Janster
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Good Morning ya’ll,
I tend to be ’social media challenged’ (and on purpose). I belong to 12-20 PRIVATE hobbyist groups, and maybe under 200 friends.
I used to have Facebook figured out (for the most part). Had all my preferences setup to reduce the ads, yadda yadda yadda….
I’d have dry spells of nothing but pure bliss in my newsfeed. Then….the ads would sneak in and I’d ‘hide’ all that shit all over again. It’d be nice for a good while….then they’d pop back in.
Well…something happened here recently……My news feed is full of stuff that FB generates. Granted, it is stuff that I’m into (hobbies) but I just don’t want all that in my face. I’d rather it say…”Sorry, you’re all caught up, go do something else with your time” kinda thing.
They’ve made it sooo much more difficult to adjust your ad preferences… I’ve cleared my ‘cache’ on both my phone & ipad. I’ve tried hiding all that shit….to no avail…..
Is it just me…or did the algorithm and the FB change— just for me - to accommodate my unwillingness to play along?
It’s gotten so bad….. I just don’t spend nearly as much time there (probably a good thing). I come here instead…..
I’ll avoid my news feed altogether and just cruise thru ‘groups’.
I’m not going to delete this account and start over again - not unless they’d allow me to use the same email address.
I wished there was a way to RESET your account and clear everything. But…of course, you probably can’t do that either.
Thoughts?
Feeling old…… and grumpy.
I know there are ad blockers & aps that you can download. The thought of having to sign up to yet another ‘account’ where everyone wants your email address. I get plenty of junk email already.
I should just take this as a ‘sign’ and stop doing FB. It’s a family communication tool…so I can’t stop completely.
I tend to be ’social media challenged’ (and on purpose). I belong to 12-20 PRIVATE hobbyist groups, and maybe under 200 friends.
I used to have Facebook figured out (for the most part). Had all my preferences setup to reduce the ads, yadda yadda yadda….
I’d have dry spells of nothing but pure bliss in my newsfeed. Then….the ads would sneak in and I’d ‘hide’ all that shit all over again. It’d be nice for a good while….then they’d pop back in.
Well…something happened here recently……My news feed is full of stuff that FB generates. Granted, it is stuff that I’m into (hobbies) but I just don’t want all that in my face. I’d rather it say…”Sorry, you’re all caught up, go do something else with your time” kinda thing.
They’ve made it sooo much more difficult to adjust your ad preferences… I’ve cleared my ‘cache’ on both my phone & ipad. I’ve tried hiding all that shit….to no avail…..
Is it just me…or did the algorithm and the FB change— just for me - to accommodate my unwillingness to play along?
It’s gotten so bad….. I just don’t spend nearly as much time there (probably a good thing). I come here instead…..
I’ll avoid my news feed altogether and just cruise thru ‘groups’.
I’m not going to delete this account and start over again - not unless they’d allow me to use the same email address.
I wished there was a way to RESET your account and clear everything. But…of course, you probably can’t do that either.
Thoughts?
Feeling old…… and grumpy.
I know there are ad blockers & aps that you can download. The thought of having to sign up to yet another ‘account’ where everyone wants your email address. I get plenty of junk email already.
I should just take this as a ‘sign’ and stop doing FB. It’s a family communication tool…so I can’t stop completely.Sponsored
