# Apparently Facebook wants everyone to follow Donald Trump now **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 20, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180 "2025-01-20T20:06:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/21 "2025-01-20T21:30:31Z")
Telegram or Signal should work well – group chats and such. Some people don’t trust Telegram because it was developed in Russia. I use both depending on the friend group. I prefer Telegram because they have a browser interface, which Signal doesn’t have. Neither one allows you to have a structure like WhatsApp, as far as I know. For example, I have a WhatsApp with a club that I’m part of, and under that are sub-threads for different groups. I haven’t seen Telegram or Signal do that. Pumble can do that, but it’s not as easy for just simple personal chats. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/22 "2025-01-20T21:40:22Z")
No Trump page in my feed as of yet. Only [WH.gov](http://WH.gov)’s because I **have been** following the official WH/POTUS pages in the different Metas, was sort of expected in my last job. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Actually, I just went to unfollow The White House and found it to be “The Biden White House Archived.” So he didn’t take over the official White House FB page, even. More like, the official White House Facebook page IS to be ONLY the current administration’s page, and the past administration is migrated to an “Archival” page (possibly “owned” by the National Archivist?). Which IMO is better in the sense that it does not allow the new WH team to just erase or maliciously rewrite everything the other guys wrote. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/23 "2025-01-20T21:45:30Z")
Thanks for the advice! I will consider the options… (It’s frustrating in that WhatsApp is so primitive, you’d think there’d be a more or less one-to-one replacement at this point…) ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/24 "2025-01-20T22:00:26Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Donald Trump Son of a Bitch! He had a silent account there following me. I unfollowed it ( I NEVER followed it to begin with ) and then I blocked it. Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish…! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/25 "2025-01-20T22:28:46Z")
Doesn’t look like I am, but my last name is pretty far down the alphabet, so perhaps they just haven’t gotten to me yet. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/26 "2025-01-20T22:29:42Z")
Facebook algorithm knows more about you than Santa Claus. Even if you have never used Facebook. Your info and possible interests become apparent and are collected. You may not be a Trump fan, but if some of your Facebook freinds are following the Trump news. FB will start feeding you Trump stuff, even if it is not you who is intertersted or following. Because they might find a way to sell you stuff. It is all about the possibility of selling you stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/27 "2025-01-20T22:41:31Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > I still use Amazon, but apparently Juiced Baldman only owns 10% at this point, so I’m not sure if that’s enough to make me quit. It is most of Jeff Bezos’ net worth. > [@running\_coach](#): > > Big mistake. Leaving them whole makes them _much_ tougher. How do you know tha…never mind, forget I asked. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Fuck you Zuck! Need to work ‘cuck’ into that slogan and then it would be perfect. Maybe Elon will sleep with his wife like he did Sergey Brin’s. > [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > Facebook algorithm knows more about you than Santa Claus. > … > Because they might find a way to sell you stuff. It is all about the possibility of selling you stuff. The Facebook algorithm knows more about you than your mother, and if they can’t sell something to you, they’ll sell you to someone else. Either you are a mark or a hostage, and likely both. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/28 "2025-01-20T23:38:00Z")
FB did that to me too, following The Felon Guy without my consent. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/29 "2025-01-21T02:06:09Z")
A friend made a post bitching about this on FB. I went to the comments to read what other people were saying. I got an error saying it won’t load. Meanwhile every other post on my feed will let me load the comments without issue. You know I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but this nonsense here gives me pause. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/30 "2025-01-21T02:41:26Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > And fyi, it’s [President Donald J. Trump](http://Facebook.com/POTUS), so it does seem to be the official POTUS page. Still doesn’t explain why it keeps showing up in my feed and why I can’t unfollow him. > > Fuck you Zuck! My guess is user error rather than nefarious moves by Zuckerberg. I certainly am not following Trump nor any other POTUS account on Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/31 "2025-01-21T03:11:05Z")
When weird things start happening to your social media accounts, CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/32 "2025-01-21T15:33:10Z")
One of my Facebook friends just reported “That happened to me—also JD and Melania.” ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/33 "2025-01-21T15:35:44Z")
I’m concerned because I’m hearing that hashtags like #Democrats, Bernie Sanders, and John Oliver are being blocked. I never go to FB anymore myself - I should probably close my account - and have never been on TT (too old to be interested), so I don’t know if this is panic or a misunderstanding or what. There’s not going to be many places to communicate with like-minded individuals if the oligarchs are going to censor all the big ones. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/34 "2025-01-21T15:46:29Z")
Another friend reports involuntary following without the ability to unfollow (but they blocked). These are health professionals with high security settings on their accounts, and not people who would have inadvertently followed someone (the activity history notice they posted has yesterday’s date). ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/35 "2025-01-21T15:50:47Z")
Yet I remain not following Trump. So it’s definitely not some nefarious site wide setting. OTOH I really cannot search for #joebiden or #berniesanders on Instagram so that bit is real ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/36 "2025-01-21T16:12:43Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > It is all about the possibility of selling you stuff. Oh, no, not only that: It’s also about selling _ **you** _ to somebody else. You, or your children, spouse, pets, grandmother… whatever makes [faecesbook](https://schumanchu.eu/html/r1/r1_00116.html) or the [Zuck](https://schumanchu.eu/html/r1/r1_00122~dontgiveazuck.html) money or just gives him the possibility of a chance of making money. But having bitched about social media for years I undersand how Cassandra must have felt. “Yeah, they are bad, but I only use it for good reasons / for the family / to share pets pictures”. [checks category] There are no insults bad enough. Fuck. Them. All. Zucks and Musks and Tiks and Toks and Bezosses and [Instabrats](https://schumanchu.eu/html/r1/r1_00131instabrat.html) and [Twitters](https://schumanchu.eu/html/r1/r1_00101.html) and all the assholes out there. It’s too late anyway now. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/37 "2025-01-21T18:24:47Z")
Same here, but I believe the reports of my fellow professionals. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/38 "2025-01-21T23:18:34Z")
So really? FB is only good now for scale modelling groups? Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/39 "2025-01-21T23:23:38Z")
I haven’t been forced into following Trump on Facebook (yet), but I did find a post from Mark Zuckerberg on my feed last night – a picture of him with his wife at the inaugural ball. It felt pretty good to select “Hide all posts from Mark.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180/40 "2025-01-21T23:26:24Z")
The only power remaining for the non-insane (at least for the next two years) is economic. I can’t understand why anyone would use Musk/Zuckerberg/Bezos products. Fuck Twitter. Fuck Tesla. Fuck Amazon. Fuck Whatsapp. Fuck Facebook…etc etc. I’ve deleted all of them. Facebook and Prime included. My next car will be electric, but it will be American made and not a NaziApartheid mobile. This isn’t purity, it’s survival. Don’t support them unless you support them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180.md?page=3)