While I’ve never been a huge Facebook fan, the number of times I visit to scroll through posts has rapidly declined. I popped on this morning and was served up prom photos from people I don’t know — and who aren’t even friends of my friends. It’s bad enough that the percentage of ads shown has skyrocketed, now I get tons of recommended garbage thrown in there too.
People you follow VS everything else
So here’s how Facebook works now — these are approximated percentages that vary slightly according to your location and ad load testing — according to Grok:
- 15-17% pure ads
- 55-60% from unconnected sources (recommended by algorithm)
- About 25% connected content
Facebook/Meta’s shift (heavily ramped up in recent years) means your friends list matters less than what AI thinks you’ll engage with. Organic reach for Pages — like for business — is dismal (often 1-6% of followers), so even followed content rarely shows up reliably.
Even popping on once a week is more than I can stomach.
The only thing I found interesting on my feed this morning was shared by Indiana State Rep, Jim Lucas. I don’t follow Jim Lucas, y’all. I have zero interest in anything that Jim Lucas has to say… EXCEPT this one shared image:
Sort of makes ya wonder how Facebook’s AI knew I’d been talking about property taxes, doesn’t it?
How’s your current Facebook/META experience?
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