Algorithmic timeline endgame manton.org
@manton We've been having a conversation on a long-time FB skateboarding group about moving the group elsewhere, for this among other reasons. Shared your post. Thanks. Very timely.
@manton I’ve been left wondering today, since I saw the Meta news earlier this afternoon, do you think that this would improve or degrade the quality of information on the platform on average?
Similarly, I wonder if models used by “social media” websites could be fine tuned enough to allow for a more heavy handed sort of steering of the trending, for you, what’s hot sorta of algorithms?
@manton I wonder how many bots are commenting snotty replies on posts in groups and public accounts on Facebook just to stir up responses, fueling whatever discourse the advertiser wants.
@manton You can't really blame Meta for a lackadaisical US lawmaker, more concerned about daily news coverage than consistency and fairness of their laws. As long as they don't step in, Meta can do what ByteDance is prohibited to do.
@renevanbelzen Well, I blame them for not showing me the content I want: stuff my friends posted. (I have zero interest in any other stuff.)
Tip: If you avoid Facebook for a couple of weeks, and then go back, you will (briefly) see almost entirely content generated by the people you follow.
@philipbrewer You can ask Meta to refund what you paid for using Facebook 😉 As for not using Facebook, why stop at a few weeks, why not for a whole year, or longer? They will not give you what you want, because you’re not their customer, their (paying) advertisers are.
@renevanbelzen Meh. I joined Facebook years and years ago, before it had been enshitified. Before people even knew what enshitification was. I don't want what I paid for; I want what I was promised.
@philipbrewer It's also astonishing what happens when you change your profile picture: they show that to ALL your friends.