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by cgriswald
2490 days ago
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> it's also nice to open the app and see a random picture of your nephew at the zoo or see a pic from an office birthday gathering or maybe a short clip of a former coworker playing their new guitar. Serious question: Is there a social network that allows me to do any of those things anymore? The first 10 things on my Facebook feed are: 1. My own un-republished 'memory'.
2. A 'humorous' re-post.
3. Someone else's re-published memory of a humorous re-post.
4. A scammy ad.
5. A photo from someone I know posted to someone I know that I have no interest in.
6. A real person status (in large text with obnoxious background that I thought was a re-post of some meme).
7. A humorous re-post.
8. "People You May Know"
9. A real, honest to god, set of pictures of family and friends.
10. Someone else's memory of a humorous re-post. If I'm honest, I care about (6) but I'd like it to be actual text, and (9). (5) is acceptable because depending on the photo I'm sometimes interested. So at best we're looking at 30% of content I want, 10% ads, 10% FB trying to sink its claws a little deeper, and 50% other noise. I know I can make my experience better by doing certain things. But those things move around, change, and feel like switches that don't do anything plugged into a black box that just does whatever it wants. So, I'm kind of at a place of 'why bother'. Instagram mostly works for me, but its photo-oriented and most of the people I know on it are my younger friends. Twitter is a mess. Anything else I've heard of none of my friends or family use. |
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The percentage of ads is going up and that bothers me. If I could pay a reasonable fee (maybe $5 / month) to get rid of them, I would.