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I think you're not using Facebook appropriately. There are many groups and pages that keep you engaged and entertained as well as informed to some extent. You join the ones that cater your interest. I actually spend a lot of time on facebook daily because I managed to get a good selection of interesting sources. I have heard the same old tired tale that facebook is dying etc and it feels so vibrant right now. I guess some people don't realize that facebook is more than following your friends.

Also instagram is a very limited platform compared to facebook. It doesn't have a vast array of communication tools that facebook has. It's basically just sharing pictures to other people and some limited comment system.

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>I think you're not using Facebook appropriately

Can't use this shit the right way. Can I sort the posts in my feed in chronological order by default yet? not to mention threaded comments.

"Users can select a “Most Recent” tab to show posts as they appear, but the setting stubbornly switches back to Facebook's algorithmically-driven feed after a certain amount of time."

Also there is 1 level of threads in comments. A reply in a post can become a thread.

>Also there is 1 level of threads in comments. A reply in a post can become a thread.

I'm not sure if you are trying to prove my point or point out something different.

> I think you're not using Facebook appropriately.

I respectfully disagree. The dissociated graphs and/or the wrong usage of social network platforms are minor issues. They are issues, but not the cause of the matter.

The wrongfully usage of graph theory is the main issue that (most social networks) should address.

The first usage of the sociogram (at least the first I am aware of) is in the psychosociological studies of Iacob Levy. From there the graph theory has seen a huge improvement as a very powerful analytical tool.

Using this tool to automatise sociality is [clumsily] easy, but [refinedly] hard: we are basically using a sophisticated querying tool to filter, predict, rate future interest and to ease future communications.

And this is not wrong, unless you add strong requirements to the problem: free flow of information but avoiding hype-driven sharing, freedom of connection but avoiding the filter bubble and self-radicalisation, etc.

Apparently many are starting to think that what's probably causing disconnected graphs, inappropriate usage, fake news, revenge porn et all is "feeding users with feedbacked data extracted from big data analysis over graphs and metadata".

I wonder if anyone has ever bothered reading "Psychodrama & Group Psychotherapy", that highlights how doing this is inserting psychopathic traits in a community.

Solving this matter means seeking a solution to precautionary principles, and is probably something that requires strong AIs.

Since we don't have strong AIs, in the meanwhile, unfriending everyone is a simple and elegant solution. chapeaux

You're basically describing the internet.

>>I have heard the same old tired tale that facebook is dying etc

For those who no longer use FB, it is dead.

I feel good about that. I didn't even have to attend the funeral.

YMMV