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minus-squareFizzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 days agoWhat the fuck. Did they ever consider there may be a reason I don’t use those platforms?
minus-squareabsGeekNZOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoI don’t have a FB account, I do have LinkedIn which I barely use. Algorithmic social media is a cancer on society.
minus-squarelivlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoI agree. It has also metasticised - facebook will still have a “shadow” profile on you based on what it can infer from the data it collects from others.
minus-squareabsGeekNZOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoExactly right. There is no way to get rid of the shadow profile.
What the fuck. Did they ever consider there may be a reason I don’t use those platforms?
I don’t have a FB account, I do have LinkedIn which I barely use.
Algorithmic social media is a cancer on society.
I agree. It has also metasticised - facebook will still have a “shadow” profile on you based on what it can infer from the data it collects from others.
Exactly right.
There is no way to get rid of the shadow profile.