don't get me started on their malicious ads system. My grandfather calls me AT LEAST once a week because he clicks one of the posts on facebook and it brings him to a "your computer has a virus please call this number" scare page. I basically have had to tell him "if it says sponsored just don't click it" because Meta has like no vetting system it seems.
this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2025
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Not just no vetting the odd time I’m in there I report that shit and they NEVER take it down. Just say they deemed it “didn’t go against facebook’s community standards.”
Why not install an adblocker on his browser of choice?
he currently has an adblocker (ublock unless hes replaced or disabled it) and a pihole setup to filter DNS, but that only works so well with facebook.
Which adblocker can block Facebook ad posts?
probably uBlock Origin
I might also look into Social Fixer, if that addon is still around. Used to be the best one for customizing Facebook's bullshit away.
Use the pihole to block facebook
Really raises the question of how profitable these scam ads have become.
Also speaks to the addictive quality of social media (or perhaps the grim state of offline society). People keep coming back to these obviously booby-trapped websites to claw at a thin veneer of simulated friendship because they've got nothing better to do with their lives.
Really raises the question of how profitable these scam ads have become.
It does, doesn't it?
If Meta is literally making billions from ads, how much are the scammers buying them making?
People keep coming back to these obviously booby-trapped websites to claw at a thin veneer of simulated friendship because they’ve got nothing better to do with their lives.
Eh, part of it is FOMO. I can't blame older folks if all their friends and kids and grandkids are on (say) Facebook, and that's the most advanced means they have of communicating with them that they're capable of using. What are they supposed to do?
What are they supposed to do?
My grandparents spent a lot of time playing tennis and bridge, knitting, and fishing.
I don't use fb at all. Never used it. Always thought it was stupid. My life is unaffected by this. I never ever go to the garbage that is fb for any reason.
Cool story, bro
I use Facebook (I know) daily and I go out of my way to hide and/or report every ad I see. The vast majority are displayed alongside Reels (which is its own problem) but a few are just… regular reels, masquerading as ads. It’s incredibly frustrating. I don’t expect anything to be done, similar to my reporting hate speech against gay and trans folks.
I use Facebook behind as many adblockers as I can, I use social fixer on top of that (browser extension that helps prune FB even more)
On my phone, in the app, this doesn't prevent them from suggesting friends, suggesting reels, suggesting random people or pages to follow
I use fb mostly for groups not just telling everyone what I'm doing or caring about what everyone else is.
But I make it to 1-3 things I have to hide (x out of) and I just bounce, close and pause the app
Like if I open fb and I immediately see a post asking me to follow something I just get out and open lemmy...
Screw meta
I run PiHole in my house I VPN to my house when away to get that sweet ad blocking I run unlock origin I run social fixer
I don't see actual ads in FB just their BS they want me to interact with over my actual feed
Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft are all criminal organisations who has been found guilty of multiple crimes and shows no sign of remorse or change of behaviour. Shareholders and employees with these companies should be held accountable, if not legally, then socially.