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I wonder how many more would abandon Facebook after seeing the targeting options in the Ads creator.
I think it's worth stating: if you're not deleting your friend connections, you're not leaving. I say that because your friends retain their friend count, and that's a big part of FB-identity. Also, you can always pick it back up when "they" fix the problem (which isn't fixable). I made my act public, left a message with contact info as my last message, and then deleted all my "friends" (which was, honestly, a pretty…
The question is - will this be just a minor blip to Facebook and then normal services will resume after the indignation wears off? Or will it the beginning of the end of the social media dominance of the platform? For me personally, I use FB primarily to keep in touch with friends, family and old colleagues who are spread all over the world. It is purely a contact tool, and not really used to market products of servi…
I wonder how many more would abandon Facebook after seeing the targeting options in the Ads creator.
Wait until people find out about the Facebook pixel.
Is this really such a big deal for Facebook?
Suppose 50000 persons delete their Facebook everyday, then it will just lose 1,825,0000 users one year, not counting new users joining Facebook every year. And Facebook has 2 billion users.
Edit: The number lost in one year is 1,825,0000, not 1,825,000.
My impression of this whole scandal, is that where you are on the political spectrum affects how you see it. I think a lot of the anger at Facebook is not because of what they did, but what they people see as the consequence from it, mainly the election of Donald Trump.
Facebook cannot afford to alienate both halves of the partisan divide at the same time. There is a substantial portion of the Left that at least partially blames Facebook for Donald Trump's election. Given that, I wonder if in the near future they will try to position themselves as a more conservative friendly company than the other Silicon Valley tech players.
Hmmm. I'd get off facebook but then my friends would think I unfriended them.
I asked a friend if they would pay $1/mo for a facebook alternative, and they said no -- they would just start using instagram. When I explained facebook owned instagram, they still didn't think $1/mo would be worth it, citing: "It's just another thing I have to pay per month: Netflix, Spotify, etc." People have mental budgets, and maybe their psychological good will in balancing those budgets get drained over time f…
People need "friends" and they get them where they can. As a society, we deserve and owe our selves better than this. There are FOSS alternatives which are nearly as good. This is as fine a time as any to turn up the pressure on our friends, and to work for solutions that don't/can't sell us out (intentionally, or accidentally).