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FB now 90% ads and promos? (beehaw.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by eveninghere@beehaw.org to c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org

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I still check facebook somehow (I hate it).

Scrolling the timeline, I noticed that it's 90% ads or promoted posts. This is next level...

Is this only me? Or has FB been like this these days? (PLEASE don't spam "quit FB already" messages.)

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[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I did the same a while ago. I signed up for Instagram because a few friends were on it, but never use it. I signed in a few weeks ago to catch up, and it showed me three or four posts, said that I was caught up, and then just showed me ads and sponsored posts.

[–] frog@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

I am actually noting that on my desktop, I'm not getting any ads or sponsored posts, just stuff from those I follow, and other people with similar content (so many frogs and sighthounds). I doubt it's because Instagram doesn't force ads on the desktop site. My adblocker is just doing a very, very good job.