During testimony at Meta’s antitrust trial, the Facebook founder’s argument was, in so many words, that platforms like his are not what they used to be.
One common trick that I occasionally do for friends and pages I follow, and that seems to work, is to unfollow and re-follow.
Others suggest not using “bad” reactions like Angry and Sad on posts from accounts you want to keep seeing, and use Wow instead (that doesn’t help given I follow some LGBTQIA+/feminist/leftist pages reporting the clusterfuck that is most of the world)
This. I have to go out of my way to even see my wife’s posts (well, before I deleted Facebook).
2/3rds of my feed are ads.
This metric is bullshit because they fucked up the waters.
Try blocking her, the algorithm will prioritize her posts if you do.
Well, I deleted my account so that won’t work. But that’s crazy if that’s true (not doubting you).
I said it as a joke but I suspect it might be true, too. I see a lot of people complaining that they see too many posts of people they block.
One common trick that I occasionally do for friends and pages I follow, and that seems to work, is to unfollow and re-follow.
Others suggest not using “bad” reactions like Angry and Sad on posts from accounts you want to keep seeing, and use Wow instead (that doesn’t help given I follow some LGBTQIA+/feminist/leftist pages reporting the clusterfuck that is most of the world)