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U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says

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Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says

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Post by jaabe »

ajcodez wrote: post #329

I’m sure readers on HN are excited about the day of privacy reckoning but I stopped using Facebook because the news feed sucks. I’ll stare at a photo of someone I don’t remember trying to recall how I know them and then for the next month it’s photos and videos and requests for travel recommendations from them until I block them. It’s clear despite all the data Facebook has collected the company has no clue who I car…

I think the news feed sucks even if it’s a picture of current contacts. It probably always has, I mean, there must be a reason Facebook wanted news, brands and whatever else there.

I just never followed things, so right now the most exciting part of my FB news feed is the commercials for board-game kickstarters.

I still use Facebook though. It’s still the best place to organise events with friends because it’s still the only platform everyone is on. I wish it wasn’t, but because the various other platforms and messaging app didn’t share an open protocol, no other platform has “everyone”.

Eventually when enough people quit FB, no platform will be good at organising events. Or maybe we will finally agree to use e-mail. :p

Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says

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Post by enjo »

dgudkov wrote: post #311
no_wizard wrote: post #287

Here's the kicker, which I think others have pointed out, but I want to say this succinctly: First, to quote the article: > The big gainer, interestingly, is under the same roof as Facebook. It's their co-owned Instagram Now, to my point: The average person does not care about privacy, just the illusion of privacy (I suspect people reading this site intuitively know this. At some level, nearly everyone is in differen…

I don't think the migration is caused by privacy concerns. Facebook has become ridiculously bloated with all kinds of features up to the point where it starts resembling enterprise software rather than an online consumer service. Even I, a techie, sometimes have hard times understanding how to do this or that in Facebook. On the other hand, Instagram is plain simple and understandable.

I wonder how many people leaving in the USA are fed up with the endless political fights? It’s why I left.

Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says

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Post by peteretep »

By far the biggest factor that had me stopping checking Facebook, and indeed LinkedIn, is number of utterly fictitious notifications they generate. There was a time a few years back when that red dot made me drop everything to check FB, but these days it’ll be some completely bullshit message they’ve made a notification out of. Feels like they got greedy for my attention and killed the golden goose there. I check it about once a day now, and in the browser not the app. If the notifications were still meaningful I’d probably still have the app and all the metadata that sent them.

Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says

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Post by fyfy18 »

jaabe wrote: post #331
ajcodez wrote: post #329

I’m sure readers on HN are excited about the day of privacy reckoning but I stopped using Facebook because the news feed sucks. I’ll stare at a photo of someone I don’t remember trying to recall how I know them and then for the next month it’s photos and videos and requests for travel recommendations from them until I block them. It’s clear despite all the data Facebook has collected the company has no clue who I car…

I think the news feed sucks even if it’s a picture of current contacts. It probably always has, I mean, there must be a reason Facebook wanted news, brands and whatever else there. I just never followed things, so right now the most exciting part of my FB news feed is the commercials for board-game kickstarters. I still use Facebook though. It’s still the best place to organise events with friends because it’s still…

I only use Facebook for Messenger for the same reasons - everyone is on it. If that wasn't the case I'd happily delete my account.

The thing about Messenger is it's pretty good too. My wife and I used to use iMessage. When I switched to Android last year we decided to try Telegram. Notifications are often not send and calls are buggy at best. Messenger just works though, just like iMessage did.

Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says

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Post by deanalevitt »

peteretep wrote: post #334

By far the biggest factor that had me stopping checking Facebook, and indeed LinkedIn, is number of utterly fictitious notifications they generate. There was a time a few years back when that red dot made me drop everything to check FB, but these days it’ll be some completely bullshit message they’ve made a notification out of. Feels like they got greedy for my attention and killed the golden goose there. I check it…

Exactly. I removed FB from my mobile devices for just this reason.

Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says

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Post by Matheus28 »

peteretep wrote: post #334

By far the biggest factor that had me stopping checking Facebook, and indeed LinkedIn, is number of utterly fictitious notifications they generate. There was a time a few years back when that red dot made me drop everything to check FB, but these days it’ll be some completely bullshit message they’ve made a notification out of. Feels like they got greedy for my attention and killed the golden goose there. I check it…

It really feels like some companies like Facebook are flying blind by using A/B testing everywhere and ignoring the long term effects of the changes they do.

Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says

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Post by HenryKissinger »

deanalevitt wrote: post #337
peteretep wrote: post #334

By far the biggest factor that had me stopping checking Facebook, and indeed LinkedIn, is number of utterly fictitious notifications they generate. There was a time a few years back when that red dot made me drop everything to check FB, but these days it’ll be some completely bullshit message they’ve made a notification out of. Feels like they got greedy for my attention and killed the golden goose there. I check it…

Exactly. I removed FB from my mobile devices for just this reason.

(cries in Samsung)

Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says

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Post by zamalek »

peteretep wrote: post #334

By far the biggest factor that had me stopping checking Facebook, and indeed LinkedIn, is number of utterly fictitious notifications they generate. There was a time a few years back when that red dot made me drop everything to check FB, but these days it’ll be some completely bullshit message they’ve made a notification out of. Feels like they got greedy for my attention and killed the golden goose there. I check it…

They probably A/B tested it for a fortnight, found out that it worked, and never considered folks would catch on. It drove me away checking FB, too.
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