Another worrying trend is trolls finding minorities and insulting them using subtle slurs the algorithm is unable to detect.
The targeted people understandingly answer back (not even using slurs or hard insults - just being rude enough to shut down the person attacking them).
Once this is done, the trolls post the direct link to the comment in one of their Facebook groups (usually reserved for that purpose and containing nothing but such links and filled with oblivious fake accounts that use similar patterns i.e. "Aloph Hiller III").
They then brigade the comments and mass report them. The algorithm perceive this high number of seemingly unconnected users reporting as having a lot of value and acts on it.
In certain communities, almost everyone is used by now to have their account locked out for months long periods with some people outright losing access forever. This created huge migrations to other websites or apps.
Facebook does not responds to calls to delete the harassment groups even when people organize to try and report them - due to the fact that the trolls are savvy enough to be invisible to the algorithm.
In my eyes, this is one of the ways Facebook is bleeding users. Especially the younger ones.
The targeted people understandingly answer back (not even using slurs or hard insults - just being rude enough to shut down the person attacking them).
Once this is done, the trolls post the direct link to the comment in one of their Facebook groups (usually reserved for that purpose and containing nothing but such links and filled with oblivious fake accounts that use similar patterns i.e. "Aloph Hiller III").
They then brigade the comments and mass report them. The algorithm perceive this high number of seemingly unconnected users reporting as having a lot of value and acts on it.
In certain communities, almost everyone is used by now to have their account locked out for months long periods with some people outright losing access forever. This created huge migrations to other websites or apps.
Facebook does not responds to calls to delete the harassment groups even when people organize to try and report them - due to the fact that the trolls are savvy enough to be invisible to the algorithm.
In my eyes, this is one of the ways Facebook is bleeding users. Especially the younger ones.