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Facebook groups it thinks I'm interested in. Really?

44 replies

wickermum · 11/08/2023 19:17

On the Facebook app if I click on groups there's my standard ones school/fitness club etc but then the most random stuff.

BUT I GET TOTALLY DRAWN IN!

I have never booked an Air B&B and never likely to host either but FB shows me this public group full of hosts complaining about guests. Gripping stuff.

I also have one about a roundabout planned in a town I have never visited. Loads of residents ranting.

Lastly trades/gardeners/van type stuff.

I guess Fb gets its algorithms from somewhere but it's bonkers!

Please tell me the random groups/products you are targeted with.

OP posts:
TrayBaker1955 · 11/08/2023 20:27

I’ve got Jamaican cooking, cleaning hints and tips and some motorbike stuff.

nothing I am remotely interested in. I just want to see the posts from groups I’m in

PuttingDownRoots · 11/08/2023 20:35

Medieval morth and jollity
Retford Information (its 30 miles away!)
Rate my Plate
Google Earth Structures

I have mo idea why...

BertieBotts · 11/08/2023 20:38

Yes I keep getting the Airbnb hosts one too!

Also the good place shirtposting - memes about a programme I've never seen! (It does make me want to watch it though so maybe the algorithm knows something).

I keep getting Google earth structures and anomalies, which is people spotting various things on Google maps and arguing about whether or not it's a conspiracy. It's bonkers.

I wouldn't mind so much if I could get it to show me things that I'm actually subscribed to.

Original poster
wickermum · 11/08/2023 21:20

Yes! The google one!!

Also the shirt posting for me too!

OP posts:
megletthesecond · 11/08/2023 21:58

FB thought I might like a backyard chicken cooking group.
I'm almost totally veggie and have never had a BBQ in my life. The algorithms are clearly daft.
I spend too much time hiding groups on FB these days.

megletthesecond · 11/08/2023 22:01

Oh, and a Kent Community group. I've never been to Kent and have no plans to go to Kent.

WinterBerry7 · 11/08/2023 22:06

I get the air b and b one too!
plus - ones for P&O cruises. I’ve never been on a cruise in my life, nor researched or even talked about one.
TUI complaints and advice. Not travelled with TUI in years.
garden and allotments - I live in a flat without so much as a balcony

WinterBerry7 · 11/08/2023 22:07

Oh and a Vinted one! But I do use Vinted and love seeing the crazy posts on there 😂

LifeofBrienne · 11/08/2023 22:12

Corrugated iron appreciation society.

Original poster
wickermum · 11/08/2023 22:14

LifeofBrienne · 11/08/2023 22:12

Corrugated iron appreciation society.

Well now you’re just showing off!!!

I forgot I get the ‘above ground swimming pool’ group.

never had a pool but could easily find out about chlorine ph levels if the need should arise

OP posts:
GinJeanie · 11/08/2023 22:35

Terrible Art in Charity Shops - I joined 😋

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 11/08/2023 22:52

Bathtubs in Fields Appreciation Group - funnily enough Facebook was completely right, I do really enjoy the photos and the comments can be hilarious.

I also get floorplans for tiny houses, I live in a large-ish five bedroom house and have no plans to downsize to tiny.

ssd · 11/08/2023 22:56

I keep getting ones about people in eastern europe crocheting stuff, i dont bloody knit!!!

Cabbagey · 11/08/2023 22:59

I have obviously done a good job of not giving facebook much of my personal info. The downside to that is that I'm punished with the most basic 'millennial woman' shit the algorithm can dish up - Disney, Harry Potter, nail art, and cakes mostly.

ghislaine · 11/08/2023 23:19

Facebook has only my DOB. I get:

Wedding dress shops
Lesbian comedy
Twilight appreciation groups
West Coast swing dancing.

I married decades ago. I’m not gay. I have never watched or read Twilight. I can’t dance WCS.

MargaretThursday · 11/08/2023 23:28

LifeofBrienne · 11/08/2023 22:12

Corrugated iron appreciation society.

I've had that one too.
And the "bathtubs in fields appreciation society".
🤣

AwfulTed · 11/08/2023 23:34

Medieval mirth and jollity… reader, Facebook was right

Lilyhatesjaz · 12/08/2023 00:06

Mine is just full of Harry Potter
I am not particularly a fan.
Where have all the shoe ads gone?

LimeDrizzled · 12/08/2023 05:04

GinJeanie · 11/08/2023 22:35

Terrible Art in Charity Shops - I joined 😋

You won't regret it

LimeDrizzled · 12/08/2023 05:10

Beyonce
Marc almond
Premium Bonds
Belper
Praying Mantis Society

I have no interest in any of these

Original poster
wickermum · 12/08/2023 07:28

I don't even know what belper is?

I don't think I want to google

OP posts:
UltramarineViolet · 12/08/2023 07:32

I was getting all sorts of shit on FB via the 'suggested for you' settings

I have managed to get rid of a lot of it by adjusting my settings

Settings
> off Facebook activity
> clear history
> clear history

Justhereforaibu1 · 12/08/2023 07:37

wickermum · 12/08/2023 07:28

I don't even know what belper is?

I don't think I want to google

Haha it's a place, should be quite safe to Google.

The gate appreciation society, you won't look back

BoobyDazzler · 12/08/2023 07:42

I get loads of groups about afro hair style - I’m white with poker straight hair, American car groups, horses, and random uk towns local groups with people invariably moaning about dog poo or parking on pavements… riveting stuff.

Peachespeachesohpeaches · 12/08/2023 07:46

Vinted selling groups
Above ground swimming pools
Bridgerton (I like it but not enough to join a Facebook group)
Maximilist interior decor (I'm decidedly minimalist)
First nation beading crafts