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Ah! Facebook advertisements. Lovely.

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Sadly, I only ever get to see Facebook advertisements when using Facebook on my mobile, which I don't do all that regularly. Am I missing out?

"AdBlocker for Facebook" and "Hide Recommendations and Reels" - two very beautiful browser extensions (although the latter does hide posts from those who have a habit of posting their personal stuff as appalling "reels") that make Facebook for PC/Laptop so enjoyable!

Yes, I know some will nark that Facebook "has to make a living" so it can continue to avoid the mountains of tax it currently very admirably steers clear of, but hey, they still have all the fake personal profile material of mine that they have been stealing and selling in exchange for my membership here that they can continue to use!

It's not my fault that the Universidad de Oriente, Cuba that I have never attended is not accepting any more overseas students, or that the Acme Corporation where I wasn't the CEO in charge of Sarcasm, Cynicism and Irony has since gone into liquidation! And OK, there is not a great demand for those wonderful East European Facebook Marketplace scams operating out of former North England woollen mills, as there aren't any near where I currently don't live in Tasmania.

But it's all great, sellable personal information, even if it is all completely untrue.

And where else but Facebook can people shout loudly about, and sell, the professional talents they don't actually possess (they can't use the Megaphone that is LinkedIn, as the other self-eulogising users there tend to be a little less gullible) or the wonderful hand-made, unique personalised objects they have just sorted from a remainder job lot bought on Alibaba that were too "hand-made, unique personalised objects" even for the Chinese-tat accepting site Etsy.

I see no reason to be in any way ethical with a site that has such unethical community standards. People are happy to abuse the UK benefits system to the detriment of people who actually need it. I have no qualms about using Facebook in this manner, and would encourage others to do the same.

At least at DWP, even if you are an undeserving benefits scrounger, you can contact and speak to a human being.

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