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by mindtricks 415 days ago
I used to count how many non-friend items there were between friend posts. If I recall correctly, my max count was 20. And similarly to you, when I do see something it's from 3 days ago and feels no relevant to comment or interact with. I know so many people hate Facebook, but I used to really enjoy those small moments with friends where we could interact over small life updates and photos. Now they feed me garbage to groups I've never subscribed to based on some "guess" around my interests.
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malexw 415 days ago
I've also done this and my record count was 120. 120 sponsored or suggested posts about things I don't care about in between the posts from people I'm actually interested in.

I'll echo what others have said - if social media is dead, it's because they killed it themselves.

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jayknight 414 days ago
I use the Social Fixer browser extension to hide suggested content and my facebook home page is almost entirely:

  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' IT Humor and Memes (UNCENSORED / Sanju L
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / 90's Nostalgia
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Xzo
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Tacofficial
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / The Mother of All Nerds
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' Photoshop That / Fatih Trk
  Suggested: click to show/hide 'Reels' /
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / JaredHalley
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Quinn Alexander on air
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Sarah SilvermanVerified account
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / History of Music
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Minor League BaseballVerified account
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Posts which will make you come
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / How About that!
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / The Other 98%
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' Christians who enjoy good clea / Rachel Ballard
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Graeson Mcgaha
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' Ancient history / Jesse Velosa
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Cincinnati Symphony OrchestraVerified ac
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Awesome Science
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Seinfeldism
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Jimlapbap
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / TromboneTimoVerified account
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' Handbell People / Deb Grundman
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Action News 5
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' Harry Potter Memes / PotterzWorld
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Tom Scott
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / The Student Music Organizer
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / PY6CJ - João Grisi Online
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Memes so literal they aren't even memes
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Pittsburgh Symphony OrchestraVerified ac
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' Back To The Future Real Fans!! / Lawrence Neville
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Edson Xhhak
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Raging Mustache
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Tom Papa
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' Historic Film Locations / Mark E. Phillips
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / TromboneTimoVerified account
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Thanks Chipper
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' / Dog Bless You
  Suggested: click to show/hide '${1}' Christians who enjoy good clea / Catherine Lee Rodriguez
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brap 415 days ago
Fun game. I just had 7, then 3, then I gave up after 30. And those 2 friend “posts” were 1. someone sharing a page’s post, and 2. a friend posting what appears to be an automated happy birthday on someone else’s wall. I did not see any actual content from friends at all.

Most stuff on FB seems to be 1. pages I don’t follow 2. ads 3. posts from groups I no longer care about 4. random people who are not my friends but somehow I still get to see their posts in my feed (not even popular posts) 5. sometimes, some uninteresting activity by an actual friend (commented on something, shared something) 6. occasionally a friend’s IG story pops up (I guess these are automatically cross-posted to FB or something)

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