[cuban leaf]

I noticed a few years ago that whenever I searched for an item to buy, suddenly, for a few days, I was getting tons of ads on FaceBook for the very item I’d already purchased.

It’s kinda funny, but I’ve NEVER clicked on an ad in Facebook. Ever. And, frankly, if I am going to buy an item online it is almost always either Amazon or Costco. I used to use a lot of different internet entities, but they all are available through Amazon (even parts for my 1960 John Deere Tractor) and shipping is free. So’s Costco.

Ads have always been useless to me. But that’s just me.

[RayChuang88]

True. The ONLY solution for Facebook is a massive changes in allowing users to set up privacy controls and an equally massive change what is allowed on Facebook. It's possible that what is allowed and not allowed may have to be farmed out to a truly non-partisan third party.

[alloysteel]

I have not opened my Facebook account for several month now, nor do I expect to anytime soon, if ever. Some of the exchanges got really nasty, and there seemed to be a lot of curtailment in the circulation permitted. Social interaction is just not that valuable to me.

I have NEVER opened up anything in Instagram, and have no idea about how to get onto Twitter. Makes my personal life so much more calm, I believe.

[Reno89519]

They all miss the point that when they start or continue playing with who’s in and who’s out, they lose.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Instagram feed:

Ad
random person
"fitness trainer"
friend
ad
pic from last week
ad
family member
ad
"fitness trainer"
middle age single moms on vacation
inspirational quote
ad
exotic car you will never own
ad
"fitness trainer"

[US_MilitaryRules]

Instagram is getting way to many ads.