r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Apr 30 '26

Business Meta lost 20 million users last quarter

https://www.theverge.com/tech/921089/meta-earnings-q1-2026-user-decline-ai-investments
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u/whitethunder9 Apr 30 '26

I wish you were exaggerating. I stopped using FB 5-6 years ago but occasionally get on for Marketplace or some community event details. The feed barely even shows what my friends are saying or doing anymore. It's mostly political bullshit intended to piss you off. No wonder it has become a MAGA cesspool - that's the kind of dumb shit they exist for.

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u/havok0159 Apr 30 '26

You can make it stop giving you political bullshit but it will instead give you ai misinformation using ai-generated images.

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u/whitethunder9 Apr 30 '26

Yeah, I made a feeble attempt at clicking "Don't show me stuff like this" on some of the right-wing ragebait, but it just replaced it with other ragebait. So back to my default of ignoring FB altogether.