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by GuB-42 1803 days ago
Huh, my Facebook feed is all about feminism, animal rights, and glurge. And I am not at all into that, but I guess many of my friends are, so that's what I am shown. I have a few "right wing" friends, but they are a minority, so I rarely get content like that.

It is just a bubble, it doesn't look like Facebook has any kind of bias, except to the best paying advertiser I guess.

It actually makes Facebook less "bubbly" for me. I get a variety of opinions that aren't mine, they are often controversial (controversy drives engagement), but rarely violent. Twitter and YouTube are much more targeted.

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TIL "glurge". Glurge is the catch-all term for "inspirational" tales which purport to offer uplifting and timeless truths but — for various reasons (perhaps they carry Unfortunate Implications, they don't really make sense, or the work just isn't cut out for delivering morals) — are just a bit too hard to swallow. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Glurge

That's how I feel about most of what I see on linkedin. That and virtue signaling.