face book

[Shaza123]

has anyone else who may be on face book seen all the posts that are suddenly turning up on PMR I think it’s a scam ,any thoughts

[Koalajane]

there are Facebook PMR sites so not sure which you are talking about

[Shaza123 in reply to Koalajane]

oh I wasn't aware thank you

[Bcol]

Not on any PMR Facebook sites but nothing out of the ordinary has cropped up on mine.

[Shaza123 in reply to Bcol]

just thought it strange,going from never seeing any then suddenly loads and some advertising T shirts . Thank you

[HeronNS]

Not seen anything. But the algorithms which seem to rule social media these days may have decided you "need" to see all this stuff. I think you can block anything you don't want to see. Personally I find FB disappointing these days, but the "For you" presentations are usually things which interest me (art, nature) I have Adblock installed, I think that helps.

[Shaza123 in reply to HeronNS]

thank you I was just concerned as to why they had suddenly popped up advertising T Shirts

[Missus835 in reply to HeronNS]

FB, for the longest time was trying to bully me into disabling Adblock for their site. I just kept ignoring them or reporting the comment and finally, they stopped. I was a member of the FB PMR support group, but everytime I opened FB there were so many posts, I had to put the group on "pause" for awhile. It was quite overwhelming really. Keep your Adblock. Cheers Heron!

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Not on the PMRGCAuk f/b page - what one[s] are you on?

[Shaza123 in reply to DorsetLady]

👍

[Seacat30]

No but Facebook seems to track your activity online and offers you subjects that it thinks you are interested in. It gives me stuff about minerals, supplements, yoga ... and cats.

[Hidden in reply to Seacat30]

it’s the FB algorithm, it’s is primed to track your interests using key words and deliver “matched” topics, links ads and other content. I’m not in FB but I believe you can block this activity via your account settings. If I look at MnS bras for example online my hubby gets FB ads for lingerie on his FB as we share the same IP address at home . It’s the same with shoes etc, he preferred me to look at cars or power tools 😂

[Seacat30 in reply to Hidden]

In theory yes you can stop it but you can't in reality. Facebook has chucked me off twice in recent weeks for trying. It obviously thinks I am a bot. Anything that puts cookies on your device feeds back into advertising. It is harder to escape them on some sites than others. Healthunlocked does it.

[Shaza123 in reply to Seacat30]

it’s strange isn’t it how it knows what we are researching 😱

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Shaza123]

No, it’s not strange - any site you go on [from social-media to shopping and everything in between] is collecting information about you and your IT habits…. all about the market trying to sell you something…..

[Hidden in reply to DorsetLady]

isn’t just! The other night we were watching Dragons Den and a shower water softener device was pitched....... 3 minutes later hubby gets a FB ad for shower water softeners. Of course with TV coming via the internet these days it’s no surprise.

Given the amount of times I’ve moaned about my GP on here I’m expecting George Clooney and the cast of ER to turn up any minute now 😂

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Hidden]

W-hay!

[Fiddlemum]

yes - it’s constant

[MrsNails]

Have you asked on the FB Group? As l read FB is asking people to post a photo & comment to various groups - your Admins will want to know l’m sure……

[Nightingales]

if it’s in a closed PMR Facebook group you can report it to the administrators on the drop down list. They get a lot of spam.

[Chris_1236]

Fwiw:

U-Block Origin keeps my browsing interface 99% clear of ads in all contexts.

Privacy Badger strips all PII out of data transmitted by my browser.

[Hidden in reply to Chris_1236]

FWIW ?

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Hidden]

for what it’s worth?

[Chris_1236 in reply to DorsetLady]

👍

[artfingers]

In fact, I had just joined the Facebook PMR group this week. However, after only two days I, too, received way too many posts and it seemed there was little oversight such as we get here so I "unfollowed" that group. This group is far superior thanks to PMRPro, DorsetLady, and many others who help make this a very useful source of information! One thing for avoiding "tracking" by Facebook (or phones) is to turn off your microphone (then turn it back on for Zoom or Facetime, etc.)

[Shaza123 in reply to artfingers]

great advice thank you ,I’m not joining I’m happy with this site 👍

[artfingers]

Oh, and I forgot, I use DuckDuckgo when researching anything as it doesn't track you like others do.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

I have none of these problems - I have Adblockplus installed which removes most ads. Lots of sites try to cammand me to disable it - in which case, most of the time I just go somewhere else.

[Suffererc]

Not on any FB sites. Sorry 😊