Still looking for an alternative self-updating Rolodex.
everyone I care about is on slack
Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings
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#122"The hashtag #DeleteFacebook appeared more than 10,000 times on Twitter within a two-hour period on Wednesday, according to the analytics service ExportTweet. On Tuesday, it was mentioned 40,398 times, according to the analytics service Digimind." 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…
I have a feeling this will be a blip, but I also have a feeling this saga will lead to a qualitative change in the air. The level of trust FB has with the general public will fall. People will become more suspicious of it over time. It will make them vulnerable to being "disrupted" by some other service, technology, or philosophy.
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#123A point that is brought up occasionally, but probably not enough: Deleting Facebook really isn't possible for a nontrivial percentage of the world population, since Facebook is the internet in some places. Their monopoly over internet infrastructure in some developing countries is such that people can't afford non-Facebook internet packages, and seems to disincentivize actual low-cost internet infrastructure from bei…
>"Their monopoly over internet infrastructure in some developing countries" In which developing countries does Facebook have a "monopoly" over internet infrastructure?
This is the model for internet/Facebook access in several sub-saharan African countries and others:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Basics#Participants
They've partnered up with large telecom operators in these regions to offer zero-rated Facebook access.
The Guardian has a couple of decent writeups about it too:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/01/facebook-free-...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/facebook-...
Re: Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings
#124Still looking for an alternative self-updating Rolodex.
I don't understand what you mean by self-updating. You still need to "friend" new people. How is that different from adding them to your contacts?
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Similar story here: a while back I installed a browser extension to delay the loading of unproductive sites that I was habitually visiting just to distract myself from tasks, imposing a 30 second wait barrier. What it's revealed is that there are some sites that I'm very willing to wait 30 seconds to visit (e.g. if there's a certain song on YouTube that I want to play in the background), but not once have I ever both…
Do you mind sharing what browser extension this is?
Comcast
Re: Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings
#126None of the everyday fb users even know about this. They're just using fb like normal. Only those who were already anit-fb are creating hype.
That's the purpose of news media like The New York Times. At first the already anti-fb people delete their Facebook accounts and create hype, the media reports it (a newspaper in this case), and more ordinary users get to know the trend and would consider doing the same.
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#127Facebook did report the first decline in monthly active users (MAU), is this the turning point [1]? Ive always wondered if facebook would die a quick death or a slow crawl. Wonder who gains from this ? twitter resurgance ? dont think so, snap ? not so sure, time for google to give another go to push google+? 1. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/facebook-north-america-daus-...
Maybe resurgence of old school face to face in person talk or if not that extreme then a phone call or an email?
Lets have a #wirelesslessday
Re: Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings
#128The 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 hope I'm wrong but I think this in no way bringing facebook down. Keeping in touch with friends & family is too important to ditch entirely, and having everyone switch to a different platform is very hard. That said, my whole extended family uses whats app nowadays...
Good thing Facebook owns WhatsApp and Instagram. They’ll be fine. Losing a few million won’t hurt since they have > 1 Billion users
Re: Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings
#129Facebook did report the first decline in monthly active users (MAU), is this the turning point [1]? Ive always wondered if facebook would die a quick death or a slow crawl. Wonder who gains from this ? twitter resurgance ? dont think so, snap ? not so sure, time for google to give another go to push google+? 1. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/facebook-north-america-daus-...
Maybe resurgence of old school face to face in person talk or if not that extreme then a phone call or an email?
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#130I've been passively looking for a good FB alternative for a couple years. And I mean a web site not an app (don't get why anyone would use social media apps). Perhaps I need to more actively look. But I figured some on this thread have done some research. With a good alternative, I think I could get enough of my friends to convert.