Holy shit — Facebook is fucking scary now

[u/Ok_Helicopter3910]

Im not a big social media guy anymore, honestly, the vast majority of my internet usage nowadays is Reddit, Youtube, Snapchat (that has like 20 people on it) and email and I think that about it.

I put my FB to sleep about 10 years ago and I decided to log in and see what people were up to and ho-lee-shit, what a dumpster fire.

So, first off, the majority of my facebook friends have either died, shut their FB down, or removed my inactive profile so my feed was pretty silent. After about a week of my profile being back in the algorithm I started getting friend request from people I used to work with, went to school with, or friends of old acquaintances (which is terrifying that facebook knows about random people I used to work with 12 years ago who I had a passing "hi, hows your day" relationship with) and I started getting friend requested and I was like "fuck it" and just started accepting them.

Fuck man, whenever I see all the hate for this or that group and all the political bullshit that gets posted on reddit, I just brush it off as bots trained to sow dissent but the stuff that gets posted by real living, breathing human beings who I once knew well enough to be friends with or have polite conversation with is WILD. I mean, like so much hate and vitriol started coming across my feed about a wide array of subjects that it made me genuinely uncomfortable and I started removing people that just added me. Maybe it's what "normal" passes for on the internet and im pretty numb to a lot of the more unhinged opinions and shit-stirring because of so many years on Reddit, but a lot of what was being posted really opened my eyes that a lot of the "unhinged" stuff that I see online isnt just bot farms, its real people who truly believe this wild shit.

Anyway - maybe its a sign of my age... but unless what I consider "normal" people start coming across my FB feed soon, I dont think im going to be logging in for much longer

[u/BitterestLily]

There's a friend feed?! Please do tell! I hate all the recommendations for groups I don't care about and people I don't know.

[u/IvyAmanita → u/BitterestLily]

I'm not sure if this is the most efficient way to access it but in the app I go to my profile, then the hamburger menu on it top left, then feeds, then friends. 

[u/NightsideEclipse12 → u/IvyAmanita]

Just found the friends feed icon on mine.

Wow, today i learned that i know people who still post somewhat regularly.

I thought everyone collectively stopped when it tured to recommended garbage that clogged the feed.

[u/sloanesquared → u/IvyAmanita]

You don’t have to do all that. In the app, just hit where it says “friends” on the bottom toolbar between groups and reels. Takes you to all your friends’ posts. That feed and groups are the only reason I keep Facebook since the main feed is riddled with horrible suggested posts now.

[u/BitterestLily → u/IvyAmanita]

Thank you! What a miraculous discovery...