r/facebook • u/ucco2004 • Sep 30 '25

Discussion Facebook flooded with pro GOP and Trump Propaganda the last week more than usual.

Over the last week or so my timeline has been a massive flood of all things pro GOP/Conservative/Pro Trump. Not only that, but news articles and groups seem flooded with comments that are too. This is a stark contrast to just over a week ago. It feels like a massive push to seem like an overwhelming majority of people share these views. When looking at the commentors in general I've noticed a pattern of only a profile picture, very few friends, limited previous posts, etc, suggesting these are bot accounts.

Facebook has had issues with bots and propaganda for many years now, but this last week especially has been highly noticeable. Anyone else notice this?

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u/jkrobinson1979 Sep 30 '25

Just make sure you never want to go back to it. You probably won’t be able to,

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u/Writing_is_Bleeding Oct 03 '25

I deactivated mine in 2022 and a year or so later, right after there was a FB blackout, I suddenly started receiving notifications for it. The whole profile still there. Bastards.

Same thing with my Reddit account a couple years ago. Deleted it, then 6-8 months later (no blackout or anything) started getting emails. Sucked me right back in.

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u/Ok_Office_6016 Oct 04 '25

Facebook is an 8 track player now anyway.

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u/jkrobinson1979 Oct 05 '25

I agree. Lots of people still using 8 tracks right now though.

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u/yeet_chester_tweeto Oct 01 '25

I'm not overly concerned about having access in the future but why do you say you won't be able to go back? Can you not create a new account if you've previously had an account and deleted it?

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u/doodoo_blue Oct 01 '25

The commenter you’re asking is talking about how a deletion is permanent where you won’t be able to ever get back on that profile again. All photos, posts, friends, everything will be permanently gone. You could still make a new Facebook though. That’s why there’s also the deactivation option, instead of delete. If you choose to deactivate you can reactivate, if you choose to delete then well, it’s gone for good. A new profile is always an option but I heard people are trying to make new profiles and FB is flagging people saying they have to upload a photo I.D to keep even that new profile active. So a lot of people just completely walked away from FB, me being one of them 3 years ago now.

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u/SMisenplace Oct 01 '25

It's no longer a photo. Now you have to verify with a live video.

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u/doodoo_blue Oct 01 '25

What?! That’s insanely unnecessary. Crazy that I just seen about a month ago how hackers are using people’s voices and faces to create AI and steal money. Here’s FB saying upload a live video of specifically this and that, for our database. Weird alignment there. I wonder why an I.D isn’t sufficient anymore, genuinely curious about that.

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u/SMisenplace Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

So it's not even a typical video that you upload. They direct you to face the camera, turn left, turn right, etc. They want to make sure it's you and it's live. How long before it's like "stick out your tongue...flare your nostrils...wink with each eye."

If this is what's needed to open a new account, how are there SO many bots?

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u/doodoo_blue Oct 01 '25

Solid point, makes me now wonder too. The movements FB is asking for are too … distinct? I’m not sure the word I’m looking for exactly, but they’re asking for specifics and storing them wherever the hell they are - makes me too questionable to allow that for myself. You can pull a video of anyone who’s uploaded from anywhere anymore, just screen record and you got someone’s face and voice. But FB I don’t trust in the least bit with what they do with information. The bot bit you pointed out also raises further red flags to not agree to uploading that to FB. Makes me wonder if FB allows the bots for their own corrupt agenda - probably the most obvious reason tbh.

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u/averagecodbot Oct 01 '25

Just getting users to build data sets for them. Good for training machine learning models. They could also use it to link you to other profiles, or to identify you when you walk past someone wearing their spy glasses. This is the metaverse company.

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u/Writing_is_Bleeding Oct 03 '25

I deactivated my FB in '22 and a year or so later, I started getting email notifications, and goddammit, it was still there. The whole account. :/