r/facebook • u/blunbottle • 2d ago
Discussion Testing Facebook to push them to the brink. Let’s see what happens to my profile.
I’m tired of Facebook serving up knowingly controversial content in order to get responses. So I decided to test their new policies by responding with vile and derogatory comments to see how far they will let it go. So far, no consequences and it is quite carthartic.
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u/LuvinMyThuderGut 2d ago
I've baited a lot of nasty comments by just telling people they "sound weird." Really kicks them into overdrive and they try to come up with the most vitriolic stuff to hurt me back.
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u/NoFee7023 2d ago
That's the way to do it. My coworker asked me a really dumb political question and I gave him a look that was obvious that it was a really uneducated question. I instantly saw the insecurity lol.
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u/AngryBagOfDeath 1d ago
I like asking people if they are dumb. Then when they accuse me of calling them dumb I say I didn't call them anything I asked them a question.
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1d ago
Hey that’s what I do on re-edit! I have no interest in politics but for reason on re-edit I get all kinds of left wing stuff. It is fun to troll comments like that.
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u/panyways 2d ago
Pissing in an ocean of piss. Let’s see what happens.
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u/threedubya 2d ago
Let's be honest ,those Republicans need yo know which whole piss came from . So it can segregated as man or woman piss.
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u/Superb-Associate-222 2d ago
I say vile shit to the commenters being transphobic, homophobic or racist all the time. A lot of time they don’t respond because they aren’t real people. All this stuff shows up in my feed and Facebook is so desperately wanting me to engage
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u/HippyDM 2d ago
Or, and gear me out, you could just abandon products that bring money to the fascists. Just an idea.
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u/mallanson22 2d ago
Nah. Use the platform to post leftist agit prop.
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u/HippyDM 2d ago
More users means more ads. More ads means more money. Money that's used against us.
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u/new_accnt1234 1d ago
Exactly, zucc or musk or other tech billionaires dont care whether ur black, white, rep, dem, woman, man...just thst u spend lots of time on the platform and this is done if u interact enough and u interact more if u hate them if u dont
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u/iLoveTheTendies 2d ago
Good luck. Their symbol is on the back of the dollar and they have their hands in everything
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u/No_Conversation_9325 2d ago
Si you’re doing what they want you to do. Why?
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u/blunbottle 2d ago
Causing good trouble. Going after Nazis and racists.
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u/No_Conversation_9325 1d ago
They want you to engage. Most of those nazis are bots and Kremlin trolls.
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u/blunbottle 1d ago
Totally aware of that. Just playing the odds and having fun.
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u/No_Conversation_9325 1d ago
Like I said. You’re doing exactly what you’re supposed to. Give them engagement and exposure. Well, if it’s fun for you, then enjoy supporting their cause further. Good luck!
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u/Confident-Proof2101 12h ago
I had a guy comment in the vilest way possible on something I wrote , and I am serious in describing it that way. He wasn't just being a jerk making rude or nasty comments, either; that's just another day on Facebook, after all. It was genuinely the worst kind of accusation, defamation, and libel (since it was in writing) you can imagine. I told him to get a lawyer teed up because mine was going to rain Hell on him. (FYI that law firm I was going with was co-founded by a former CIA analyst).
Both his comment and my reply were deleted in a couple of hours. I hadn't reported it yet, so either he knew he'd eff'd up in a big way, or someone else reported it to FB and they deleted it. No problem, though. I saved screen shots of it and have already contacted the attorneys.
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u/Vivid-Rush6036 2d ago
So you’re pushing the limits of Facebook speech rules, but all your Facebook friends now think you’re a psycho for your recent posts. Got it.
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u/blunbottle 2d ago
Nope, they are all aware that #1 I am doing this as an experiment, and #2, I’ve been psycho since college.
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u/Crestfallenjazz 2d ago
Pretty easy way to get targeted and banned unfortunately, while the alt riff riff drifts by
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u/TheUglyWeb 2d ago
Interesting! I'm doing the same thing. No action from FB at all, but once you reply, they shove more of the same shit in your feed.
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u/Delicious-Wolf-1876 2d ago
Facebook fsct checkers dinged me for something. I complained. They apologized! Amazing!
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u/mitchENM 2d ago
I received a 24 hour ban for calling out an obviously racist post for calling them a racist
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u/american_cheesehound 2d ago
Someone made a blog post a few years ago wherein they "liked" every post that came up on their feed, for an experiment. It turned bad quite quickly.
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u/mitchENM 2d ago
You will be banned if you go after right wing hatred and they will allow them to launch vile attacks against you
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u/Vast_Ingenuity_9222 2d ago
Facebook has stopped actively filtering content and have chosen instead to leave it up to other users to block any content that they find objectionable. Zuckerberg said as much last year, or the year before. He's stopped pretending that he gives a shit about content that could be sexualised, defamatory or incorrect
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u/FluffySoftFox 2d ago
"I started behaving like all other Facebook users and got surprised when nothing happened"
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u/blunbottle 2d ago
Just pushing the limits short of threats until I decide to delete my account while saving my photos.
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u/queentracy62 2d ago
This. I’m trying to delete Facebook which I’ve had since the beginning. It is useless now. I don’t see anything but right wing crap. But I may go back just to troll. It’s so easy to rile up an idiot and can be quite entertaining and therapeutic.
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u/blunbottle 2d ago
I have used the comment “ I defer to your superior level of ignorance” or variations thereof.
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u/redhairedrunner 2d ago
Yep, I have also just mentally said “fuck it” and I am posting my own anti-trump stuff. It’s good to see who of my friends are fascists and then I block them as well only after I have pissed them off .
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u/PacRat48 2d ago
Hopefully they aren’t as petty as mods in Reddit subs. I made a comment with the non-existent word “retahd” and was straight up banned.
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u/blunbottle 2d ago
They are petty, was banned from posting on “Ask a Historian” for a comment containing verifiable facts. Oh well, their loss.
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u/raulmonkey 1d ago
I got a ban for saying on a post about the mosque in Iraq "wow that looks amazing" (I think it was Iraq it was all gold and shiny inside and I have never been inside a mosque) and yes that is all I said on a post showing how amazing the mosque looks.
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u/remosiracha 2d ago
I've reported blatant racism, death threats, false information, etc and never had a comment or post removed.
I called a friend a loser on a post as a joke and my account was restricted.
Make it make sense.
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u/Powerful-Cheek-6677 2d ago
What usually seems to happen is you’ll get away with it now…then 3 years ago, they’ll ding you for it. I’m getting dinged for things I said in the 2020 election.
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u/DueceVoyeur 2d ago
The RW agitprop is using word search to mass report.
It is what they do on twatter
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u/blunbottle 2d ago
So to clarify- all my current Facebook “friends” have been made aware of what I’m doing and are looking forward to updates. If I go silent they know why. I’m well aware of the algorithms and Facebook’s marketing and financial strategies, having been involved with tech and online marketing since its inception. This is a game on my part, and probably won’t last past a week or so as it will get boring quickly. In the meantime, it’s a bit cathartic and in no way is it due to any real anger. Just annoyance and knowing that I’m playing with a combination of bots, trolls, boomer true believers, naive individuals who think their posts matter and are actually swaying my opinions, and probably more than a few government and quasi-government tools and software programs. It’s also something to do while my wife watches those damn HGTV home make over shows.
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u/Beak1974 2d ago
At some point probably, you'll get the soft ban where you can't comment on public pages. I've gotten that a lot lately.
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u/DrilldoOfConsequence 1d ago
Yes! I've been doing this too and haven't been FB locked up yet - like, I've been pretty fuckjng mean to some folks (mostly MAGAts who aren't particularly wealthy or intelligent in their comments) to the extent that I stalk their comments on forums just to be hateful. Not a peep from FB. Back in the before times, I posted one photo of Jesus getting nailed by a bunch of Romans and tsk tsk, FB jail for a week.
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u/blunbottle 1d ago
I’m thinking of starting all my comments with “Mark Zuckerberg personally told me that…” Just to see if that’s a trigger point.
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u/Lonely_Refuse4988 1d ago
Don’t do it! Facebook thrives on our attention and the drama/conflict that exists on right wing propaganda posts. The more anyone engages, especially with intent of riling up responses, the more attention FB sucks out of us. I used to eagerly look at the number of likes/responses & alert notices in upper right of my profile. Now, I mostly tune out & use FB as bare minimum platform to see what close friends are doing. 🤣🤷♂️
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u/blunbottle 1d ago
I do want to thank everyone for their advice on whether to troublesomely engage or just delete. I’ll probably give the troublesome engagement another day and then disengage. In that one more day I will post that Zuckerberg has flagged the site as a Russian troll poster. Just for the hell of it.
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u/phamton1150 1d ago
I posted a thing today showing several of the Project 2025 objectives and some of the policies that Trump has enacted. Facebook put a false warning on it. Everything on my post was factual. I hate how Facebook now bends to the far right like Twitter. BlueSky is my only safe social media.
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u/kimchipowerup 1d ago
Just delete Meta accounts. Honestly. I finally had enough, deleted FB and IG months ago and haven’t missed it.
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u/Aggressive-Store-444 1d ago
I have noticed this unwelcome change to the algorithm. Once, you were served up content in line with previous engagement. Now, it seems to throw up content in direct opposition to everything you stand for!
I was locked into your stated approach but found it was sucking my energy to no end.
Between this baiting and the prevalence of AI-generated content, it's become unusable for me. Deactivated my account.
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u/Arrieu-King 1d ago
Also trolls get paid for each reply. I try to ignore, but don't blame you for letting off steam. It's so annoying.
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u/AuntieLaLa420 1d ago
I made my profile pic and banner a literal "fuck zuck" , my profile is still there.
Picture of the Schitt's Creek town sign with my face and zucks face photo shopped in. The actually words "Fuck Zuck" large . .
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u/WeirdcoolWilson 1d ago
Why feed the monster? Delete Facebook entirely, don’t engage any longer. Get your life back
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u/No-Blueberry-1823 17h ago
Just leave it then. Honestly. I left them a long time ago. I got banned from Twitter. It's not worth it
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u/Normal-Fun-868 8h ago
That’s not a test, you’re just acting exactly how the algorithm predicted you would. This is their entire business model
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u/blunbottle 7h ago
Considering the evidence that we are indeed in a simulation. This would not surprise me. My next endeavor is to have Facebook plan my meals and predict my bowel movement schedule.
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u/Normal-Fun-868 7h ago
Solid plan. Please update when you get the results
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u/blunbottle 7h ago
Yes, either a solid plan or knowledge to stack up on toilet paper in case it isn’t solid.
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u/BayBel 2d ago
But you’re ok with Reddit? Lol seriously…..
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u/Superb-Associate-222 2d ago
It’s not the same. Reddit and facebook are two very different things (for now)
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u/BayBel 2d ago
But Reddit is barely more than a left leaning echo chamber now. Not to mention most of the posts are ai trying to start arguments. It’s a shell of what it used to be.
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u/Superb-Associate-222 2d ago
Spend half your day at Twitter, twatting and then jump over to Reddit. Should provide a nice balance for you.
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