Have you found that Facebook has gone to pot?

[Kathryn Merteuil]

It has been a dumpster fire for a long time. I don’t even post. I figure I if I don’t post, I cannot offend anyone.

I scroll through the newsfeed every now and then. My feed just has stuff about fashion, and nostalgia from like 80s and 90s.

 

[_19disnA]

Rarely use FB even though I have an account. Don't see the point and it is poorly moderated. They really could care less about the junk being posted as long as they can brag to their advertisers how many 'users' they have. WAY too many internet 'wannabes' posting stuff to get more likes/views/followers. Even when you report stuff, they seem to do nothing about it. Seems most social media sites operate that way as well.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I use FB mainly for keeping up with family doings and my sister. We use Messenger a lot, too. My feed is full of Disney stuff, plus vintage fashion and mid-century stuff. I 'liked' a page for old pin up art because I like it, but then had to 'unlike' it because suddenly I began getting really nasty adult stuff because the FB algorithm thought I wanted to see *all* the naughty stuff they had. There were a few days where I had to do some extensive cleaning and 'not interested' clicks, but then I was back to the usual things I was interested in.

 

[disneyseniors]

Of late it all seems to be made up of "vote for the best pic" and - more worryingly - videos of small animals getting killed. Oh, and celebrities like Emma Watson deep faked on to, um, "randy" bodies. There's virtually no relevant content on it now. And whenever I block a rogue poster from my feed, they just pop back up under a different name. Really, I only use it for the Messenger now.

Yep, and I;m considering just quitting altogether. The only problem with that is that many of my friends post on there and it's one way to keep in touch with them. All the other junk gets annoying. Does anyone else have those horrible pictures at the top of the page? You know the ones with obscene pics of women, and men, and them together too! Ick!
some of the pics show some kind of disease on people. It is sickening. There is no where that I found to block these or delete them.
I try to ignore the crap but it's getting more and more difficult. There has to be another site that is much better to keep in touch with those I want to. Also the friends thing is getting worse. I had a request from MYSELF the other day to be a friend!!! Really!

I just wanted to add that I have never, ever got on any sights that had that "stuff" on them. I never clicked on anything like that either. No way would I waste my time on that trash.

 

[Christine]

I only use Facebook for some groups that don't seem to have groups anywhere else (local foodie groups, rescue groups, a group related to the foot surgery I had, etc.). I rarely post anything back and forth with "friends." None of the Facebook friends I have are current and most of from high school (LONG TIME AGO) and they seem like lunatics, lol!

 

[CdnCarrie]

I don't see anything like that. I have about 140 friends. My profile is locked down to friends only.
Have couple online groups I participate in.

I like to be able to keep up with out of town relatives and friends. Seeing lots of grad pictures of my cousins' and friends' kids on my feed right now! Without social media I doubt I would see all of them.

 

[CdnCarrie]

Yep, and I;m considering just quitting altogether. The only problem with that is that many of my friends post on there and it's one way to keep in touch with them. All the other junk gets annoying. Does anyone else have those horrible pictures at the top of the page? You know the ones with obscene pics of women, and men, and them together too! Ick!
some of the pics show some kind of disease on people. It is sickening. There is no where that I found to block these or delete them.
I try to ignore the crap but it's getting more and more difficult. There has to be another site that is much better to keep in touch with those I want to. Also the friends thing is getting worse. I had a request from MYSELF the other day to be a friend!!! Really!

I just wanted to add that I have never, ever got on any sights that had that "stuff" on them. I never clicked on anything like that either. No way would I waste my time on that trash.

Sounds like your account was hacked.

 

[disneyseniors]

Sounds like your account was hacked.

Reallly???? What do I do about it?? I do get posts from my friends but I get all the other junk too.

 

[CdnCarrie]

Reallly???? What do I do about it?? I do get posts from my friends but I get all the other junk too.

The friend invite from you is a sign.

Looks like you go here to report it. https://www.facebook.com/hacked

 

[Lumpy1106]

My FB account got hacked right in the middle of the COVID shutdowns. The hacker set up 2-factor authentication so I could not access the account. I was able to get back in and reset the password so the hacker couldn't access it either, but that was the best I could do. Facebook was no help - go ahead, try and contact a person, any person who works for Facebook - it can't be done. I started setting up another account, then stopped - why go to the trouble when Facebook truly does not care about your account security? I use the new account to lurk and that's it. I never post or respond to posts. If FB went away tomorrow it would be doing everyone a favor.

 

[georgina]

I don't get any of the things mentioned in the OP.

I use facebook to keep up with friends and family who live elsewhere. (I have 49 friends) I get some annoying ads, but my account is quite private and non-searchable, anything I post cannot be shared. I once commented on a friend's post and someone was able to friend request me from that, so I post less on other people's pictures now.

 

[disneyseniors]

The friend invite from you is a sign.

Looks like you go here to report it. https://www.facebook.com/hacked

Thank you so much. I will do this right away.

 

[Praying Colonel]

I belong to several FB groups on topics that interest me. I find they can give valuable insight, but if they don't or if they get overwhelmed by spam, I'll just leave the group.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

The weird thing is, I've never clicked on one of these unsavoury threads, not even once. I'm just being spammed.

 

[georgina]

Have you looked at your privacy settings?

 

[nancipants]

Facebook is such an awful social media site, but unfortunately it's still useful as a way to keep up with friends and family. That is, when Facebook deigns to actually SHOW me posts from people I follow. The default feed is pointless, with posts from groups I don't belong do, sites I don't follow, and random people I don't know. Even when I look at my friends feed, it still doesn't show me every post. Every site is like this nowadays. I miss the days when you could see every post from people you follow in reverse chronological order. (Anyone remember Livejournal? Those were the days.)

 

[disykat]

I enjoy Facebook and manage to keep it pretty "clean" by not clicking on random things. If I can't resist, I have to then hide or block them or it takes over my feed. I never accept "friend" requests from people I don't know. I accept and then "unfollow" people that post weird stuff constantly. Then they can still contact me etc. but I'm not uncomfortable with what is on my feed. I accept high school friends and then put them in a group and unfollow them. Again, they can still message me and I can check in if I want. I might post a picture or something maybe once a month and very rarely anything personal. I might like friend's posts, but often message them rather than replying unless it's something that needs to be part of the "conversation." I keep my privacy settings pretty strict.

My biggest pet peeve surrounding Facebook is that I made the mistake of allowing my husband to use my Facebook page to go on Facebook marketplace, look at his family's posts, etc. since he refuses "to get Facebook." LOL. I keep telling him that he can establish a Facebook identity and just not accept friends, or just accept them and not interact, but he refuses to believe me. He does not post as me, so that's good. He does understand that boundary. However, my Facebook page is now full of marketplace ads of people selling dirt bike stuff. I get rid of them and then he goes back on and looks at more ads and they're back. UGH!

 

[disneyseniors]

The weird thing is, I've never clicked on one of these unsavoury threads, not even once. I'm just being spammed.

Me too. I never click on the click bait or questionable posts. They just showed up one day.
I am logged out of fb. I tried to quit but they wouldn't accept my PW??? It's the one I always use for fb. So, I did the second best and logged out.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Me too. I never click on the click bait or questionable posts. They just showed up one day.
I am logged out of fb. I tried to quit but they wouldn't accept my PW??? It's the one I always use for fb. So, I did the second best and logged out.

I've found a few Messenger-only apps - no need to be bombarded by spam. Might look into them!

 

[aprilgail]

Of late it all seems to be made up of "vote for the best pic" and - more worryingly - videos of small animals getting killed. Oh, and celebrities like Emma Watson deep faked on to, um, "randy" bodies. There's virtually no relevant content on it now. And whenever I block a rogue poster from my feed, they just pop back up under a different name. Really, I only use it for the Messenger now.

Who the heck are you friends with that posts that kind of crap on your feed? No one can post anything on mine unless they are friends with me- can't message me either- since facebook usually gives you ad's and things that are relevant to what your browser history has in it I would be more concerned about what you are looking at other times in your googling.