Now, you have used some YouTube and Twitter
And Instagram and Facebook, too
Right?
There is that thing you must have noticed by now
Where you follow quite a number of accounts or “people”
On these platforms
But the content you get to see is limited….so limited, in fact
That you wonder if the rest of these people you follow ever make use of their social media platforms!
Or…
You click on the search tool in any of these platforms
You are looking for particular information
And guess what???
The platform doesn’t show a single thing about what you want
Or it brings up very old content that you don’t really need
Or, in the worst-case scenario to me, brings up so little of what you asked for that you even regret asking!
This is where I get mad….
Is somebody sitting out there on some gigantic computer playing these games on my mind?
Is somebody deliberately keeping this information, which I am looking for, from me?
Is it just me that is not looking in the right place?
What is happening to this content that I am not consuming and yet, I asked for?
Why am I being forced to consume content that I don’t want to even know about?
Why are you even still sane about all this?
I expect you to be breaking your keyboard and the internet, right now
Looking for some answers!
~ Bring back the content I don’t consume….the one you keep away from me! ~
I’m a little more than disillusioned with how social networks filter the content I want to see. It seems like the more active you are in a network the more content they’ll allow you to see. I already spend too much time on my networks and I don’t want to invest more time. So it’s just something to live with I think.
??? hhhmmmm,! It goes beyond that. What we want to see is intentionally kept away from us.
I get frustrated too when I can’t find the content I want to consume!! You aren’t the only one. 🙂
So ????
This is interesting. Now I’m sitting here wondering what content am I missing!
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In my experience you need to research differently. It is easier on Google just say to ask a question or word your question differently to get the desired answers. When in doubt you can always go to ask dot com.
Hhhhmmmm….alright Bill. I’ll try that out and see where it takes me.
Great post. I truly believe that content must be about happy go luck things. If it is negative it will somethings be looked over.
?? thank you.
I know that Google, Facebook, and the like say they don’t mess around with stuff, but I wonder. You might try longer keywords to find what you’re looking for. That’s the way Google rocks now.
?? they always do mess with our searches for information!
I often wonder this too. Like who makes the decisions around what I see – why is this being presented to me?
?? ssseeee!
Yes it does happen to me quite frequently when the right keywords are not used. You have to try different options and hope for the best. Is frustrating at times.
?? well, maybe I’ll have to try that
What I dislike is that when I click on an interesting article to read, the next time I check my feed, it is all posts from that website that I read ONE article from! I can’t find my friends’ posts, or my community posts until I do a search for them! I wish these social media platforms would stop meddling with what people want to see/read.
??? you know! Its super annoying.
I had no idea, now I am also wondering like the others what content im missing, its all because of the keywords maybe?
Hihi….its just so infuriating!
The networks control what we see — they let us see what they want us too. They also make it difficult for us to see what we want to see! You look at something once and then that’s all they show you! Then they hide your friends from you…blah blah blah. It’s frustrating!
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If you are frustrated by “bad news”, there is a news outlet only reporting about “positive news” (you should google for it, cant remember the name atm). The psychological factor behind this is to make people unintentionally more happy and less concerned. Maybe that’s something for you ?
Aaahhhh…maybe. It could be! Let me check it out.
Having a personal filter and principals really help to keep unwanted material out of your life. Don’t let others force information down your throat.
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I get frustrated too when it takes time to look for the content. I think they should really filter the contents.
??? yeah! This could be it.
It is insane how much information we have at our fingertips anymore. We have to make sure we stay aware of what we see.
For sure!!!
I always wondered that too !!! haha it is frustrating when they interfere and change the current system/structure.
Ssoooo ??
The algorithms are always Changing! It’s so hard to keep up!
??? and you know, this affects us, digital marketers, the most.
I find it so creepy that I look up something and then the next few days my websites are flooded with ads for what I searched!! It’s just crazy to me!!
???? rriiiggghhhttttt? Its so annoying!
It’s funny because YouTube recommends crazy things I never asked for but sometimes not things I have searched for a lot. Yeah something is wrong with that I Hope that changes soon.
?? i really hope the guys at Google are listening!
I’ve thought about that too and it makes me wonder. Though I just usually try to search keywords related to what I what to see but sometimes it gets hard.
Yyyeeeaaahhhhh….it’s like somebody is “behind the curtain”, swinging all these numbers and pictures away from us!