i'm sick of all other social medias and have come full circle. i haven't sent a friend request in years, but this means the people showing up on my feed are so random and so funny. i see a ton of content from elderly relatives, estranged acquaintances, old elementary school classmates' parents, etc. it's great for getting out of your little curated internet bubble.
also the algorithm for feeding suggested content to you sucks in the best, most bonkers way. my FB feed is like 1/3 posts from friends and pages i follow, and 2/3 suggested content. scrolling rn i see an AI-generated photoset of 1994 Jennifer Aniston in a bikini with her arms around 2018 Ariana Grande and 2010 Selena Gomez (both also in bikinis), a diet guide marketed specifically to grandmothers, a mysterious advertisement for a "miracle plant" that features a video of someone rubbing aloe vera onto the crotch of a pair of panties, a post from the page "Exploring Utah" that's just pictures of Utah's landscape, and a scathing tabloid article about Nicole Kidman coming from a page called "I Love Denzel Washington."
beware of russian bots. have fun!!!
