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"Suggested" Facebook Disinfo (Moon Landing Hoax Page) (lemmy.world)
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I still have a FB account since it's the only contact I have these days with a lot of my highschool friends. I logged in earlier today and saw this "NASA is a hoax" garbage in my "suggested" feed.

There's nothing in my history to suggest I have any interest in conspiracy theories. My friends are probably right-leaning on average (I'm from a small town in the south - so it goes), but I clicked and none of them are in that group. So I'm sort of assuming this is promoted. Joy.

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[-] Spot@startrek.website 39 points 1 year ago

I should be sleeping, instead I'm reverse image searching and found this on a related pic

The six-member Expedition 61 crew is gathered for a meal iss061e112462 (Dec. 31, 2019)

The six-member Expedition 61 crew is gathered together inside the Zvezda service module for a New Year's Eve meal

Think if it was a hoax, you'd spend a lil more on your PR team to spread it around with a catchier story.

[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sounds like some round earth propaganda to me

[-] ItsAFake@lemmus.org 30 points 1 year ago

flatearth friendly

I like that they have to add that.

I hope it's because of some weird Facebook war no one in the real world knew about.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 19 points 1 year ago

Facebook suggestions are based on nothing in my experience. It's all clickbait and bullshit. The worst part is that there's no way to turn this crap off.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

The worst part is that there's no way to turn this crap off.

I mean... I'm not seeing it anymore...

[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Easiest way to get rid of this spam when you're on Facebook mobile is go down to the bottom of the screen and flick up with your thumb. You should see your app launcher. Then flick up with your thumb on the window.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I suppose that advertisers pick some parameters like geography, age, groups before starting the campaign.

[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

They presume that anyone still on Facebook these days could be a potential convert? :-P (/s)

[-] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I traveled to North Carolina for work recently. The ads I got on my phone were off the deep end. Gun stores, FJB apparel, and all manner of right wing nonsense. I don't get any of that stuff when I'm using cell data in my town.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 11 months ago

I logged into FB via TOR and every other post was pushing thot-fans pages at me. Crazy absurd they'll allow pushing anything. Such a dumpster fire website.

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