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Mehtas Inner circle England, UK 1649 Posts |
Any Facebooker has the following appear (and stuck there) at the bottom of their newsfeed ??
I can't seem to get rid of it and it prevents me to see old posts on my newsfeed. I've tried to report the problem with no help at all. |
jacobsw New user London 67 Posts |
This hasn't happened to me but it piqued my curiousity so I did a little Googling. It seems to be a very common complaint, and as far as I can tell, Facebook seems to have no interest in fixing it.
I'm guessing that the more friends a user has, the more Facebook can learn about them, and (therefore) the more precisely Facebook can target ads to them. And Facebook doesn't make money by being useful to you and me-- it makes money by being useful to advertisers. Somebody once said, "If you aren't being charged for something, then YOU are the product," and I think that applies here. You're probably seeing this message because Facebook doesn't know enough about you to target ads to you. If they push you to add more friends (making you more profitable)... or if they drive you away in frustration (so that you aren't costing them resources)... either way they probably consider it a win. To me, this kind of corporate behavior seems self-defeating in the long run -- but then, Mark Zuckerberg is a billionaire and I'm not, so what do I know? Anyway, ranting aside, many people report that refreshing the page will get rid of the message. If that doesn't work, you might need to delete your browser cache. And if THAT doesn't work, I don't know what to tell you! |
Mehtas Inner circle England, UK 1649 Posts |
Thanks jacobsw,
Tried most of the usual suspects but no luck. All my devices from Laptop, Mobile and tablet show up this hurdle. I must agree on what you said about Facebook and advertisers. Most of the users who have come across the same issue believe its Facebooks own doing so they have no interest on resolving it. |
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