<story><title>FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends&apos; posts</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/facebook/comments/tvqddc/fb_feed_is_98_suggested_pages_and_barely_any/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dvtrn</author><text>I made the conscious effort before leaving Facebook to trade phone numbers, addresses and birthday dates from the people I wanted to really wanted stay in touch with, and put them in my phone. This was all within the last three years.&lt;p&gt;I’ve sent birthday gifts in the mail, and I’ve gotten gifts in mail from these very people.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, when I wonder where the convenience that gets talked about in the context of Facebook and “staying in touch” ends and a more delicate form of “you’re probably not as close to some of the people on your friends list as you think” (which was absolutely the case for me) begins.&lt;p&gt;It took really minimal effort on my part to find other ways of staying in touch, but I think maybe the key is you have to WANT to stay in touch with people?&lt;p&gt;Just a shower thought.</text></item><item><author>pfortuny</author><text>Ordinary people put up with a lot of inconvenience just to stay connected (in some way). This is why fb has not collapsed yet.&lt;p&gt;I left it years ago when I realized it was just annoying me.</text></item><item><author>YouWhy</author><text>Knowing the beast firsthand, there&amp;#x27;s no trace of doubt in my mind that the convergence to a junk product outcome involved a monotonous increase in ad revenue and likely, engagement metrics.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a tragic dimension that a system which connected so much of humanity to itself so well would be rendered so toxic as a product and as a community in just a few years.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>avgDev</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m doing this too and it has been great for me in general.&lt;p&gt;I looked at my fb friends and thought to myself which people I really liked and would like to reconnect with. I messaged &amp;quot;facebook friends&amp;quot; I have not talked to in a while and told them it may seem weird but I really would like to reconnect. I have never done anything like this, as I am extremely prone to losing touch with people.&lt;p&gt;I ended up reconnecting with a few people in real life and it has been great. I also plan on sending cards and stuff.</text></comment>
<story><title>FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends&apos; posts</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/facebook/comments/tvqddc/fb_feed_is_98_suggested_pages_and_barely_any/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dvtrn</author><text>I made the conscious effort before leaving Facebook to trade phone numbers, addresses and birthday dates from the people I wanted to really wanted stay in touch with, and put them in my phone. This was all within the last three years.&lt;p&gt;I’ve sent birthday gifts in the mail, and I’ve gotten gifts in mail from these very people.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, when I wonder where the convenience that gets talked about in the context of Facebook and “staying in touch” ends and a more delicate form of “you’re probably not as close to some of the people on your friends list as you think” (which was absolutely the case for me) begins.&lt;p&gt;It took really minimal effort on my part to find other ways of staying in touch, but I think maybe the key is you have to WANT to stay in touch with people?&lt;p&gt;Just a shower thought.</text></item><item><author>pfortuny</author><text>Ordinary people put up with a lot of inconvenience just to stay connected (in some way). This is why fb has not collapsed yet.&lt;p&gt;I left it years ago when I realized it was just annoying me.</text></item><item><author>YouWhy</author><text>Knowing the beast firsthand, there&amp;#x27;s no trace of doubt in my mind that the convergence to a junk product outcome involved a monotonous increase in ad revenue and likely, engagement metrics.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a tragic dimension that a system which connected so much of humanity to itself so well would be rendered so toxic as a product and as a community in just a few years.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pfortuny</author><text>I do send &lt;i&gt;postcards&lt;/i&gt; and people like it so much they ask me not to stop.</text></comment>