I've had two alerts from Facebook to tell me stuff I have shared within Facebook is either partly false, or on another is spam. One ok, weapons and equipment left behind in Afghanistan not entirely accurate. The other was in response to an advert Facebook presented to me about a HUBless E-bike that I thought looked too good to be true. I was right, so I posted a link to say buyer beware, they want your money and when the thing is fully developed you get it for a ridiculous price. If they fail, you have lost £70.
I have been posting random three-word posts on and off for a few weeks. I did this to see how Facebook ads responds to my posts, and posts I comment on/in with nonsense etc.
I can say with a fair degree of confidence that Facebooks reliance on algorithms to weed out or target its audience and skim off the surface exceptions, has a hell of a long way to go, before it's anywhere near smart.
I suspect Facebooks problem is programmer's with no life experience, but who have been tasked with managing complex human to human interactions and managing misinformation. Coupled with the fact that they have outsourced scrutiny of offensive content that isn't picked up by bots to an 'entity/company' in the Philippines.
Conclusion: Facebook has reached the Snake that eats its tail stage. It still has utility, but the user experience is degraded, and it's internal policeman are metaphorically; too young to be in charge, and believe they can solve all issues with code. This is symptomatic of a generation who don't know how to interact outside their peer group, and never look up from their screens.
Humanity is absent.
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