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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2025-09-22 19:03:13

Remember a few weeks ago I made a Facebook account with the intent of only using it for Marketplace because there are no good options around here for selling stuff.
I can happily report that zuck has not sucked me into his algorithm! But that doesn't mean I haven’t noticed his algorithm at work.
I happened to tap the 'home' button yesterday.
You know what it was?
Charlie Kirk
literally top to bottom.... every story and post was about him. Nothing close to my community. Nothing related to anything else.
Just Kirk.
holy ____ am I glad to be on Mastodon/Fediverse. And god we are so ____ as long as billions of people are exposed to that place.
And just to be clear... my only activity on there is through Marketplace. I don't have any friends, no groups, nothing else that I think would impact the algorithm. So as far as I know, I'm a virgin user to FB's algorithm. And that's what I got.
#CharlieKirk #Algorithm #Facebook #DumpZuck

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2025-09-08 15:52:18

I have an admission to make.
I made a Facebook account. 😭😬
Before you draw and quarter me, please understand this is out of pure desperation/necessity. lol.
Our town only buys/sells things on Marketplace. I don’t want to keep bugging my spouse every time I need to sell something (which isn't very often thankfully) or want to look for some random used thing.
The final straw was having to sell our son's car now that he has moved away.
My punishment: even though I pinned a post on my FB profile saying I am only using it for Marketplace and won't be accepting any Friend requests and that everyone should definitely check out the Free and Open web at socialbc.ca… now I am getting friend requests and feel slightly guilty.
I don't want to confirm them, obviously, but also don't want to delete them because that seems rude.
God I hate how FB has monopolized this stuff!
On the bright side, someone is coming to buy the car today!
#FB #DumpZuck #DonTGoBack #Marketplace #Used