Comment by pasbesoin

9 years ago

Facebook's "news feed" (or whatever they're calling it, now) is one giant funnel towards the lowest common denominator.

The only parameter you control over this, is your social network. But that's a pretty imprecise control frequently at least somewhat orthogonal to your interests. And in the last few months, I'm seeing more "promoted" content that none of my friends are specifically posting.

Giant funnel. Lowest common denominator.

I keep my network pretty small and limited to "real friends." I see enough of their posts to keep coming back; it leaves me at least a little in touch with their daily lives.

But I find myself increasingly motivated, if not compelled, to stay away from FB.