Facebook announced a batch of changes in how it organizes your News Feed today, and their organizing principle seems to be: Maybe we should ask people what they want to see?
https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/04/facebook-is-going-to-ask-you-more-often-what-you-want-in-your-news-feed/
I don't want to see Facebook, though.
@mcfate Like so many other forms of social media, you can control what you see on Facebook -- or at least who you see there.
Nearly all of my experiences are positive ones. It's how I stay connected with people I love. I am still connected with some people whose opinions I disagree with, both respectfully and otherwise (I grit my teeth). But social media is radio. Tune into the the stations that play the music you like.
@mcfate I understand that sentiment. I'm not happy with the company and its practices either.
But it's like a bar where all my friends gather. Where else will I see them?
Which reminds me of a Yogi Berra quote about a restaurant: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too popular."
If I had to go to a Nazi beer hall to meet my friends, I'd either find a different place or find different friends.
Luckily, this sort of thing isn't a vast concern to me.
Also, one other point of that quote is that, if you're hoping to run into Yogi Berra, you won't be doing it at that restaurant.
@estherschindler
That would be fine if, regardless of the station you tuned into, your radio wasn't busily subverting society behind your back, spreading disinformation and spawning division.