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Facebook’s Newsfeed is a mess, but it taught me to time travel

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by on March 12, 2019 at 1:13 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


My relationship with Facebook has changed over the past two years. I’ve never been a fan, per se, but I find myself interacting with the Newsfeed far less than I used to. The Newsfeed, a place Facebook once used to spoon-feed me information that I’d elected to receive — stories from The New Yorker, videos from GoPro, and seasonal menu changes from my favorite local restaurants — has all but disappeared. Replacing what I actually want is some twisted version of what Facebook thinks I want: memes, bare knuckles political boxing, and ads, lots of ads. It’s Apple telling me…

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