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I am every day glad i finished my undergrad before facebook was a thing.
What would happen if Facebook were turned off?
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Re: What would happen if Facebook were turned off?
#12It would be much harder to promote new products and businesses through ads.
The same would be true for everyone else.
Re: What would happen if Facebook were turned off?
#13From the article, referencing a study where researchers got a bunch of people to quit Facebook and then studied what happened: “They consumed much less news, and were thus less aware of events but also less polarised in their views about them than those still on the network. Leaving Facebook boosted self-reported happiness and reduced feelings of depression and anxiety.” ^^ this is why I’d like to see it broken up or…
This isn't so much a problem with Facebook, but just gated communities in general.
Heavy moderation by participants push out opposing view points until all that's left are echo chambers.
The downside of this trend is the vast majority of people don't tend to realize they are in an echo chamber and take what they are interneting as gospel because people tend to trust the wisdom of the masses.. they just don't realize the masses are carefully culled.
IMHO problem is worse on Reddit, but likely affects more people via Facebook.
Re: What would happen if Facebook were turned off?
#14What's facebook?
Re: What would happen if Facebook were turned off?
#15I think nothing would happen. I mean, the stock market would dip a little, possibly, but people would simply adjust their lives with no real problems.
Thankfully Facebook remains a tool of whimsy for most people, not one of necessity. There are plenty of other "distractions" in life that will occupy our time.
Re: What would happen if Facebook were turned off?
#16It would be much harder to promote new products and businesses through ads.
The same would be true for everyone else.
Yeah, but FB has irreplaceable targeting in the short term. Want to provide software to teachers or plumbers at scale? FB is really the only place online you can do this.
Re: What would happen if Facebook were turned off?
#17I would be a happier and more productive person.
So why not quit already? I mean if you really think that...
Re: What would happen if Facebook were turned off?
#18It would be much harder to promote new products and businesses through ads.
Would it, or would it just be cheaper and more effective? Internet is still not a majority of advertiser spending, Facebook does not have a majority of Internet advertising, either.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
The same would be true for everyone else.
Yeah, but FB has irreplaceable targeting in the short term. Want to provide software to teachers or plumbers at scale? FB is really the only place online you can do this.
That seems like quite a claim. I'm sure I can reach plumbers via trade magazines, trade schools, trade shows, displays in plumbing supply shops, etc. In fact all of those sound at least as effective as targeting them on Facebook.
Re: What would happen if Facebook were turned off?
#20From the article, referencing a study where researchers got a bunch of people to quit Facebook and then studied what happened: “They consumed much less news, and were thus less aware of events but also less polarised in their views about them than those still on the network. Leaving Facebook boosted self-reported happiness and reduced feelings of depression and anxiety.” ^^ this is why I’d like to see it broken up or…
This isn't so much a problem with Facebook, but just gated communities in general. Heavy moderation by participants push out opposing view points until all that's left are echo chambers. The downside of this trend is the vast majority of people don't tend to realize they are in an echo chamber and take what they are interneting as gospel because people tend to trust the wisdom of the masses.. they just don't realize…
We shouldn't be the pot calling the kettle black. This place is an echo chamber on a variety of topics to the same extent or worse than I've ever seen on FB or Reddit.