I really loathe you, Zuckerberg

[deird1]

I don't use Facebook very much, but one thing that has been helpful is that I could get group notifications from them.

So:
- my choir updates their group page with regular info on rehearsals/concerts/etc
- my roleplaying group regularly post to figure out when we can meet next
...and so on.

This is great, but only because it means I'm guaranteed to get a notification whenever anything happens.


So, what did Facebook just do?

*sighs*

"You were receiving all notifications from these groups, but we've updated this to only show highlights!"

...with an air of "Isn't this convenient? Aren't I helpful, to figure this out for you?"



Facebook, no. You are never helpful, and every time you try to be, you only make things worse.


Not wanting to miss out on unimportant updates like, for instance, my friends wanting to know if they can roleplay at my house this evening, I changed it back. Which took FOUR DIFFERENT WEBPAGES before I could change them all.


Not. Happy. Jan.

Comments

[vass]

They are the worst.

[deird1]

They really are.

[conuly]

Did you hear about their new rule change? Right on the heels of Tumblr's change, and even *more* obtusely done.

[deird1]

No!

*googles*

...whoa. That's insane.

[megpie71]

Both of these rule changes (the one at Tumblr and the one at Facebook) are related to new laws which are coming into action at the beginning of January in the USA. There's also things happening on Google Drive (deletion of NSFW content from people's individual Google Drives is happening) and a few other services.

The search term is either SESTA or SOSTA; I've seen both referred to in the discussions of the matter on Tumblr. Basically, you can blame the US government for this one.

[conuly]

I'd say it's plain shitty and leave the question of mental illness out of it.