[AtlasBarfed]

Facebook was actually fun until monetization and creepiness destroyed the vibe.

Now you get reminded every two friend posts (of those that still do) of a creepily targeted ad, and then of course another 1-2 posts mixed in from "friends" trying to monetize their daily reiki personal training life coach bullshit, but you keep them around because you've known them for a long time.

Manipulative ads that are coarsely targeted I think we got used to from television. But manipulative ads with foreknowledge of your medical google searches is fucking creepy.

The engineers were following the orders of the businessmen. Does it excuse it? No, but I'm hard pressed to see any salaried employee not actively working against the greater interests of mankind and the world.

Hell is truly us. We are our greatest and only true enemy.

[cratermoon]

> Facebook was actually fun until monetization and creepiness destroyed the vibe

The same can be said of social media generally. Some manage to disguise it better than others, but they are all selling you, the user, your data and your attention, to sell ads. To do that, they work hard to show you a world that they think you want to see.