Blocking counts as engagement on every platform, even spam mail counts unsubscribing as being worth the same as reading it.

The only impactful way to block is client side, so that it looks to the server like you’re not engaging at all. Anything you do that tells them to not send you data generates value for them.

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jeffderek t1_jdwhwrt wrote

>the algorithms will 1) get the message

[ Citation needed ]

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jwm3 t1_jdxt115 wrote

Unfortunately there is now a finger on the algorithm at Twitter so that is less effective.

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Mr_Piddles t1_jdy6a5i wrote

Everyone is saying this, but I haven’t experienced it. Maybe y’all just really love fighting and ranting about politics and don’t want to see any dissenting opinions, whereas I don’t want any of that, so I block it all.

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