oh my god I went back to FB a few months ago just to see how bad it is.

So the algorithm is real good at picking up on what you like, and it'll do that quickly, but slowly the propaganda starts seeping in.

For example, I like Taylor Swift. Don't hide that here or there. So, she starts popping up. At first fun fan pages.
Then, all of a sudden I get a weird one, that she's actually conservative. Check a few days later, I see another, she's endorsing trump. (Definitiely did not).

And now, without even interacting with the posts, half of them are conservative focused propaganda. It's all 100% BS of course, it's just AI generated images and text, but holy fuck do those morons eat it up. Not just Swift, but everything there is 100% a propaganda machine. They 100% lure you in with things you like, then they turn up the rage after a bit to keep you engaged and stuck there.

Place is a cesspool. Stay away from FB. Remember, family doesn't let family stay on FB.

account age: 2 months

Ah, that's why.

Don't worry, the toxicity doesn't set in until the 4th month

These images are AI generated. Fuck that.

My mother keeps sending stuff over Facebook, my sister keeps inviting me to supposedly important events over Facebook, my work wants me to use twitter, and my brother in law keeps sending tiktock videos.

I remind all of them that I don't use social media, and my Facebook account is only up for the 2 times a year I need it to get ahold of otherwise-unreachable people. If you want something, send me a text or email and be direct.

Lemmy is good, because there's less AI drivel. But that's currently changing. =.=

On the one hand I don't like the amount of toxicity and political views. On the other hand it makes Lemmy unviable for AI training

I like it here. People are quite nice for the most part

If this is meant to say that Lemmy is a cult-like social media, I kinda have to agree. Like Reddit and Twitter are, but only different in that people on Lemmy are more likely to be obsessed with Linux and be trans compared to the other platforms.

Lemmy still has the same "group think" or "hive mind" problem, its just different. More politically left compared to Reddit, which is still politically left but its not so far from center like Lemmy is. Like, Lemmy users have been observed telling people who are politically left that they "arent politically left enough." Who says that, why is that even a thing to argue over?

Social media sucks.
But I can't live without it.