Anybody know a worthwhile open source social network alternative?
I like the idea of Mastodon.
Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
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Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think a better alternative should be, a de-centralized distributed open source social network.
You mean Diaspora - I think it's clear by now why this concept can't work.
I haven't really followed up on diaspora much, but why is that?
Isn't the idea behind diaspora something similar to sub-reddit's/facebook groups? You find a "pod" of interest/relation and join up. Thus a focus on the social/community aspects.
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#23How many users are just hanging on? I use FB very occasionally for some events, but mostly never login. I get nagging notifications about how much I'm missing, but it doesn't feel like much. I suspect there is a growing population of people with similar usage patterns. Are we really monthly active users?
I check about once every one or two days for 10-30 seconds. The only reason I keep my facebook around is in case someone wanted to contact me. I've deleted most of my posts, my pictures, all of the other random information, and deleted a lot of friends recently as well.
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#24How many users are just hanging on? I use FB very occasionally for some events, but mostly never login. I get nagging notifications about how much I'm missing, but it doesn't feel like much. I suspect there is a growing population of people with similar usage patterns. Are we really monthly active users?
That's how I feel too. I'm not sure if it's because of Facebook itself, or just more about my personal growth and realizing that spending much time on social media in general was a waste of time.
I've found that I just care less what people are posting about than I used to, and I care less about posting my own stuff too. Would rather catch up when I see them next in person. And if I'm never going to see them in person, they're not really a big part of my life anyway.
Facebook's algorithm seems to get worse as time goes on too. It tends to show me the same old posts from around 20% of my friends and ignores what 80% of my other friends post. Maybe I'm technically wrong about this, but that's how it feels.
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#25I'm 34 and Facebook lost me as well. I can't remove my account as I need to use as a developer, but I unfollowed everyone and my newsfeed is empty. It's a bliss. Funny thing is, it's all Facebook's fault. Back in the days, the service was simply brilliant to see what's going on at your friends, at home and abroad. But when Facebook introduced the algorithmic newsfeed, the usefulness ended. I could no longer see all t…
> I can't remove my account as I need to use as a developer Why?
If you need to support Facebook oauth, you need an account.
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#26Anybody know a worthwhile open source social network alternative?
try Mastodon.
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#27The typical Facebook user is now a middle-aged/older person with a lot of disposable income. that is why the company is doing so well and why this loss of young users is not a big deal. Also, Instagram is filling that niche, so Facebook, which owns Instagram, wins either way.
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#28Facebook suffered from 2 waves of "Eternal September" [0]: wave 1: the addition of everybody outside your immediate friends and close family. You get the goofy uncle, the distant high school acquaintances, and all the work acquaintances from every previous job that submitted a "friend request" that you didn't reject out of politeness. The newsfeed gets polluted by nonsense such as forwarded memes, politics, and other…
I like this. If I may propose one more…
wave 3: bots[1]
[1] https://mashable.com/2017/11/02/facebook-phony-accounts-admi...
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#29I'm 34 and Facebook lost me as well. I can't remove my account as I need to use as a developer, but I unfollowed everyone and my newsfeed is empty. It's a bliss. Funny thing is, it's all Facebook's fault. Back in the days, the service was simply brilliant to see what's going on at your friends, at home and abroad. But when Facebook introduced the algorithmic newsfeed, the usefulness ended. I could no longer see all t…
> I can't remove my account as I need to use as a developer Why?
In order to use some developer products and tooling you need a facebook account.
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#30Reading these comments, I have a different perspective. My FB experience is pretty much sharing my kid/pet/food/vacation pictures and looking at everyone else's kid/pet/food/vacation pictures. This will continue until no one in my social network has any of these to share or they start sharing them somewhere else. In other words, my circle of friends will go wherever the "social action" is.