I don’t really use facebook anymore so couldn’t care less; but so happened to log in today to change my password and saw this on my front page.

  • Yote.zip@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    How does one block a post from a friend with an ad-blocker? Do some of your friends type like shills? Is Facebook making numbers up for fun?

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      1 year ago

      It’s probably made-up garbage. If they knew my ad-blocker had actually blocked a friend, I’m sure they would have found a way not to get anything blocked.

      Or alternatively they are now displaying some friend’s posts on the same channel normally reserved for ad networks so they are indistinguishable via software? But then it should be way more than one, unless this is some early A/B testing crap.

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      1 year ago

      They probably are detecting your ad blocker, and choosing to block random posts as a strange kind of disciplinary behavior.

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      1 year ago

      I saw sometimes ads that was claiming that one of my friends like that product too. My bet is on that.

      BTW: I stayed using user script to remove recommendations, suggestions and other crap like that. It makes Facebook so much more bearable but interestingly also feels less addictive.