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[–] protist@mander.xyz 93 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Surely longer ago than that? Facebook hasn't been cool for probably over 15 years

[–] aarRJaay@lemm.ee 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It went downhill when poking and sheep throwing went away.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Poking is still there. I'm trying to bring it back.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I never stopped

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 33 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Has FB been cool since they got rid of signups limited by .edu email addresses?

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

You had a good year or two after that and then it went to shit.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That was basically the end. When it was only friends and the feed sorted by "new,", it was super fun. When my aunts started joining it became much less fun.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

the feed sorted by “new,”

Yeah, and it went from "let's just add some stuff" to outright "we will force feed you this slop and you will like it" from there. It felt like you were a goose being prepped for Christmas' foie gras.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago

That's when it was cool to teens who didn't have .edu emails addresses (but not long after).

No, because that's when the olds took it over.