Facebook acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion
Facebook would tell us they are trying to remain neutral, which wouldn't be possible even if they were trying. And I don't think they are trying.
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Facebook 's new crackdown reflects a striking change in perspective from November, when CEO Mark Zuckerberg dismissed the argument that fake stories on Facebook could have influenced the U.S. presidential election “in any way” as “a pretty crazy idea.”
"Fake news? That's not how I did it. You got it all wrong."
Facebook tips, want to report an obvious troll? Don't bother with all of this community standard stuff, conserva-troll will get the a-ok from FB. Instead inform them that they aren't using their real name and thus the marketing data collected on them is worth less. Action will be taken!
Messenger keeps setting itself as the default message app on my cellphone. Effin' Facebook.
Maybe you could try disabling the malware if it can't be uninstalled.
Uninstalled it and installed an alternative that doesn't try to assert itself like that.
Now, my phone keeps changing my default messaging app to the inbuilt Samsung messaging app. Maybe I have to send Chomp SMS to an assertiveness training class or two.
Has Facebook changed the way you see "most recent stories"? This morning, if I navigate away from FB and come back, it shows me one or two things (presumably, just those posts that have been made since I left), then tells me, "You'll have more stories in News Feed if you add more friends." WTF!? Just give me all of my feed, in chronological order! How fucking hard can it be?! They must be trying to drive everyone to "Top Stories" out of frustration, to maximize their own revenues. Shit, I'd pay $5/mo for FB if it got rid of the ads and let me see what my friends are posting without this hassle.
I am not seeing that. On Android or on web. Clearly you've been targeted for some kind of A/B testing. (You're B in case that wasn't clear. Possibly even B-.)
If you're not paying for the product, you are the product.
Shut up and click on more adverts.
That's hits the nail on the head. Facebook is essentially an army of rusty crowbars having their way with their merchandise. After all, they have to serve their customers.
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