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Facebook is slowly eating the rest of the Internet

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Re: Facebook is slowly eating the rest of the Internet

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Post by overcast »

cm3 wrote: post #5

I've never used Facebook or LinkedIn and I'm someone who doesn't feel the urge to sign up. Should I be concerned?

No you shouldn't be concerned. Facebook for me personally, turned into just "blocking" everyone on my feed, because all they posted was garbage. It was endless posts of people airing their dirty laundry. Too much drama, so at the end of last year, I closed my account, and haven't logged in since. I do however have a separate developer account with zero connections, so I can get work done.

LinkedIn, I still have an active account. But I really don't "get it". The amount of garbage and spam posted by your connections on there, is quickly approaching Facebook levels. I rarely use it, except to clear out inbox requests from head hunters. It's basically a SpaceBook for business people.

Re: Facebook is slowly eating the rest of the Internet

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Post by mrweasel »

ams6110 wrote: post #18

I'm on Facebook for one reason --- GoFundMe insisted I needed a Facebook account to "validate" my campaign. I have never logged in to Facebook since. They send me email about 3x day about everything I'm "missing" LOL.

Sort of similar: I've only kept my Facebook account because I need it for work. I log in to Facebook (Business) and check that our product feed is behaving, and log out.

Re: Facebook is slowly eating the rest of the Internet

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Post by bovermyer »

I have friends and family scattered all over the place. They're all on Facebook. That makes it really easy to connect with them, which reinforces the loop.

I use Facebook Messenger more often than texts now.

But perhaps more interestingly, I'm neither addicted to Facebook nor worried about this trend. It just fades into the background for me. The real value is the communication I have with other people. And as for the ads... I rarely notice them anymore.

Re: Facebook is slowly eating the rest of the Internet

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Post by Raphmedia »

steego wrote: post #3

I'm really ashamed to admit it, but I am addicted to Facebook. As much as I despise the lack of depth in the average content, I feel confident that Facebook has stumbled on something in our animal behavior that draws us closer to it. I've always explained the phenomenon of gossip rags as a surrogate for our innate need to be social. Rather than engaging in actual social scenarios (which can carry social risks), many…

> I feel confident that Facebook has stumbled on something in our animal behavior that draws us closer to it.

I strongly agree.

I also believe that it is very easy to disturb their black magic.

Ever since I started using Stylish to customize the interface, I find myself less compulsively drawn to it. My version of Facebook remplaces all the blue for red hues and adds a wallpaper. I find that this makes Facebook more tiring to use.

This must be why Facebook is so against browser apps that change their features even when it's only minimally.

Re: Facebook is slowly eating the rest of the Internet

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Post by softawre »

Tenhundfeld wrote: post #10
steego wrote: post #3

I'm really ashamed to admit it, but I am addicted to Facebook. As much as I despise the lack of depth in the average content, I feel confident that Facebook has stumbled on something in our animal behavior that draws us closer to it. I've always explained the phenomenon of gossip rags as a surrogate for our innate need to be social. Rather than engaging in actual social scenarios (which can carry social risks), many…

I go through an experience about once a year: 1) Log in to Facebook to look at picture of friend's new baby. This is nice. 2) Start browsing around, seeing what other friends have been up to. Oh neato. ... an hour later 3) Looking up people I knew in high school but haven't kept up with. ... another hour later 4) Holy crap, where'd the morning go? I can't do this. Shut it down. 5) Wait ~12 months for next event that…

4 hours per year on facebook is pretty good :)

Re: Facebook is slowly eating the rest of the Internet

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Post by burkaman »

Tenhundfeld wrote: post #10
steego wrote: post #3

I'm really ashamed to admit it, but I am addicted to Facebook. As much as I despise the lack of depth in the average content, I feel confident that Facebook has stumbled on something in our animal behavior that draws us closer to it. I've always explained the phenomenon of gossip rags as a surrogate for our innate need to be social. Rather than engaging in actual social scenarios (which can carry social risks), many…

I go through an experience about once a year: 1) Log in to Facebook to look at picture of friend's new baby. This is nice. 2) Start browsing around, seeing what other friends have been up to. Oh neato. ... an hour later 3) Looking up people I knew in high school but haven't kept up with. ... another hour later 4) Holy crap, where'd the morning go? I can't do this. Shut it down. 5) Wait ~12 months for next event that…

Wouldn't it make a little more sense to spread those four hours out over the year? I never spend more than a few minutes at a time on Facebook, because there's never that much new stuff since I looked at it yesterday.

Re: Facebook is slowly eating the rest of the Internet

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Post by jerf »

uptownJimmy wrote: post #22
Gratsby wrote: post #7

Until you talk to a teenager. "Facebook is for old people..."

And then the teenager grows up and becomes an "old person", at which point we'll see them on Facebook.

At the moment, the frequency of social app turnover is much higher than the rate at which people become old, even for definitions of "old" as low as "30". Facebook is bucking the trend, but it's still not possible to know whether that's a "permanent" situation or just a trend-bucker. There's no guarantee they'll "end up" on Facebook.

Re: Facebook is slowly eating the rest of the Internet

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Post by amelius »

Raphmedia wrote: post #35
steego wrote: post #3

I'm really ashamed to admit it, but I am addicted to Facebook. As much as I despise the lack of depth in the average content, I feel confident that Facebook has stumbled on something in our animal behavior that draws us closer to it. I've always explained the phenomenon of gossip rags as a surrogate for our innate need to be social. Rather than engaging in actual social scenarios (which can carry social risks), many…

> I feel confident that Facebook has stumbled on something in our animal behavior that draws us closer to it. I strongly agree. I also believe that it is very easy to disturb their black magic. Ever since I started using Stylish to customize the interface, I find myself less compulsively drawn to it. My version of Facebook remplaces all the blue for red hues and adds a wallpaper. I find that this makes Facebook more…

> Ever since I started using Stylish to customize the interface, I find myself less compulsively drawn to it.

Ever since I added the following entry in my /etc/hosts file, I find myself less compulsively drawn to it:

    127.0.0.2 facebook.com www.facebook.com
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