New Facebook is Killing Discussions

Tell me what you think of the new Facebook, or you enjoying the algorithmic choices it is making for you?
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[BackspaceSusanna]

I shared this on my Facebook.

[themefund]

@BackspaceSusanna it's ok, so did I :)

[SciFiGirl1023]

... Cry me a river...

[themefund]

@SciFiGirl1023 cries

[doctornoise]

I agree with ya, big time. I struggle with removing my account, though. The only reason, though, is a sort of crossing of people. The people I interact with offline here in WI have absolutely no highway toward the videos I do for my online world. The existance of facebook becomes that highway. If it weren't for that....yeah, I'd be off, too.

[themefund]

@doctornoise I guess I just don't interact with that many people offline these days *throws a pity party of one*

Actually when I think about it, the people I interact with offline generally don't even HAVE a facebook, or if they do have one they don't check it often enough for it to be a useful tool for me and them. Additionally my GF is not deleting here account, so any videos (like of Pixel) that I need to share, I can share through her account.

[justinhabit]

I don't mind it so much when google uses it's model of my preferences to refine my search results because filtering the (massive) internetz in what search engines were made for. I'm not so excited about facebook doing this though. Not only is it controlling, it's counter productive. The point of facebook (for me) is to connect with the people that I don't hear from that often, not to connect me with the people that I hear from all the time.

[themefund]

@justinhabit precisely!

I am a little bothered by the Googlez filtering and catering my results to me. If I'm trying to do research on something I sort of depend on search results to be unbiased and objective. Personalizing my search results, even in subtle ways, eliminates that objectivity.

[altarflame]

I'm going to miss you on facebook, mostly as someone I assume is seeing my posts. I suppose I'd miss you this way whether you left or not, as the new facebook ensures that everyone misses most of their friends' updates.

[ntcssj]

@IvoryDoll I love that quote, and yes, I've found that contrasts really do help us discover ourselves.

[IvoryDoll]

@ntcssj

"Long live the difference" is one of many wise French quotes.

It is in exploring and knowing our differences that we define and accept ourselves.

[10swords]

I would just like to say that this is one of your best videos to date. I agree with 100% with what you said. However, I almost CAN'T delete my Facebook, even though I would love to. It is my only way of communicating with group members for my classes and has become so ingrained in my school that by not having one I'm missing out on important info for classes, clubs, and other announcements. Facebook is slowly turning into a car: Not entirely necessary, but life is harder without one