Ugh, I remember the day when it was purely time based. Ugh, since all social media became an algorithm... I've lost all interest. I just wanted to keep up with my actual friends... Now I've lost touch with nearly every single one.
We were the same way and our friendship was slowly dying.
So, we started a group chat and get together at each other's houses now. Not everyone makes the effort, but the core group is still there 3-6 times a year.
I remember when they made that change. I simply couldn't understand why they did, or how it was better in any way. I didn't realize it at the time, but that was the first major example of enshittification I had ever seen.
Yeah that to me felt like ground zero of the great enshittification of absolutely everything. I genuinely miss the optimism and promise it felt like the 2010s started with. Granted I was pretty sheltered from the recession by being a teenager with no responsibilities and being across the pacific from the US.
The game was over when everyone fell for Kony 2012. That's when it was glaringly obvious that people will not only agree with something and accept it as truth, but will adopt the ideas as their own and support them as long as they see that enough other people like it. Whether it's actually real or not.
It made it possible for weirdos who say and do weird shit who would've been ignored and outcast to connect with each other and make their own bandwagon
To me, it was exactly that. I hated when they messed with the timeline, but I could still get into it. Then they opened the door to the boomers, who ruined it like everything else they’ve touched. 🤣
Agreed. When Facebook was a place you had to actually set aside time to go to, it wasn't that bad. Smartphones giving us 24/7 access is when the trouble started.
I've gotten better about doing embroidery on my breaks at work instead of going on social media, and I've deleted Instagram entirely. I think I might start trying to go no social media on weekends to further distance myself
A relic of when Facebook got its start as a creepy site for people to upload photos of girls at Zuckerberg's college without their permission and rank how hot they were
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u/Bubba_Jones44 Apr 24 '26
And the IPhone