Yo [he/him]
Ahhh, yeah. I too use the messenger app on mobile and the messenger website on pc.
I just happen to open facebook (I have an open source front end client) from time to time out of boredom, because it’s kinda amusing how bad my feed is :)
You mean without a fb account? I think you’re right, but I think this wasn’t possible when I made the account ~3years ago.
About desktop web, I’m only using the website on my pc (and I have isolated the app on work profile on my android, while turning off ads with an lsposed module).
I have a ~3year old fb account because I have to use messenger. I don’t use FB almost at all (I even sparingly accept friend requests) and have turned off ~anything that provides targeted content (I live in EU).
Since about last year (or possibly even before), my feed is about 35% Ikaria ads (a Greek island, I’m from Greece), 10% porn, 10% sexist-misogynistic stuff, 15% sexist-misogynistic porn, 15% christian stuff and the rest random stuff.
At least this might confirm that turning off targeted content works…🤷
I think China, which is very overpopulated, would really need some population shrinkage. It’s getting tiresome seeing articles whining about being “bad” for the “economy”.
The whole world probably has too many people, it’s just that the decline should be at a bearable rate (not too slow, not to fast) and occur at appropriate rates per area (some areas may be more overpopulated than others). And I ~dont give a care about the economy, we have means of aleviating the issues of decreased workforce by using robots, reducing unecessary jobs to save resources (like the whole ad industry?), but we live in such a capitalistic society that you ~have to step on others to survive and waste resources just to make money… Maybe this “economy” should be scrapped eventually.
PS. Lol, “oh no, the diamond sells are dropping, pump up more humans!” Pathetic…