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> started prioritising news links

It probably helped their short term metrics but it really seems like this decision was terrible in the long term.

I and a lot of people I know began to disengage when Facebook mostly became people I didn’t know so well posting political crap.

> I and a lot of people I know began to disengage when Facebook mostly became people I didn’t know so well posting political crap.

True. But would more FarmVille spam in the feed have been any better?

I deactivated my account months ago, and would like to see Facebook just disappear. Facebook should not have a place in our future imo.