# Facebook is at it again

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-at-it-again/942163>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 15, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-at-it-again/942163 "2021-05-15T16:03:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-at-it-again/942163/1 "2021-05-15T16:03:12Z")

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Facebook used to do this all the time, until I installed FB Purity, which (perhaps coincidentally) was when it stopped for quite a while.

What they do is, they cut off the posts in my feed that are more than a day or two old, and tell me that I don’t have enough friends.

Facebook, you can bite me. I’m not going to go out looking for random friends to suit your stupid greedy algorithms. If you want to finally drive me away, this is the way to do it.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-at-it-again/942163/2 "2021-05-18T17:08:28Z")

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There should be a whole bunch of suggested friends on your feed, pick a few to keep Facebook happy.

You could start with those attractive young women in Ukraine and Thailand who are posing in front a mirror while staring at their cellphones.

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-at-it-again/942163/3 "2021-05-18T17:21:59Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> There should be a whole bunch of suggested friends on your feed, pick a few to keep Facebook happy.

No thanks. I don’t like submitting to extortion.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-at-it-again/942163/4 "2021-05-18T17:26:07Z")

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I was kidding.

Maybe I’ll start getting similar messages from Facebook now that I’ve temporarily unfollowed several groups that were clogging my feed with repetitious posts, so that total postings on my feed are way down.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-at-it-again/942163/5 "2021-05-18T17:37:44Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> No thanks. I don’t like submitting to extortion.

I’m pretty sure they offer other services.