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Comment by rconti

4 days ago

I've been a male (it's in my profile!) for all 22 years (yikes) I've been using facebook. I don't get that stuff.

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eek2121  4 days ago

There is definitely more to this. I’ve been on Facebook since it opened up to the public, and they know for a fact that I am a guy.

I literally only use it to communicate with family. I logged in today on both desktop and iOS, and the only thing I saw were updates from friends/family that I personally know.The only AI things were from a nerdy friend that created/shared/disclosed of it being AI, the rest was real stuff that I already knew about.

If users are seeing this, it is more likely something to do with settings, Facebook not knowing anything about you, or some other mechanism.

I am absolutely not holding them blameless, I am saying: compare notes and identify the actual problem, because I know a lot of folks using Facebook, and from conversations I had in the past hour or two, none of them see any of that, so there is likely something else going on.

  • steezeburger  4 days ago

    I think they definitely track how long you stay on something as you're scrolling. They show an attractive woman doing your hobby, then it just keeps going.

    • j-bos  3 days ago

      Yeah it's an optimized skinner box. Any reaction above baseline is sure to be registered and reinforced.

  • walt_grata  3 days ago

    They aren't blameless, friends and family only should be the default even if you don't engage much. Why would they default it to a bunch of junk.