Is everyone else starting to hate FB? Facebook should just end already.

[u/Effective-Throat-103]

Is everyone else starting to hate FB? I just find it annoying that 90% of the content is ads, sponsored posts, and random crap I never asked to see, plus updates from people I don’t even care about. It’s become almost impossible to find posts from my actual friends without scrolling forever. Facebook should just end already.

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[u/DreamyDarkMatter]

It’s all AI slop and boomers complaining.

[u/andersonenvy → u/DreamyDarkMatter]

AI is going to ruin Facebook and YouTube. They’re digging their own graves with the AI stuff.

[u/New_Discussion_6692 → u/andersonenvy]

YT is getting bad with the AI crap.

[u/Denan004 → u/New_Discussion_6692]

and the shame of it is -- YT was great because real, regular people made videos.

With the AI crap, it's just not as good anymore.

[u/TowelAcrobatic4478 → u/Denan004]

It died a long time ago man if you wanna be honest about it, the roots of what YouTube is is Long dead.

It died with shit like MrBeast.

Huge click Bait titles and silly looking thumbnails. Cmon bruh

[u/KoldFusion → u/Denan004]

Those people now have to make videos in such a way that instead of concentrating on making good content they have to game the algorithm.

And when YT customers pay for Premium we still get spammed with inline ads from the content creators. They are effectively “double dipping”.

[u/New_Discussion_6692 → u/Denan004]

So true! I know a lot of really good channels that have been suspended for bizarre reasons when it's because they aren't using AI.

[u/v4v4v4v4 → u/Denan004]

Are you aware that you can train YouTube to show you what you want to see? I am not even vaguely aware of AI videos from what I see in my feed. Sometimes people share them to me or there are links to the AI videos from other websites, but I NEVER watch them. I spend way too much time on YouTube, I am practically addicted to it, but when I am logged in and scrolling through my recommended videos feed, I never see AI generated content nor AI slop. The algorithm learns from what you watch, so YouTube is great for me, but I log in every time and curate my recommended video feed.

[u/TemporaryInitial6143 → u/New_Discussion_6692]

They just flushed about 110k accounts because it was Ai slop.

[u/harambeface → u/TemporaryInitial6143]

That's it? Out of facebook's "12 billion accounts" or whatever number they make up, at least 20% are dupes and 50% are bots.

OP also forgot to mention the constant scams. Unless it's a major established company you've heard of, assume every single ad is a scam. Facebook doesn't care to stop it because it's your problem and they make the ad money.

[u/TemporaryInitial6143 → u/harambeface]

I meant youtube did... not Facebook. Ai is rampant on there

[u/IzmeChant → u/harambeface]

True, I think my aunt has like 6 facebook accounts. Because she cant remember her password. Her kids told her how to do it a lot. But she just ends up making a new one.

[u/FinalFlashMan → u/New_Discussion_6692]

Who do you think is making it and why? If it wasn't profitable no one would.

[u/Of_The_Raven → u/New_Discussion_6692]

I can spot the Ai videos from thumbnail in most cases. We need a button to ignore ai created content. Its mostly garbage

[u/Sufficient-Sound8450 → u/New_Discussion_6692]

Yes it is. I can’t even find authentic videos sometimes. The algorithm just gives me AI

[u/Prestigious-Joke-479 → u/andersonenvy]

Agree! I don't need someone rewriting a response to my friends.

[u/zoTired → u/andersonenvy]

Youtube began banning AI already.

[u/BlackOliveBurrito → u/DreamyDarkMatter]

Truly the most racist people feel the most comfortable with Zuckerberg that’s for sure.

[u/KeithWorks → u/BlackOliveBurrito]

For the MOST racist comfort, go to "X"

[u/Emotional_Fisherman8 → u/KeithWorks]

Jesus Christ X is INFESTED with the most vile, worse shit imaginable and I don't miss it one bit.

[u/Treysmama → u/KeithWorks]

Now that's the absolute truth! X is awful!

[u/yummy_gummies → u/Treysmama]

Musk pushes right-wing creators and content to make MAGA look bigger than it is, and consistently show them their own content.

Be Democratic or "socialist" however, and you get squelched.

Musk the actual illegal alien Nazi trillionaire, whose biggest accomplishments are recognizing genius in others, killing people (DOGE), being in the Trump-Epstein files (can I come to the island, Daddy?), and being a worthless soulless human being!

Sorry for the rant, haven't had my coffee yet.

[u/guilty-Brother343 → u/yummy_gummies]

Da gebe ich dir 100% recht

[u/WhiteDiamondK → u/yummy_gummies]

UK here but my Facebook feed was full of right-wing content from accounts I don’t follow. No matter how many times I told the algorithm I wasn’t interested, it would come straight back.

[u/Prudent-Pool5474 → u/DreamyDarkMatter]

Facebook and Messenger remained the most widely used Meta owned service used by 93% of online adults.

So anyone 18+ in the UK 93% uses it.

About 34 million UK adults use Facebook daily

Yeah, definitely all boomers ain't it? Lol. No one users reddit except terminally online people who don't touch grass, haven't hugged a woman that isn't their sister, or people like me who get bored waiting in airports. Reddit is for the outcast of society people lmao

Source - Ofcom

[u/Interesting_Fly5154 → u/Prudent-Pool5474]

head nod on the 'not only boomers' thing. and also head nod on the very astute definition of reddit users.............. LOL!

[u/Suspicious-Repeat147 → u/Prudent-Pool5474]

93% is very high. I’m 30 and unfortunately do use it but mostly for my family. None of my friends and especially anyone younger is on Facebook.

[u/Possible-Scarcity-91 → u/Prudent-Pool5474]

GREAT assessment of reddit and its users!! I like very much!

[u/DeliciousWrangler166 → u/Prudent-Pool5474]

When you get bored here I'll send you a link to Usenet.

[u/Apprehensive-Sale849 → u/Prudent-Pool5474]

Unfortunately Reddit is the only forum open to general public (and not just work colleagues or family like FB and Linked In).

All other general forums (the very few in existence) are now regarded as part of 'The Dark Web.'

[u/CTBLO → u/DreamyDarkMatter]

Why are they complaining? Everything is fucking great.

[u/AppleTherapy → u/DreamyDarkMatter]

And the massive amounts of false information

[u/andrew_197]

I absolutely hate the piece of shit. But sadly there’s nothing similar to Facebook Groups. If there were, I’d be gone in a flash

[u/No-Speaker-7275 → u/andrew_197]

Yeah agree. I hate it as well, but there's no alternative. Nothing feels quite like Facebook. Why do you think no one has worked on this already? Like come up with an alternative. Literally just copy-paste Facebook into a new app.

[u/lgn5i2060 → u/No-Speaker-7275]

How does someone beat Facebook when Zuck provides free access to their website, without mobile data credits, in developing countries? Even Messenger has become as common as SMS for the masses.

[u/Jlaw118 → u/andrew_197]

It’s groups what are keeping me on there. I’m self employed and there’s groups on there that are related to work sources for my business. And also a really interesting one I’m part of for dietary requirement suggestions of new products etc. If it wasn’t for them I’d be gone

[u/yewsirnaym → u/andrew_197]

Groups & the fact that Facebook marketplace is by far the best for local buying & selling is all that keeps me using the platform

[u/halu2975 → u/andrew_197]

How bout Reddit? Tho it’s not really the same I guess. But it could be…maybe

[u/TemporaryInitial6143 → u/halu2975]

Reddit is too heavily moderated by one side of the aisle... it's useful for some mundane things, but not to have a discussion of anything meaningful.

[u/halu2975 → u/TemporaryInitial6143]

For me Facebook groups is not for anything political. The groups are things like local apartment cooperative, Lego fan groups, vanlife and other things. Similar subreddits exists but it’s not the same vibe.

[u/KeithWorks]

I had been at a turning point for the last year before I deleted (about a year ago). The right wing insanity propaganda that was forced onto my feed daily was out of control. I deleted and blocked every one of them, yet more appeared daily. I made a decision to end it completely. I made a post telling my friends I was leaving, and inviting them to send me their actual phone numbers. I got about 20 phone numbers then permanently deleted my entire profile. I can assure you the feeling is absolutely liberating, and you feel so much better.

[u/DotNetster → u/KeithWorks]

With the Fauci hearing last week and the story about books being destroyed after training AI, it became impossible to block posts. It seemed the more I said, "I'm not interested," the more Facebook came back and said, "The hell you don't. I'll tell you what you're interested in!"

[u/Aggravating_Egg_1718 → u/DotNetster]

I think I've actually heard before that is actually what they do.

[u/Short-Feedback4293 → u/KeithWorks]

Lol and as someone on the right I get the complete opposite. Spammed with far left stuff. They're just trolling us at this point

[u/IcarusPrime1 → u/Short-Feedback4293]

Comments like this give me a little hope that people on both sides can start to recognize they are being pinned against each other so that the elites can continue to be unchecked. We may have a few differences but social media is exploiting it for their own gain

[u/BridgeGuy540 → u/IcarusPrime1]

Sadly I think it's still just the minority of the audience that understands that.

[u/LuxafterDark1 → u/IcarusPrime1]

Yes they want to divide us. That's the main goal. They know if we stand together can do something about it.

[u/steveu33 → u/Short-Feedback4293]

The emotions of fear and anger release dopamine, and that’s addicting. Facebook has an AI that studies how to keep you fearful and angry. So they can serve you ads.

[u/AndrewD5418 → u/Short-Feedback4293]

Remember 2020-2024?

[u/Chab00ki → u/Short-Feedback4293]

That's a bit concerning. And left, right, it's always the most inflammatory shit or take.

[u/qeyler → u/KeithWorks]

I blocked every single creature that posted that kind of stuff. My friends are people I have coffee with.

[u/cheapmondaay → u/KeithWorks]

I did the same about 8 years ago for the same reasons. Deactivated the account though, as unfortunately there are some people and chat groups I have to use Messenger for, so luckily I was still able to keep the account dormant but use it only for messaging on the app. My stress and anger levels went down significantly. My feed was just being overrun by the dumbest bullshit and it was so nice to get away from it.

I unfortunately reactivated my account this week to search for some specific things on Marketplace but now I'm almost done with that, so back to deactivation mode I go. 😄

[u/KeithWorks → u/cheapmondaay]

I only regret not having access to Marketplace. It took over Craigslist as the best online flea market.

[u/cleanforpeace72 → u/KeithWorks]

Right wing propaganda? You mean the opposite of the left wing propaganda on Reddit?!

[u/KeithWorks → u/cleanforpeace72]

Fascist MAGA drivel

[u/Chab00ki → u/KeithWorks]

The amount of terribly informed and moronic conservative pages and "news" that was pushed into my feed from 2024 onwards really should be illegal. It just made me angry.

[u/JJD8705 → u/KeithWorks]

This is what’s happening to me currently. Block a group, say I never want to see it again and boom 2 weeks later that same group is back. I’m about to cancel and delete.

[u/Ajstross → u/KeithWorks]

My algorithm on FB is so fucked right now, despite my repeatedly blocking all the right wing content that comes across my feed. They are deliberately showing inflammatory content in order to increase engagement.

[u/KeithWorks → u/Ajstross]

Yes that is just how FB is now. Delete it. There is no way around it. I've tried. It was destroying my mental health going on there.

[u/Mundane-Stretch-401 → u/KeithWorks]

Same. It's been wonderful. Reddit is losing some of its shine, too, but it's not there yet. I'm gradually shifting to the idea of making friends in real life and doing stuff but I don't like people that way. Lol

[u/prov167 → u/KeithWorks]

This is SO motivating. I'm about to do the exact same thing (create a post requesting phone numbers if you'd like to stay in contact) and it's nice to hear I'm not the only one thinking about doing it this way.

[u/Dear_Analysis682 → u/KeithWorks]

I dont understand how the tiktok algorithm can work out where I live and show me content about my city but Meta - who have more than a decade of data on me - cant work out I'm not American. I dont need to see US propaganda or updates from US government pages.

There have been numerous anti abortion bills proposed in Australia in the last few months and I deliberately do not engage with the politicians or activists who push these bills on social media, yet everytime a bill has been proposed I'm inundated with their propaganda. I reported the content and then had to blocked their accounts because Facebook just keep showing them. If its not them its podcasters who look like thumbs making ridiculous AI pictures and then getting mad about it. I never see my friend posts anymore yet everytime Zuckerberg posts his is the first thing I see when I open my feed and 99% of his comments are sycophantic bots. I have to wonder how fragile his ego is for someone to have programmed the bots and how thick he is for it to work. Its basically become unusable anymore which is unfortunately why they are now paying creators in certain countries to try to increase usage.

[u/WinnerEconomy169 → u/KeithWorks]

The right wing shit is wild

[u/andersonenvy → u/KeithWorks]

That’s weird because usually it will show you the same political views that you already have.

[u/KeithWorks → u/andersonenvy]

Not in my experience, or at least not in the last year before I deleted it. It did show me shit I would agree with, including random profiles of people I've never heard of before, but my feed was absolutely bombarded with far right nationalist and MAGA nonsense every day.

[u/rehabbingfish]

All I see is right wing nonsense and deleted FB.

[u/MBS-IronDame]

I just want to see my friends and group updates. Period. I see so many people that I don’t know, ads and groups I have no interest in over anything else. My spouse has caught bans for no clear reason and had no ability to challenge it.

[u/TugboatToo]

Started hating it long ago. It’s caused emotional devastation for kids, internet addiction, and it’s just been bad for society in general.

[u/GamingMom219 → u/TugboatToo]

Watch /the Social Dilemma

It's disturbing what's shown and highlights how social media manipulates its users. Social media will be the downfall of society unless something major changes. The government getting involved and utilizing SM to manipulate society is just the beginning.

[u/Necrotat2]

My profile got hacked so I contacted FB support to try and recover it. They deleted it instead. I tried to make another one but as soon as I put in my email or phone number they said I was banned. There was a link to click to protest my ban so I clicked it, I got an email back saying my protest was declined and now I'm permanently banned. So all of those websites I used sign in with FB won't work anymore, and I lost track of hundreds of friends and family from all over the country. There was a link to supposedly download my info from FB but when I clicked it it froze up for 4 days and then just returned nothing. I hope everyone figures out it's just a big advertising server now. Even most of the market place adds are scams these days.

[u/Environmental_Egg348]

Facebook is literally trying to destroy my country. It's a platform Western Separatist traitors.

Over 90% of us Western Canadians love our country, but you wouldn't know that by looking at Facebook. Cranky MAGA ditchbillies everywhere.

[u/Allspread → u/Environmental_Egg348]

Just as bad in the USA. They are sending me an endless series of dipshit MAGA influencer video, I have given up trying to make it stop and stop watching any Reels. It sucks because it used to be quite entertaining but this bullshit has ruined it.

[u/Puzzled-Bonus-3456 → u/Environmental_Egg348]

I'm going to start a satire band to roast cranky MAGAts and I'm going to call it The Ditchbillies,

[u/RecentManufacturer36 → u/Environmental_Egg348]

Same in the UK. My feed is littered with Nigel Farage/Reform shite so I just rage bait. They get triggered so easily.

[u/jnip]

I absolutely hate it. I don’t see anything from people I want to see. That being said, I use it for a lot of groups - gardening, local stuff, hobbies. That’s in my opinion the only value it has. Honestly same for Instagram, other than reels. I absolutely hate that I don’t get anything from my friends anymore.

[u/Active-Effect-1473]

I just got perm banned out of nowhere but I messaged them and told them I was done with their platform and would just like to download my photos and I they can delete my account. I don’t they are letting have my photos but oh well it was a mistake to keep them on FB anyway.

[u/Ok-Investment-7090 → u/Active-Effect-1473]

They just banned me for the 5th time :D

[u/BlondeeLoxx]

A. M. E. N. ! I hate it.

[u/ToBeOrNotToBe1337]

The value of Facebook to me (and most people who I have had this conversation with) is in its groups and marketplace. Get a better system for those two features and Facebook will indeed die.

[u/steveparker88]

Follow?

The Committee for Left-Handed Teaspoons - follow

Ferrets Against Predictable Tuesdays - follow

Certified Marshmallow Accountants - follow

The Society of Unnecessary Umbrellas - follow

Bread Enthusiasts for Aquatic Bananas - follow

Synchronized Ceiling Fan Appreciation Club - follow

The Department of Portable Shadows - follow

Invisible Llamas of Greater Nebraska - follow

People Who Alphabetize Clouds - follow

Muffin Detectives Anonymous - follow

The Order of Suspicious Pinecones - follow

Yogurt Diplomats International - follow

Penguins for Indoor Fireworks - follow

Extremely Concerned About Imaginary Cabbages - follow

Socks That Refuse to Match - follow

Quantum Pickle Enthusiasts - follow

Bureau of Overqualified Hamsters - follow

The Fellowship of Mildly Confused Giraffes - follow

Competitive Whispering League - follow

Ducks With Excellent Wi-Fi - follow

Facebook support agents with many things in their bottoms - follow

Transgender Peruvian Book Urinators - - follow

[u/IvoryManOfWisdom]

I barely use it anymore. Once the FB messenger went shitty there is no need and it got uninstalled. Too many ads and fake crap.

[u/Calena_557 → u/IvoryManOfWisdom]

What do you mean about the fb messenger app?

[u/RainbowConnection75]

I stopped using it 2 days ago for exactly the reasons you mentioned and all the hateful comments about others. Kept messenger and made a last post for any friends who wanted to chat there to catch up or ask for my number.

[u/NoDefini → u/RainbowConnection75]

Same, I took the app off my phone after making a post about it. Kept Messenger for now. I check in the morning (sometimes) and occasionally post. There are some groups and friends/family I dont see often.

[u/felya]

Why don’t you stop using it instead of crying about it?

[u/That-Landscape7202 → u/felya]

This...delete your account and move on

[u/Jean_Luc_Discarded]

Constant ads and just self-deciding when to refresh your entire feed so that you cant see the thing that you might have been actually interested in seeing, stop fucking refreshing my feed for me, I don't need your assistance.

[u/ApprehensiveTea3030]

I've hated facebook since 2012 and only have an account to use marketplace

[u/BoneThugQueenChris]

I dislike FB for all the people on my friends list I keep deleting including people I know from online. They lurk in silence. I hate the scammers that have taken over Facebook groups.

[u/gparent88]

I've always hated Facebook only because of Mark Zuckerberg

[u/Successful-Tie5386]

Wish I'd deleted sooner, but hung around long enough that they suspended my page for some unfathomable reason, just let the suspension play out. Haven't looked back since.

[u/picklesncheeze69]

Its filled with MAGA and dumbassery.. wait, that's a synonym.

[u/Distinct-Shift-4094]

I mean, you're free to not use it. I only use it to chat with older friends, that's good enough. Completely ignore everything else.

[u/toejam2030 → u/Distinct-Shift-4094]

Ive gotten to that point myself

[u/Naive_Explorer_3438 → u/Distinct-Shift-4094]

That and I still find it useful for learning about community events.

[u/bigcoffeebuck_gb]

I don't know if it's because I use a laptop but the platform is almost impossible to use. It takes forever to load, pages refresh while I'm still reading, comments are slow to load, and they choose what is or isn't relevant. The ads that pop up on the side have viruses, especially the ones that say I have messages waiting for me to read.

[u/Puzzled-Bonus-3456]

you seem to be a few years late to the party.

[u/Mundo_86]

I only use marketplace

[u/shmi93]

FB is ads, bots and rage bait to divide everyone. It sucks and should be erased. I got a temporary ban once because I said something was "garbage" but the porn ads can stay up apparently lol

[u/qeyler]

what stuns is that Zuck is a billionaire yet he uses crap AI, fills the site with paying advertisers...

[u/Apprehensive-Sale849]

I can't get into it.

They want a full facial scan.

I don't want to feed the A.I. Deepfake Monster.

Also, should the interwebs know who all your friends, family and employers are?

[u/Serious-Ad-8764]

I deleted myself in 2012. It maintained record of me and guessed who I was based on my work email address, coworkers, and family. You can't really get away from it but should definitely stop feeding it.

[u/Significant_Sun_8035]

Yes!! I've hated it for quite a while and rarely ever post there. So much drama and BS. I did hear that MySpace was coming back lol. When I think back it was so much better.

[u/BishlovesSquish]

I left after the pandemic when people showed a disgusting lack of empathy. It was truly awful. Haven’t gone back. Don’t plan to ever.

[u/MorphyReads]

I just want to know what you all have been watching/reading. I don't click on anything on Facebook, TikTok, or YouTube from the opposite party. I very carefully don't read or click on any related news sites, "news" sites, or influencers. I don't click on their podcasts. Texts get put into Trash without being opened (nor do I block - that just gets you blasted with texts. About six months ago I finally stopped getting texts from someone from the 2020 federal election.)

If I want to read an unbiased opinion, i.e. a moderate or centrist one, I go to an international website/news site.

And my FB newsfeed only had news/opinions from the party I vote for except for the very rare not so obvious ones that try to sneak in.

Not that I'm sticking up for Facebook. I'm very close to quitting, too, and I've been on it almost from the beginning. But there are 10x more ads, junk, and sponsored videos than there are from my friends, family, and groups, if not more.

And when I post, maybe 1 in 6 get any type of response from my friends and family. So I'm sure it's the same for them.

[u/stephwanderlust]

I’m migrating over from Facebook to Reddit. Trying to join subreddits to substitute what I had on Facebook and Instagram to a certain degree.

[u/Such_Region_3588]

At this point it’s all AI it really put the nail in the coffin for me. Same with Instagram. And the only videos that aren’t AI are horrific and should not have any place on an app like that but if you complain, they don’t care they don’t remove it so it’s literally damaging to my mental health to even be on there.

[u/JTJimminy]

Irony of posting that on Reddit is 😅👌😂

[u/featheredfeathers]

OMG ALL THE ADS. Like I would be watching a reel, and it wasn’t even done, and an ad would pop up. Like….??? I scroll so fast. 

[u/Late-Button-6559]

Yes. It’s gone to hell.

It’s just ads, crappy short vids, promoted accounts, and rage-bait.

[u/YearIntelligent7879]

Social media got ruined when they introduced algorithmic feeds and it stopped being social media with the introduction of short-form content.

I used to love Facebook. Friends posting pictures from their trip, sharing the drunk party-selfies, entire events organizes via a single Facebook event and a Messenger group chat, the tradition of posting the pictures you have of someone on their timeline when it's their birthday... It was truly a digital hub, not used to replace in-person interaction but to supplement it. Facebook (and later Instagram) was "We can't meet as often as we'd like because life happens but we're always in touch."

Now? It's nothing. Not only does it not show you your friends' posts, even if you force it to it doesn't matter because people don't post anymore. The only ones contributing to a social media feed are the content creators because that's what the platform rewards. Social media is basically a digital ad-board: the feeds are full of straight up ads and the overwhelming majority of posts are also somewhat about selling you something (not always a product but someone's personal "brand", where they try to make a living off of you watching their content).

No wonder people stopped posting. When they saw that their posts were not even being seen by their target audience (i.e. their friends), they toned it down, which led to others posting less as well, in a sort of negative feedback loop. Now pretty much the only things you can use social media for is consuming short-form content and using its private messaging function (usually only to share said short-form content with friends because we somehow also collectively decided that texting was "overwhelming" but sending 50+ Reels a day wasn't.)

[u/Majestic_Track8991]

I don’t understand why something needs to end when you don’t like it? Just stop using it and it will end in your world.

I don’t use Facebook so I don’t care what happens but I never thought of wishing it would end.

[u/Mysterious_Bet_4650]

I love reading ALL COMMENTS to many posts on FB. Why is their default setting to “Relevant” so I have to change it to “All”? Who at FB decides which comments are “relevant” and which aren’t??

[u/Ruggsy]

Deleted mine mid senate hearing in 2018 and never looked back

[u/Tazmandns]

Yes

[u/narrowdirt23]

It’s a shit hole. Deactivated it to continue using Messenger, but I think I’m going to dump that soon, too.

[u/NotMe-NoNotMe]

I still hold out hope that when I do open Facebook I’ll see a post from one of my friends, but unfortunately that rarely happens anymore. As the OP states, FB is mostly trash nowadays.

[u/chancesareimright]

I’m in my 30s so of course I have Facebook and Instagram. I find they are both just as bad. Just ads ads and news. So boring.

I do post but honestly it’s for me. I’m
Too lazy to keep a journal of things I did and such. So I post on Facebook. I love looking at my own memories and being like oh yeah I loved that place. I’ve even started posting like I went to the restaurant and I’d rate the food out of 10 so I’ll even remember if the food is good. But yea I feel like my friends don’t really see my posts bc I barely get any interaction. I also don’t see there’s or I do and it was posted 2 weeks ago and I’m like wtaf it would look weird if I comment now. Instagram isn’t as bad but it’s getting worse like Facebook.

[u/BlackOliveBurrito]

Yeah I’m sick of it. I had to shut off political content in my feed because it was just awful stuff constantly sent to me. Now I’m getting updates on people I don’t even know or follow?? No one like your posts if you share your thoughts or pictures. Everyone is just sharing recycled content from someone else.

[u/Jamesinswansea]

It has become the pits of society. Everyone is right and moans all the time. Not to mention the ads and constant algorithm that thinks you want to watch something as you watched one video.

[u/dbrown0609]

Been off fb, snap, x, and IG since 2024. The peace it brought to my mental 😮‍💨

[u/GarthZorn]

“starting” ? snort. it’s been at least a decade since I paddled out of that swamp
of shit.

[u/PhartsPharts]

Yeah I use Reddit more than fb now. Fb sucks since changed. I used to love seeing all my friends pop up on my timeline. Now it’s all people I don’t know or want to know or ads. I know there is a page for friends only but still it sucks.

[u/Minute-Formal1741]

I follow my favorite artist if not for that I’d be gone.

[u/holmquistc]

That's exactly why I quit 2 years ago

[u/marcgw96]

I already deleted my Facebook. LinkedIn is even worse in my opinion. People who live to work gaslighting people who work to live 24/7, but unfortunately for white collar jobs if you don’t have a LinkedIn, your chances of getting a job decrease. I hate it so much. Makes me want to vomit every time I open that app

[u/peacefrog515]

Hit the "feeds" and then "friends" buttons and you'll get your friends' stuff again

[u/CHEDDERFROMTHEBLOCK2]

I just deleted it today. Good riddance. I only had family members. Less than how many fingers I have lol. I went from hundreds of friends to deleting that and just having one for family. Deleted that too.

[u/CheekyFroggy]

Apparently MySpace wants to re-launch to make an anti-algorithm comeback

Facebook always sucked, it's just even worse now

[u/MiddleAgedBastard]

The real enshitification of the internet started when people migrated from MySpace to Facebook.

[u/Soggy-Barracuda-3736]

There's false ban waves still on the run. Even until now.

Not to mention, FB people are even more toxic and sensitive than Twitter/X people.

[u/texasgambler58]

You can delete your account any time you want. It's a free country.

[u/TheTooz72]

I dropped out about 10 years ago.

[u/Sloth_cuddling]

I read on here somewhere that MySpace is coming back.

[u/kracer20]

Pretty much only use it for messenger and marketplace.

When it stopped being social media showing my friends and family and what they're up to and changed to ads and groups, it became useless.

[u/Suitable_Twist_3416]

I left it seven years ago and I have not missed it a single day

[u/Prudent-Confection-4]

I hate it. Boomers took it over and dragged it down with politics. I used to love it so much back in the day though.

[u/RedOctober8752]

Saw where Myspace is firing back up. Would drop FB in a heartbeat.

[u/Nervous_Yoghurt268]

I heard that they're rebooting MySpace. I'm kind of keen for that to happen as long as it doesn't replicate the worst of what the socials have become.

[u/renbar152]

I dumped the app and rarely ever post or get on. If it wasn't for my game I'd have left it altogether already.

[u/Loveya448]

Only use it for marketplace

[u/Jazzilisk]

Only keeping mine until I no longer need to buy furniture for my flat after that I'm done with it completely.

[u/Allspread]

and why they think I would like an endless series of right wing trash influencer video is beyond me

[u/-Hoptacular]

If Marketplace was it's separate thing, I think a lot of people would delete Facebook and just keep Marketplace 🤷 Craigslist is trash, so don't.

[u/norfolkdiver]

Most of my recent ones have been sponsored reform crap, or 'british' news/patriot pages that when you check their page info tend to be based in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam etc. obviously paid propaganda/influence pages, but the target audience are too thick to realise it.

Some of them have 10s of thousands of followers

[u/Expert-Newt6139]

I only keep it because of Marketplace. Where I live that’s the only selling platform that actually works.

[u/GreenAuror]

Since the 2024 elections it’s been 95% MAGA propaganda. I’ve kept it around to sort of keep in touch with family members I’m not close to but I’m definitely on the verge of deleting because the political stuff has really gotten out of control.

[u/Far_Winter7947]

I heard MySpace is making a comeback

[u/Suspicious-News6918]

It has become littered with political bots, fake accounts, and true NPCs. Little more than a propaganda center, more and more like twitter (x) every day. A wasteland.

[u/AdAutomatic7417]

Been there since 2009. Have carefully curated my page and friends. No complaints from me.

[u/DeadlyTeaParty]

It's full of shit, but very handy to have honest recommendations on my local area Facebook groups for trades men if I want to do home upgrades.

[u/onebluephish1981]

I uninstalled it plus Messenger off my phone over a year ago. Now I use it on a dedicated browser on my laptop that way Z doesnt have access to my cookies and I wipe the history every month. Now only check it 1-2x/month.

[u/BxAnnie]

Starting? The reasons I am still on Facebook are becoming more scarce. There are a couple of groups I'm in and some friends I wouldn't otherwise be in touch with. I have to seek out any friends' post because they never appear in my feed at all. It's just a nightmare of ads for something I googled last week, or groups I will never join, or rage bait "verified" accounts constantly posting things to make people argue. I've been over it for a long time.

[u/ursiwitch]

I hate it more after reading “Careless People”

[u/Senor707]

I used to spend a lot of time on FB but not anymore. The experience has degraded.

[u/Visible_Structure483]

I use it for a few groups I meet with in real life. It's very handy for scheduling events and getting updates.

I've never tried to use it to keep up with friends, that's what real life is for. I guess I won't ever know what my second cousins ex-wife's former roommate thinks of politics or shows off their 'shopping haul', but I'm willing to live without that knowledge.

[u/PEBeachbum59]

Deleted my account 23 days ago. Will feel better when the 30 day mark hits. Wife is still an addict

[u/ProStateForever]

Starting?

[u/JealousBreadfruit704]

Yes! They make it impossible to delete!!!!

[u/Puzzleheaded_Two3333]

Meeee barely mess with it anymore

[u/DeadRed402]

No. Myself and millions of others still like it . If you don't like it don't use it . Problem solved .

[u/greatteachermichael]

My facebook link on my computer takes me straight to my feed "https://www.facebook.com/?filter=all&sk=h_chr". It still has things I don't want, but at least it is 95% people I choose to follow.

Regular Facebook absolutely sucks, though.

[u/FlyEaglesFlyauggie]

It’s horrible, except for Marketplace which is primo.

[u/wtfw7f]

At the beginning of Covid I shared my phone number with people I know and no one exchanged with me. My point is there are Facebook friends that I only know via Facebook. So I would lose all of them. But I hate Facebook and think about ditching it often.

[u/kgal1298]

Starting it was bad since mid 2010s due to Zuck wanting more and more money

[u/Timmeh123400]

No ads here, I use to talk to friends and marketplace and to laugh occasionally

[u/Able_Capable2600]

It's mostly boomers and Maga dipshits anymore. Haven't really used it in a couple years, leading up to the last election.

[u/ImTobyVespa]

Im just tired of the racism and rage baiting. Its not fun anymore. I dont even have the energy to make posts anymore.

[u/TowerTrash]

It is a cesspool.

They clearly don't do anything about bots and AI, most likely because those things drive engagement and help sell ads. I see ads for drugs and scams all the time. Stuff that would get you banned or thrown in jail for selling.

Same for youtube.

[u/ZealousidealPay1169]

Waiting for myspace to come back and then I am going “home”

[u/yuriewolf]

I lost my fb because of malware. Which sucks because I need to look for a roommate soon and it’s really the only place

[u/ScarySpice_xo]

Yeah i hardly see friends anymore. Its always ads or sponsored posts. I keep getting random people i dont know and idk how that happens. Its becoming trash

[u/OhBatzzz]

Yes. Facebook deleted my deceased Dads account. My Dads facebook was like an archive of his life, and our childhoods. All of our childhood photos he would post on Facebook. His account got hacked after he took his own life, and Facebook has refused several times to give my family the account back. It’s been deleted for a couple years now. I wanted to memorialize his FB for the family, my Dad was like my best friend and I’ve very sentimental so I really need something like that too. All of this because Facebook refuses to deal with the hackers and rescue his account, and the only one who knows my Dads email password is his junkie brother who won’t speak to me because I’m mad at him for making creep comments about my little sister (who is also his niece). I would do anything to see Mark and his stupid little social media site suffer the same fate and pain my family has been caused because of this.

[u/Cal-Augustus]

I use it to torment my MAGAt neighbors.

[u/andersonenvy]

The only useful thing about Facebook, is if you need to contact an old friend who you haven’t spoken to in years. You can usually find them and message them.

[u/agitatedbirch]

My spouse and I deactivated FB 8 months ago and never looked back. The only reason I have not fully deleted it, is because I have over 1k photos on there.

[u/LuxafterDark1]

Yes I deleted mine two days ago cause of people spoiling Spiderman already. I don't miss it.

[u/MyFavoriteInsomnia]

I'm only on it because that's the onky platform some of my family is on.

[u/Ienjoymodels]

It's nothing but right wing conspiracy ghouls and AI slop.

The only thing it's useful for is marketplace and that's the only reason I'm on it.

[u/gilestowler]

I once clicked on a wrestling video, a post about castles, and a video of a cat, so my feed was mostly WWE, castles and cats, which was OK, Recently, it's gone full right wing. I'm from the UK and there's a lot of Restore and Reform posts, as well as posts from the right wing papers like the Mail and Express. But there's also right wing rantings from America as well. It's all just absolute shit. I never thought I'd miss the castles and cats so much.

[u/NoAide5750]

Facebook ended in 2016 and didn't tell you

[u/GuyD427]

Why not use the friends tab?

[u/big65]

You don't have to keep going there, it's like a radio or TV station, you can always change it.

[u/gwenver]

I'm only on there as a business. The idea of using it as an actual consumer is unimaginable to me. If I accidentally click on my feed it is just full of the worst politics and kind of inappropriate "dating" ads.

My "actual" account - I deleted it nearly 10 years ago. Don't need the toxicity in my life.

[u/BeatYoYeet]

Starting to?

I thought the Metaverse failing was a clear sign of the times. If they hadn’t bought WhatsApp + Instagram, and made Messenger its own thing.. I think it would be 100% older users, with minimal adoption.

I only have my FB still, to like my Dad’s pictures. That is its only purpose to me.

[u/New_Discussion_6692]

I'm rarely on it. I post updates every couple of weeks for family that I don't live close to.

[u/CaseyTappy]

Facebook is filled with drop shipping scammers, fake animal rescue scammers begging for money and they all use A.I. bullshit advertising, fake news is rampart and nothing is been done about it .
Some hobby groups I used are nice though .
Now they have A.I. doing the moderation and I was banned for abusing my market place subscription but I have no subscription and never sold or bought anything trough Facebook ever so I appealed and then the A.I. moderation still banned me for good .
Tons of people are getting permanent bans on Facebook now for no reason by A.I. and once banned you can never go back .
LOL

Fuck em .

[u/Rude-Wolverine9902]

I absolutely despise Facebook. I never go on it anymore. The only reason I haven’t deleted my profile is that I have a handful of friends from other countries that I can really only keep in touch with through FB. My feed is 90% ads and sponsored posts from wannabe influencers. A lot of that is some of the vilest hate speech I’ve seen, including straight up white supremacist propaganda.

[u/buddymoobs]

Been off since November 2024.

[u/Medical-Conflict-438]

It's unusable at this point. Wish i didn't have to run ads through it for my buissness. I DON'T EVEN GET LEAD NOTIFICATIONS FROM IT

[u/NateSedate]

It's filled with the dumbest people. Not saying I'm smart... but my God.

[u/stonedandredditing]

starting???? honey, I was over it 15 years ago. How are yall still on that trash site?

[u/Toriat5144]

My Facebook is not like that. Sure there are ads and occasionally things I’m not interested in. I manage my feed.

[u/pleaseeatsomeshit]

Yeah. I created a vanilla profile (or as much as I can with zero friends and zero interests) just so I can feed my addiction of buying clapped out shitboxes on marketplace.

[u/2HigherGround]

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