Are we using the same apps? My FB and Insta feeds were a steaming pile of ads and influencers and other garbage. I stopped using both because posts from people I follow were buried
I’m talking about the endless stream of content that is the bread and butter of social media. Your friends don’t have infinite content to post.
The endless stream of content product (think Reels and TikTok) is what captures 90% of users’ attention.
In that context, yes, you’ll get ads and influencers shilling sponsored stuff, but you can swipe them away instantly. And my argument is that this product is very good for very many people.
“Your feed will be mostly ads”
If that’s the way it’s supposed to work, I want none of it. There was a time I could check FB or Insta a few times/week and see mostly friends/family.
:old man yelling at clouds:
Also, elder Millenials. Snort. Gen-Xer here. I’m not even all that gray. Yet.
Incoming on-brand Gen X comment: it’s funny that they even skip over us when handing out pejoratives.
I mean, we can obviously see why the above is not a viable product no matter how ethical the company making it may be.
I'd note that this isn't even good at the UX/technical level.
I very rarely use FB, but opened it the other day and noticed that that the promo card for reels is always showing up despite me having clicked "Hide" on it several times before. I spent a minute or two clicking "Hide" on it probably 20 more times, and as far as I can tell, it has zero effect. Not good UX. Furthermore, if you click "Report this post" in the dialog after "Hide", you get a consistent "Sorry, something went wrong" popup. Not good technically.