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I've stopped going to facebook myself because even though a lot of it for me was like that (and no outrage or politics, that's just outrage and edge cases that filter onto aggregators like reddit), I noticed at some point that a third was Facebook ads, and another third ads made by other people.

I'm latching onto your post because a number of those are advertisements / promotions; social media has turned a lot of people into unpaid marketeers. In a sense, I mean I get that people are fans of e.g. TV shows, but still. Anyway here's some that I think are advertisements in disguise:

> A Picture of a CD cover of a song a friend is listing too

> A poster of the new Japanese Ultraman movie and a friend saying he saw it and really enjoyed it and is looking forward to the Masked Rider movie.

> A friend saying he loved the video game "The Final Station"

> A friend posting a link to a music video she loves

> A friend posting about a game they made at a game jam

> A friend saying he started doing trip planning for families going to Disneyland.

> My aunt posting a picture of flowers my uncle bought her.

> A friend posting about a show he went to in Argentina

> A friend who makes one off dresses on etsy posting her latest creations

> A friend posting he likes "Picard" but it should have had a "Shut up, Wesley" scene.



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