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SuiXi3D@fedia.io 3 days ago
I use Facebook (I know) daily and I go out of my way to hide and/or report every ad I see. The vast majority are displayed alongside Reels (which is its own problem) but a few are just… regular reels, masquerading as ads. It’s incredibly frustrating. I don’t expect anything to be done, similar to my reporting hate speech against gay and trans folks.
dmtalon@infosec.pub 3 days ago
I use Facebook behind as many adblockers as I can, I use social fixer on top of that (browser extension that helps prune FB even more)
In my phone, on the app, this doesn’t prevent them from suggesting friends, suggesting reels, suggesting random people or pages to follow
I use fb mostly for groups not just telling everyone what I’m doing or carrying about what everyone else is.
But I make it to 1-3 things I have to hide (x out of) and I just bounce, close and pause the app
Like if I open fb and I immediately see a post asking me to follow something I just get out and open lemmy…
Screw meta
I run PiHole in my house I VPN to my house when away to get that sweet ad blocking I run unlock origin I run social fixer
I don’t see actual ads in FB just their BS they want me to interact with over my actual feed