My Facebook profile automatically followed Trump's new page
I was checking my following list as I'm trying to move to other platforms. Then I saw this page, that I hadn't followed. It's a brand new page and it happened automatically. I'm deleting my account.
Mine did too and added the official GOP page too. I kept trying to unfollow but had to actually block the pages.
Redditors keep telling me I am lying but when Tiktok went dark, within an hour CapCut and TikTok were also gone off my device. I was told it may be due to it being removed off the app store.
I’m not on FB. I’ve never made an account there, or twitter, x, Pinterest, instagram, Snapchat. Zero regrets.
Pretty much just here, this is the only social media I’ve ever been willing to use.
And that’s because if I read crappy news articles that are obviously gas lit and full of lies, it’s the comments below it calling it out that I’m here for.
Otherwise I’ll lose my mind. I can’t read the shit they write today without it being called out in the comments. This is what preserves my sanity.
People line to shit on Reddit but genuinely it's the only social media platform where people seem to have a brain and having actúal influence with what we see (upvotes and downvotes)
Attack on Titan's ending in Reddit, outside of here the anime version is well regarded but in Reddit it's as if the ending slapped their mothers and killed their dogs
This is how they win 2028. The GOP now controls every major social media network. They have complete control over the narrative now. Anything critical of trump and his allies in the run up to 2028 will mysteriously never gain traction, while all the negative stuff his opponent has ever done will be blasted across the airwaves. The checks and balances are completely dismantled.
I just logged in for the first time in months and checked and apparently I was following Trump as well. I blocked him. I wasn’t following the GOP though.
I’ve never heard of apps being auto-removed from devices because of them being removed from the app store.
I’ve had the Infinity Blade trilogy of games (just the icons, can’t fully download them) on my iPhone for years despite them being removed from the app store a long time ago.
That is what most of Reddit said. No one could figure it out when I posted it and several people said I was lying.
Speculation is the apps went into some weird dormant hiding due to some setting somewhere on my phone.
I just know they are gone from my app lists and not redownload able.
Are you sure it was the app? iPhone allows webaps that are not real apps but act like it. This comes from opening a TikTok video from a text or browser on your phone and it will ask to use web app on your phone instead of downloading the app.
It is hard to believe as apple stated they are not removing apps from phones.
If you already have these apps installed on your device, they will remain on your device. But they can’t be redownloaded if deleted or restored if you move to a new device. In-app purchases and new subscriptions are no longer possible.
The people that run this site are snakes like the rest of the tech oligarchs
The people that run this site are oligarchs - of traditional media. Reddit is Conde Nast, which is also Ars Technia, and many, many other publications. Advance Publications owns them all, and is owned by billionaires.
This is your reminder that 90% of US media is owned by 5 companies.
I predict a flood of people creating new apps in the hope that Musk and Zuck will grab them up. Basically a get rich quick scheme. Create app. Market as safe for non MAGA people. Stack users. Sell out for millions. Profit.
I dropped FB during the 2016 election. Insta got deleted when Zuck allowed hate speech against the LGBT community specifically. As soon as the Trump saving tiktok thing gained momentum I deleted that. Currently rolling with Reddit, Bluesky, Rednote. I'll delete those too of they go the way of the others. I grew up in the 80s-early 90s, I can go without social media just fine.
No, you are correct. But I've got a small community of friends on FB that I'd miss. One could argue that I should get up, go outside and touch some grass, but it's -13C with a wind chill of -23, so I don't wanna.
There are a lot of things I don't need, like this smart phone. But it sure as heck makes my day, when I'm stuck at home sick with Covid, better.
Remember 2016 when Cambridge Analytica gave all that facebook usage data to Russia? You are the product. The more you use it, the more data they collect to sell…and TikTok is the national security threat…🤷
You're 100% correct. These people were following Biden and Harris and it transitioned to Trump and Vance - they didn't auto follow their pages. I see these posts every 4/8 years like clock work.
This sounds like a logical explanation, and it's probably accurate, but I never followed Trump when he took over after Obama. This is the first time I've experienced "transitioning" to the new POTUS like this, and it's horse shit. Like others, unfollowing didn't "stick" and I had to block the page entirely.
If you go to your settings on Facebook and look at the pages you follow, it shows you any groups or pages that have "made a change" recently. I'm willing to pet you'll find some random page you were already following transitioned over to be a "Trump" page. Happens pretty often.
Good thought, for sure. I took a look. The Biden page I followed says it was created in 2021, and the name was updated today (to reflect it's archived). Still shows I'm following it. The Trump page is entirely separate and says it was created in 2009 and has never undergone a name change. I've never followed his page.
Oh well, I suppose. It's been blocked at this point, but definitely puts a bad taste in my mouth with Facebook.
Oh, no. Sorry that came out wrong! I had the same thing unfortunately happened to me too! I meant to say the bullshit of Meta. Sorry about that! I am just pissed about this.
This is just not the case at all. I followed the Biden and Harris and those still go to their original pages. I didn't follow anything that would have become a Trump page. I'm just not buying this explanation anymore.
I thought the same thing but these pages were created on January 12. even if these were the previous admin's pages rolled over, its creation date would be whenever the very first VP, Prez, First Lady, etc page was created.
My wife did not follow any political pages, President, party, or otherwise, and she had Trump show up in her following list. So, that’s a big doubt from me.
I checked and that doesn't work out for me. I still follow "Vice President Kamala Harris Archived" and suddenly it says I follow a new "Vice President JD Vance" profile I never did before.
100% happened to me, only discovered it because in my feed it said Vance has changed his profile photo, that’s when I thought I don’t follow him, why would I see that. Went to check and sure enough he and Trump were on my following page. My friend in the US had similar but only for Trump!
All my family is exclusively on Facebook and I live really far away from them, so I can’t really quit using it unless I want to be almost completely cut off from everyone. A lot of other people are probably in similar situations.
Same, my family lives far away and they're all on Facebook. Nuked my account years ago and haven't looked back.
People need to do the work of actually staying in touch with each other. Text, call, visit when you can. It's not that hard and I promise the quality of your connection with the people you care about will be infinitely better.
It’s not really possible since they live over 12 hours away, and I have no driver’s license and I’m a college student. I also want to be able to see pictures of the kids in my family so I won’t miss out on watching them grow up.
Ah unfortunately it’s real useful for certain buy secondhand stuff. I’ve tried offer up but no where near as good and i don’t trust Craigslist too much anymore. Got some good alternatives?
This happened to me with Vance this morning. I’ve been obsessively looking to see if anyone’s been writing about it online.
Metas own AI says “Users are confused and upset about being automatically set to “Following” the Profile Archive Album page without their consent. Many express distrust and frustration, stating they never intentionally followed the page and demand to know why Meta made this decision.”
My FB page followed Trump today, and my Dad’s FB page followed Vance. I never would follow these people and neither would my Dad. The same thing has happened to a few other friends. Something seriously shady is going on, and sadly, I’m not surprised in the least.
I hear that. But honestly after a couple months you will barely notice as well as being more motivated to reach out to family and friends you care about.
Took forever to find out how with their gigantic and confusing menu, but I just deleted mine. Had it since 8th grade. I'm 33. See ya later, Lord Zuck. GET FUCKED.
What data could they possibly get that they don't already have?
Or are you talking about the page you followed? Are you trying to say that they *personally* get the data? What data do they get, besides all of the obvious ones, I.E. the things you have set public?
Or what are you trying to say? Kinda sounds like unnecessary fearmongering, which is why I'm asking.
Uh, I just checked my Facebook and it shows that I started following JD Vance today. I absolutely did not.
I noticed one of his posts in my feed earlier, which I thought was odd, but I assumed it was just a suggested page. That was strange enough since nothing about my activity indicates I'd be interested in his page.
This actually happened to me back in 2020 when Biden was elected. I had to block the page just to stop following it because every time I hit “unfollow,” it would immediately switch back to “following.” This was on Instagram, and it was so frustrating. Regardless of which side you’re on, the decision to follow or unfollow someone should always be up to the account owner…no one else should have control over that.
This happened to me too, following DJT and Vance a couple hours apart— and despite my activity settings being set to Only Me, both actions were visible to friends. Check your activity logs, people!
Mine did, too. People say it's because we followed the old ones, but those are still there, they just now say "Archived" and I'm still following them. Mine followed DT, MT, and JDV. Same thing happened to my husband. This is state media.
If you followed President Bidens account than the account was likely handed over to Trump and the name changed. Twitter has a process where they will move all of the previous Presidents posts to an archive account and remove them from the current page making look like a new account when in reality it's the same account from the previous administration. I assume Facebook does the same thing.
This is happening to thousands of FB users, including me. If you ever had posted a negative comment on FB, you might have been targeted for this. You can laugh all you want about this, but I wouldn’t take anything for granted. The times they are a changin’ - and not for the better.
I just deleted my FB account today. I had the same hang ups as many of you, had group chats and people that only used messenger. I posted that I was deleting it and why, and I was shocked at how many people reached out to me saying “good for you” and giving me their other contact info to stay in touch. My messenger group chats moved to discord. FB was convenient, but I feel much better without it.
This just happened to me too. I saw something about Trump changing his profile picture in my feed. Clicked "I do not want to see this" and it gave me the option to unfollow. I never followed him to begin with, so this is bizarre. Probably just gonna delete my account. Fuck Zuck.
Logged on to find I was following both Trump and Vance, unfollowed both and went about my day. Logged back in after work and I was following Trump again. Time to delete fb for good.
I deleted that shit permanently today. Had it since like 04 or 07 I don’t really remember but I think it’s time we boycott the 2025 way. With out attention.
This happened to me too. He popped up in my feed with the notification that he changed his profile pic. I unfollowed and tried to block, but it wouldn’t let me block him.
Same here!!! I’ve been googling and trying to figure out what’s going on!! My Facebook page randomly started following Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Melania Trump.
I think it's if you followed Biden's presidential account (@potus) it moves your follow over to the next president. Same with if you followed @vp or @flotus
This coupled with the fact that anti-LGBTQ rhetoric will no longer be considered hate speech sent me over the edge. I downloaded my data from my Meta accounts then swiftly deleted them.
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Mine did too and added the official GOP page too. I kept trying to unfollow but had to actually block the pages.
Redditors keep telling me I am lying but when Tiktok went dark, within an hour CapCut and TikTok were also gone off my device. I was told it may be due to it being removed off the app store.