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slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

An interesting point, that a lot of younger people might not know: social media wasn’t always like this.

When I joined facebook in 2009, it wasn’t algorithm driven, there weren’t even ads. You had a chronological feed of your friends’ interactions, so you could see if someone posts a photo, comments something, or shares a stupid quiz. It was a very-very different feeling compared to what we have now. It was useful and practical, but the enshittification killed it.

I would never sign up for something like this today, absolutely useless - only reason I’m still there is the messaging app, which I use daily with most of my friends/family.

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