--- title: Facebook is absolutely cooked | daily.dev description: A first-hand account of logging into Facebook after nearly 8 years reveals a feed dominated by AI-generated thirst traps, engagement-bait videos, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/facebook-is-absolutely-cooked-a2w1g9u7a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Facebook is absolutely cooked | daily.dev og:description: A first-hand account of logging into Facebook after nearly 8 years reveals a feed dominated by AI-generated thirst traps, engagement-bait videos, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/facebook-is-absolutely-cooked-a2w1g9u7a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/A2w1g9U7A.png og:image:alt: Facebook is absolutely cooked og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Facebook is absolutely cooked **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 211 upvotes · 63 comments ## Summary A first-hand account of logging into Facebook after nearly 8 years reveals a feed dominated by AI-generated thirst traps, engagement-bait videos, and algorithmic slop — with almost no content from actual friends or followed pages. The author observes that Meta's recommendation algorithm aggressively pushes low-quality, often AI-generated content to users, raising concerns about the platform's decline and the broader implications of AI-generated spam flooding mainstream social media feeds. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yaireo** · 44 upvotes > Maybe for you. I see only good/interesting things on my Facebook feed. > > It's just like Youtube or any music service - if you look & listen to crap, you will be suggested more crap. you must never open any crap or delete it from history, in order to teach the algorithm what to show you next. That simple. **@devdailyadmin** · 9 upvotes > I created a brand new profile just to test what I would be suggested without liking a single stuff. Short answer propaganda and AI crap mixed with scams. I got hundreds of posts with russian propaganda, I specifically marked as not interested for all of these posts and in some cases reporting them and I still was shown all the time all of that shit. > > Then I thought let me curate my feed. I liked some food posts etc to make sure I get suggested only food related stuff. Guess what.. None of that mattered. I still got AI slop, scams, and russian propaganda with like 1% of accidental food post.... **@ghost** · 9 upvotes > YouTube, Twitter (X), and Instagram are going in the same direction. Too many ads and AI-generated content. > > These CEOs need to understand one basic fact: people are interested in other people. **@fabianletsch** · 3 upvotes > Schools using facebook for updates. > > > I dont know what to say. **@giorgishalvashvili** · 2 upvotes > there are 2 very simple solutions. Don't click/watch those low quality content or block the user who posted it. > > I see no reason into writing a post about it with such a clickbait title ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Last Days Of Social Media](https://daily.dev/posts/the-last-days-of-social-media-44suedy5w) · Hacker News · 66 upvotes · 9 comments - [Prediction: AI Killed the Social Media Star](https://daily.dev/posts/prediction-ai-killed-the-social-media-star-atmz2e4j4) · UX Planet · 1 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#facebook](https://daily.dev/tags/facebook), [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/facebook-is-absolutely-cooked-a2w1g9u7a) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Facebook is absolutely cooked","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/facebook-is-absolutely-cooked-a2w1g9u7a","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/facebook-is-absolutely-cooked-a2w1g9u7a"},"datePublished":"2026-02-20T18:59:48.535Z","dateModified":"2026-05-14T02:14:04.987Z","description":"A first-hand account of logging into Facebook after nearly 8 years reveals a feed dominated by AI-generated thirst traps, engagement-bait videos, and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1f139f27b0fad14d1de4da68261ee360?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1f139f27b0fad14d1de4da68261ee360?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":63,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/facebook-is-absolutely-cooked-a2w1g9u7a","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":211},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":63}],"keywords":"facebook,social-media","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Facebook is absolutely cooked"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/facebook-is-absolutely-cooked-a2w1g9u7a","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Maybe for you. I see only good/interesting things on my Facebook feed.\nIt’s just like Youtube or any music service - if you look & listen to crap, you will be suggested more crap. you must never open any crap or delete it from history, in order to teach the algorithm what to show you next. That simple.","datePublished":"2026-02-23T09:47:14.914Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T08:16:55.077Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/A2w1g9U7A#c-X78Oc266Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Yair Even Or","url":"https://daily.dev/yaireo","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/845031?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":44}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I created a brand new profile just to test what I would be suggested without liking a single stuff. Short answer propaganda and AI crap mixed with scams. I got hundreds of posts with russian propaganda, I specifically marked as not interested for all of these posts and in some cases reporting them and I still was shown all the time all of that shit.\nThen I thought let me curate my feed. I liked some food posts etc to make sure I get suggested only food related stuff. Guess what… None of that mattered. I still got AI slop, scams, and russian propaganda with like 1% of accidental food post.\nIts a horrible platform and I hope kids will be not allowed anymore on any of the social networks.","datePublished":"2026-02-24T10:00:46.311Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/A2w1g9U7A#c-iBndwWtJn","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Admin","url":"https://daily.dev/devdailyadmin","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--7SmIeb-m--/f_auto,q_auto/v1/avatars/avatar_vFvZyue03tEZyFCfSivEs"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":9}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"YouTube, Twitter (X), and Instagram are going in the same direction. Too many ads and AI-generated content.\nThese CEOs need to understand one basic fact: people are interested in other people.","datePublished":"2026-02-24T12:25:16.094Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/A2w1g9U7A#c-GDNUE9Cbn","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Deleted user","url":"https://daily.dev/ghost","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--hNIUzLiO--/f_auto/v1705327420/public/ghost_vlftth"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":9}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Schools using facebook for updates.\nI dont know what to say.","datePublished":"2026-02-24T08:55:20.510Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/A2w1g9U7A#c-gw6CufV1Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Fabian Letsch","url":"https://daily.dev/fabianletsch","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKR6BVy_wn23EoOKq7-BlszlcXcLmASlnb7l-GtS-q1bePnkaJf=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"there are 2 very simple solutions. Don’t click/watch those low quality content or block the user who posted it.\nI see no reason into writing a post about it with such a clickbait title","datePublished":"2026-02-26T07:07:54.463Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/A2w1g9U7A#c-0oFM95qIi","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Giorgi Shalvashvili","url":"https://daily.dev/giorgishalvashvili","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocIwuIzmwaSYq8PEmOWByDg7J5ZxDHoG2lH-05--GDMIH4LQQ1tM=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}}]} ```