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Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media (gizmodo.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I look at FB less and less. I mostly use messenger to talk to people directly. Most of the feed is ads and the rest is pet photos, kids, pics of drinks/meals, memes, etc. Youtube has become an endless stream of auto insurance and grammarly ads.