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Facebook loses users for the first time

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Post by TheRealNGenius »

IAmGraydon wrote: post #317
notyourwork wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does anyone else find this on the level of batshit crazy insane? Meta, are we really going to divest so far from the physical world that the a virtual reality is worth that much? I mean VR is realistically a video game. I just don't see it but I do see desperation from FB.

The idea of the metaverse has happened over and over throughout the last few decades and has failed every time. It will continue to fail until the technology backing it is utterly incredible. Oculus is nowhere close. We’re talking about needing an F-16 and currently having the Wright brothers’ airplane. Give it another 40 or 50 years and maybe it will be viable.

that's a very fixed idea of what it would take

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Post by aylons »

b0afc375b5 wrote: post #247
dathinab wrote: post #232

I think they lost users much much earlier. It's just that most users they lost went from "I use Facebook" to "I don't want to use Facebook, but kinds still have to" (because friends, family etc.). All people below 40y I know which have Facebook fall more or less in the second category...

Facebook replaced sms/voicecall with family. If it wasn't for that I'd have already deleted my account years ago.

You may keep your messenger account while extinguishing your profile and all.

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Post by nradov »

sujesh wrote: post #327

I deleted my FB a while ago and it truely helped my online mental health. The fb feed was full of false news and hate speech. I reported as much as I could but nothing happening. There wasn't any regulations and I felt more toxic on the contents. I am not gonna lie there was a positive side like knowing the news instantly but It's not worth it apparently.

If that's what your friends were sharing then maybe you need better friends?

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Post by TheRealNGenius »

spywaregorilla wrote: post #85
chaostheory wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm long on Meta as well and I really like the Quest (2), but the metaverse already had a soft launch. What Meta has been able to accomplish so far is impressive, but it's still not enough. What's the status quo with VR problems? - Price: This was fixed with Quest 2 - Complexity: This was also fixed with Quest. - Socially acceptable: Nope. Even when you remove the issue of the toxicity surrounding Facebook's brand, m…

VR is gimmicky, like the Wii. Its full of worlds with great freedom of movement that are designed to hide the fact that you have very limited freedom of movement.

VR != metaverse

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Post by friendlydog »

erehweb wrote: post #29
XorNot wrote: post #3

Which is impressive because I still have Facebook I just don't login and never use any of its services - the account now exists to simply hold a lock on my name on the service. I suspect I'm not the only one doing this.

The stat being referenced is daily active users, so not counting people who have an account but never login.

Does it count people who have messenger but never open it, but their device is signed it? It is cramware on a lot of android phones.

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Post by mplanchard »

Gustomaximus wrote: post #200
kumarvvr wrote: post #140

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I guess the business model of social media companies is coming to fore. FB has a captive audience, that is aging with facebook and will continue using it. It is clear why FB purchases IG / WA. They are paying money to capture audiences with money earned from FB. Going ahead, the cycle will repeat. Once the teens in IG grow into adults, FB will use money from that to buy / make another platform. In this context, the m…

Or perhaps your daughter will start using it in here early 20's when life gets busier and people dont have the same interaction expectations? I dont know the answer but as a non-FB user I do see limitations when people organise events or group chats on messenger. If my wife wasn't connected to most of my friends I'd probably miss out on a bunch of relevant things. So for youth not on FB, I guess time will bring them…

33 years old here. Deleted my FB acct in 2012. I stay in contact with everyone I care to be in contact with still over text/Signal/Slack/email. I cannot say I have regretted not having a FB account once in the last ten years.

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Post by feupan »

nradov wrote: post #333
sujesh wrote: post #327

I deleted my FB a while ago and it truely helped my online mental health. The fb feed was full of false news and hate speech. I reported as much as I could but nothing happening. There wasn't any regulations and I felt more toxic on the contents. I am not gonna lie there was a positive side like knowing the news instantly but It's not worth it apparently.

If that's what your friends were sharing then maybe you need better friends?

Yes and no. Groups are the best part of Facebook and with good information also comes the spam.

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Post by matt-attack »

elwell wrote: post #157
petilon wrote: post #132

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But they use Instagram instead. Either way Zuck wins.

Facebook is for old people. Instagram is for moderately old people. Snapchat is for moderately young people. TikTok is for young people.

I've literally never logged in to any one of those. I have to say, I'm kind of proud of that.

Occasionally people will send me a link to something and it's on Instagram. Clicking for me give me a Login modal. They make it too easy for me, click.

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Post by notreallyserio »

IronWolve wrote: post #125

Facebook suspended the official washington state republican group multiple times for posts, they finally moved over to mewe. Facebook is a shadow of what it use to be after running off everyone.

Do you know what sort of posts they were? There are some real nutty pro-violence Republicans in WA state (ex: Shea) which could trigger bans or suspensions.

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Post by vmception »

cipheredStones wrote: post #322
frob wrote: post #257

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I fall into a 3rd category: I used to log into FB once a month or so to check in. For some reason, they decided I was a fake account (despite working for them for 4.5 years) and asked for my ID. The resolution on my 10-year-old MBP was too low for FB's contractors so they rejected my ID 3 times and I seem to now be locked out of my account indefinitely. Definitely in the top 10 best thing to ever happen to me.

Given how rarely you were using it before, I'm surprised you rate the impact so highly - how come?

Closure is powerful
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