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by michaelteter 751 days ago
I have a super minimal Facebook account, just for those times when the only group or company access is via FB.

My feeling is that Facebook itself is generating a lot of the content, probably also the users and groups - at least for some benign topics.

What I see on my wall is endless posts for topics I _might_ be interested in, or tangentially might. Since many of them are architectural, and the visuals are usually obviously AI generated. And yet, they appear to show a lot of engagement: tens of thousands of comments, likes, etc. From the comments on these obviously fake posts, I must assume that most of the commentors are bots or fake accounts.

It might give the appearance (to advertisers) that Facebook is relevant.