By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/04/2026Mark Zuckerberg has a problem with your friends: they're the reason you signed up to use his platform, but they stubbornly refuse to organize your socialization to "maximize engagement." Every time you and your friends wrap up a social interaction and log off, Zuckerberg loses revenue. 1/ 49439
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Elizabeth S-F @esfdogma.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Thank you for this article. Interesting thing I noticed when I opened FB after a long absence the experience was different than when I left. No ads, no non-friend content. At the top of the feed were posts related to friends who had died or had major life events. Knows to show what I am missing? 031
Stuart Baldwin 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 @stuartbaldwin.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I don't have friends on Facebook. I have localities and organisations, the latter mostly concerned with my chosen sport, that I wish to interact with but who only communicate via Facebook. Same with WhatsApp. 000
pleyfrei.bsky.social @pleyfrei.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Actually, despite all the fabulous algotithms and artifical Intelligence, my FB feed is full of chap that's mostly irrelevant and not the least bit of interest to me 020