• Wispy2891@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    But if you block ads on Facebook, then what will you read? When I accidentally go to my profile, it’s a post from someone I actually follow for every 20 sponsored posts. It’s a website to watch ads, then every once of a while your ad viewing session is interrupted by some real content

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      1 day ago

      The rest is “suggested” content. It’s not an ad, just posts from accounts the algorithm thinks you should see.

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        19 hours ago

        If I don’t like it and there’s no way to tell them to never show me irrelevant shit, then, while not technically an ad, it’s practically an ad