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My area is having a cold snap and I was checking on power outages, and the local utility companies still like to post things on Facebook, so I logged in for the first time in like a year. When did like every third thing in the feed become AI-generated thirst-trap bullshit? From what I can gather there must be a large population of guys who fetishize flight attendants, girls in military uniforms, and volleyball players. And who are also unaware that hands are supposed to have five fingers, or that military uniforms don't generally include cleavage. Lots of uncanny valley poo poo, as well as a lot of images where the "girls" look awfully drat young. Just incredibly creepy poo poo. I also saw a couple different suggested pages putting forward absurd conspiracy theory bullshit, like literally claiming to have found working stargates in Egypt, but that seems tame by comparison. I mean, Facebook has been utter garbage for years, but somehow they have found a way to be even worse. When did this horny AI poo poo start flooding in?
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It got worse once they allowed people to sign up without a .edu email.
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Jan 14, 2024 07:23
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Facebook gives you what it thinks you want. You're probably in the demographic for creepy military themed porn so that's the first thing it shows you. Personally I've curated my Facebook so it's mostly cute animals and extremely stupid memes. It's good for a laugh now and then. Shame a lot of people put hosed up stuff on it though. Could say the same about the forums I guess.
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Jan 14, 2024 07:25
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On the plus side we're all actual people not AI. Hopefully that's a good thing.
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Haschel Cedricson posted:It got worse once they allowed people to sign up without a .edu email. Yeah pretty much
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Jan 14, 2024 07:27
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FB returns ads they think you'll be interested in based on your browsing histories OP. I don't get any of that garbage in my feed...
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Jan 14, 2024 07:28
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I have everything so walled off they know next to nothing about me. Facebook runs in a Firefox container, I run scriptblocking everywhere, and have never allowed Facebook on any of my phones. I also have a second Facebook account for reasons, and when I checked it is largely the same except more panty shots and NFL cheerleaders labeled as "show girls" for some reason. Since Facebook has like no information on me aside from basic demographics, I can only assume that being an adult identified as male is enough to open the floodgates to sketchy AI cheesecake.
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Jan 14, 2024 07:34
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Anyone who still has facebook should feel ashamed.
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Jan 14, 2024 07:37
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Ya weird I get cute animal ads.
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kntfkr posted:Anyone who still has facebook should feel ashamed. I am.
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Jan 14, 2024 07:38
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It didn't.
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Jan 14, 2024 07:41
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Just wait until you hear what the original purpose of FB was.
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Jan 14, 2024 07:42
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sounds like you got yourself sorted into the pervos trying to cover their tracks bucket. probably because of all your diligence in trying not to be tracked?
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Dick Fontaine posted:sounds like you got yourself sorted into the pervos trying to cover their tracks bucket. probably because of all your diligence in trying not to be tracked? Possibly. Their algorithm used to seem to think I was a Boomer who liked motorcycles and poetry, none of which is true. And you'd think since they had my drat birthday they would've realized the Boomer thing was wrong, but 
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Jan 14, 2024 08:00
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CaptainSarcastic posted:When did like every third thing in the feed become AI-generated thirst-trap bullshit? From what I can gather there must be a large population of guys who fetishize flight attendants, girls in military uniforms, and volleyball players. i literally don't see any of these things at all op  im not defenind fb or saying its a good site, its not, its garbage, but even so i dont think thats normal stuff that everyone else has in their feed lol
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Jan 14, 2024 08:04
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Earwicker posted:i literally don't see any of these things at all op Maybe it is indeed because I've starved their data collection. A lot of the suggested pages have the same bizarre set of hashtags on each post, and a couple have the same super sketchy websites listed. It's just completely bizarre.
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Jan 14, 2024 08:08
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I deleted my account in 2016 and have had no regrets
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Jan 14, 2024 08:11
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Maybe it is indeed because I've starved their data collection. Sucks that I communicate so much on Messenger that it necessitates having a FB account. Though I only ever use FB outside of messenger when I need to use Marketplace, which seemingly hasn't enshittified as hard because the bar was so low to begin with there.
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Jan 14, 2024 08:12
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Possibly. would be hilarious if facebook just defaults to boomer in low confidence situations. all determined to be the optimal choice by a multi-year data science project
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Jan 14, 2024 08:13
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people use facebook in 2024?
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Here's an example of the weird hashtag soup on some of them:
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Jan 14, 2024 08:20
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Here's a couple examples of the weird fetishy stuff that I don't feel the need to spoiler, at least. No, on second thought I'm going to spoiler the flight attendant one that's first:  The visible replies to these appear to be from guys who do not realize this is all AI crap. And who are very, very thirsty.
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Jan 14, 2024 08:32
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if you delete your account, it will fix the issue
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Jan 14, 2024 08:33
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CaptainSarcastic posted:The visible replies to these appear to be from guys who do not realize this is all AI crap. And who are very, very thirsty.
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Jan 14, 2024 08:36
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kntfkr posted:if you delete your account, it will fix the issue Nah, it's the only way I have to reach some people. Well, theoretically - like I said, I apparently hadn't logged into the account since last February. Edit: No, I probably logged in last May to wish my cousin a happy birthday. So, still, close to a year. Prettz posted:No that's literally all bots You have a more optimistic view of humanity than I do, apparently. CaptainSarcastic fucked around with this message at 08:44 on Jan 14, 2024 |
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Jan 14, 2024 08:37
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Why does every website think I want to see these short videos of attractive women dancing... *clicks another one* ... like what is this!? *clicks another*
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Jan 14, 2024 08:38
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ive really got nothing to say on this subject
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Jan 14, 2024 08:47
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My Facebook is just messenger convos with my old man friends and old man electronics soldering groups op
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Jan 14, 2024 08:48
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Dick Fontaine posted:would be hilarious if facebook just defaults to boomer in low confidence situations. all determined to be the optimal choice by a multi-year data science project This makes the most sense. I don't think I've posted anything to my own feed in years, and I think I engaged in one, maybe two Messenger conversations in 2023. And I sent my cousin a happy birthday, and posted once or twice to private groups. So I've barely interacted with Facebook at all for quite a while.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:This makes the most sense. I don't think I've posted anything to my own feed in years, and I think I engaged in one, maybe two Messenger conversations in 2023. And I sent my cousin a happy birthday, and posted once or twice to private groups. So I've barely interacted with Facebook at all for quite a while. oh, but they’ve been tracking you all over the place with the pixel
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Jan 14, 2024 09:13
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Maybe it is indeed because I've starved their data collection. If you're logged into an account and clicking on ads for things, it doesn't really matter much if you're running blocking scripts or even blocking cookies. Facebook is still able to log your activity on their servers. Which will think it's what you're into and keep showing you more and more of the same ads. Obviously though I guess, these ads shouldn't be on the platform, but it's all incredibly automated with very little human oversight and the spam advertisers know how to work the system.
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Dick Fontaine posted:oh, but they’ve been tracking you all over the place with the pixel Yeah, it's that kind of creepiness that led to running the amount of privacy/security stuff that I do. I know it's not 100%, but I limit how much of my information goes out as best I can. Even SA lives in its own container in Firefox. And my phones all have the DuckDuckGo tracker blocker running, and it is frightening how many things that clamps down on. SLICK GOKU BABY posted:If you're logged into an account and clicking on ads for things, it doesn't really matter much if you're running blocking scripts or even blocking cookies. Facebook is still able to log your activity on their servers. Which will think it's what you're into and keep showing you more and more of the same ads. There are ads? I forget how bad things are if you aren't running uBlock Origin. I guess the suggested follows are ads, but that's Facebook's internal algorithm being dumb, I think. And I have spent so little time on Facebook for years now they really have next to no 1st party info to work with. Agreed this stuff shouldn't be on there, but Facebook has give zero fucks for a long time. I remember reporting anti-vaxxer stuff after they claimed they were going to clamp down on it, and they rarely did anything about that. At this point I so rarely go on Facebook it's all rather moot, and it was just so weird to see this flood of AI softcore spam that I figured I'd post about it. CaptainSarcastic fucked around with this message at 09:52 on Jan 14, 2024 |
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CaptainSarcastic posted:
I use Ublock Origin. But the 3 examples you posted... are paid ads in your feed. uBlock doesn't see or know to block facebook's in feed ads.
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I think it’s just sick how Facebook keeps advertising poop fetish products to me I have never ever searched for poop sex stuff except because I was doing research
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:I use Ublock Origin. But the 3 examples you posted... are paid ads in your feed. uBlock doesn't see or know to block facebook's in feed ads. Yeah, I realized that. That they're serving me these things out of nowhere makes me think it is indeed that when in doubt, they serve according to gender along with a Boomer slant.
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Jan 14, 2024 09:53
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Maybe it’s the most passive way they can think of to tell you to get the gently caress out of Digital Leisure World.
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:I think it’s just sick how Facebook keeps advertising poop fetish products to me I have never ever searched for poop sex stuff except because I was doing research Yes, you caught me, I am constantly doing unsecured searches on "flight attendant with comically oversized circus tits." Really, I'm not even sure what searches would lead to these kind of things - it just seems incredibly random yet weirdly specific. Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Maybe it’s the most passive way they can think of to tell you to get the gently caress out of Digital Leisure World. I suppose Facebook just being mad at me is an alternate explanation. CaptainSarcastic fucked around with this message at 10:03 on Jan 14, 2024 |
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Jan 14, 2024 10:00
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something about you just screams aging boomer incel
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Jan 14, 2024 10:05
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Yeah, I realized that. That they're serving me these things out of nowhere makes me think it is indeed that when in doubt, they serve according to gender along with a Boomer slant. If you click on or engage with these ads on Facebook, they will continue to show you them and similar ads. Even if you block cookies and turn off tracking on your end. Facebook's data warehouse stores 300 petabytes of analytical data tracking users and even people that don't have accounts.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:The visible replies to these appear to be from guys who do not realize this is all AI crap. And who are very, very thirsty. please share 
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