Check your Facebook Settings

chessylady · ‎05-01-2010

Check your followers. People around the country are reporting that there are people following them that they don't care for. You can block them. If you don't, this can affect your Facebook feed/ algorithm. It appears that there was a Facebook effort to promote these people who are following you. I chose to delete all Meta apps yesterday since who knows what the next manipulation will be.

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

@chessylady wrote:
Check your followers. People around the country are reporting that there are people following them that they don't care for. You can block them. If you don't, this can affect your Facebook feed/ algorithm. It appears that there was a Facebook effort to promote these people who are following you. I chose to delete all Meta apps yesterday since who knows what the next manipulation will be.

@chessylady , I've been blocking people all morning on TT. There was a Facebook on TT and when I blocked it , my FYP improved, but I feel like it's only a matter of time before Zuckerberg ruins the app. Till then I will continue to take out the trash.

" You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@chessylady wrote:
Check your followers. People around the country are reporting that there are people following them that they don't care for. You can block them. If you don't, this can affect your Facebook feed/ algorithm. It appears that there was a Facebook effort to promote these people who are following you. I chose to delete all Meta apps yesterday since who knows what the next manipulation will be.

@chessylady

What does that mean?

Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

I'm not sure what you mean by checking your Followers. I, long ago, changed my settings so that only my Friends could see my content. I actually took it one step further and only a subset of my Friends actually see most of my content. I have to change it using the little icon that looks like a silhouette of two people and then change it back once I'm done sharing with all my friends.

I'm not on Tik Tok or Instagram, so have no idea what that other acronym means. Facebook's algorithm apparently looks at who YOU interatct with. I rarely see posts from my Friends list since I mostly interact with people in Groups.

chessylady · ‎05-01-2010

It may be that they are following you and you are also followiing them. Facebook's algorithms track who and what you like and also access youer friend's likes and dislikes. You will start getting different generated feeds on Facebook that may not reflect your real preferences. I don't want to wait around and see what's next on Zuckerberg's plans for his Meta platforms (Instagram and Messenger are his as well).

Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

@chessyladyThe only people that can Follow me are on my Friend list. I'm not concerned with how FB decides what I see. I've got an app for that. I can go to any of my Friends pages if I want to see if I've missed something and I can go into my Groups and see the content there.

Yes, I know Instagram is owned by Meta, but I'm not on it.

chessylady · ‎05-01-2010

Just for fun, Type "following me"in your facebook settings. You may be surprised at the number of people with strange names that are there. If nothing comes up, congratulations.

We rescue cats · ‎01-25-2023

Because I am on so many group pages I can't limit my readers to only friends or it will defeat the purpose of the groups, but I changed my facebook program to Facebook Purity several years ago. It's easier to work thru and has a subset of programs that I use. There is a FBP page if you care to take a look at it.

Lynn-Critter Lover!
(especially cats!)

spumoni99 · ‎02-16-2019

My settings only allow friends to follow me.

bikerbabe · ‎03-09-2010

EDIT!

I stand corrected. Those accounts belong to the office and not the person and so it switched over to the new individuals holding that office. I followed the office prior to this week. So disregard what I said below. 💕

Good gravy!

What is Meta doing? Two people are suddenly on my following list and I can guarantee that I’ve never EVER followed them especially with those titles they just acquired. I didn’t bother to check if real or fake but I blocked. I haven’t checked IG yet. 😡