Please do not give me shit for using Facebook. It’s how I keep in touch with relatives, most of whom live abroad, and my brother, who is has ASD prefers to communicate with me that way.
I would rather not use it, but I would prefer keeping in touch with my brother.
That said, I would not let AI keep in touch with my brother for me.
“Facebook, it’s been a long day. Just tell everyone my experiences for me.”
And it works because they track everything you do already so it actually knows
“Feeling tired? Buy this massager from our Marketplace. On special discount today.”
“Hitachi Magic Wand - slightly used - $199 - No low ballers I know what I got. WILL NOT respond to “is this still available” serious buyers only”
Social media going full throttle with dead internet theory.
The fediverse is alive and active, but unfortunately every single account is just an alt of The Picard Manouver.
Considering the quality of posts from the majority of people on FB, AI posts will make your feed much better.
My feed is highly curated so that I only see a handful of people I know in person who post things I care about and a couple of groups involving cartoonists I like and one about a TV show I like, all of which are 100% argument and drama-free. It makes it a far less unpleasant experience.
How do you even curate a fb feed. When I tried that I got an algorithm that shoved “recommended” posts down my throat that got worse the further down I scrolled. Not to mention looking for posts older than a day is a pain because they’re not chronological. AND the cherry on top is when you finally reach the place where that post might be and the page just decides to reload. Awful, awful user experience.
I use a Firefox addon called “FB Purity”. It blocks all sponsored and recommended posts. You can even configure it to hide posts like “Your friend commented on this” which would also put random public posts on your page. My main page is very clean and takes 10 seconds to scroll down every few days to see the most recent pet photos or any important news from my family.
Thanks for reminding me I live in a town over an hours’ drive away from the closest friends to me. Very kind of you.
Soon social media will be entirely automated, requiring no human input!
But fr wtf is the point of this 💀
That would, given most facebook posts, massively improve the quality.