Pretty much all local news are on FB, starting from conventional TV channels and news media, as well as local fb pages who push city-wide local news.
Basically all the discussion be it political, social, economics - happens on FB now
Ask HN: What Keeps You on FB?
31–40 of 47 posts
Re: Ask HN: What Keeps You on FB?
#32I have no idea. I suspended my account years ago, but re-activated when I interviewed with FB. I figured it would be difficult to acceptably explain why I wanted to work there if I didn’t use FB. I need to write a script to download all of my pictures and then delete my account.
FYI FB already offers a tool to download your entire history and photos. I did that before I deleted my account.
Re: Ask HN: What Keeps You on FB?
#33I have no idea. I suspended my account years ago, but re-activated when I interviewed with FB. I figured it would be difficult to acceptably explain why I wanted to work there if I didn’t use FB. I need to write a script to download all of my pictures and then delete my account.
FYI FB already offers a tool to download your entire history and photos. I did that before I deleted my account.
Yeah but it only gives you lower-res photos. I want the highest quality versions.
Re: Ask HN: What Keeps You on FB?
#34Marketplace. It's awesome for local second hand stuff. I wish it had more/better filtering and search options but I guess that intentional. Still it's better than anything else.
This. I got my last phone (iPhone 13) on craigslist for $300, way below the competition and much much lower than prices on eBay.
Re: Ask HN: What Keeps You on FB?
#35Real-life friends who post things there that they don't share anywhere else, and real-life groups that use it to communicate and organize meet-ups.
Re: Ask HN: What Keeps You on FB?
#36- It's a non-professional LinkedIn. Just want to keep in touch with some people that I get to know IRL.
- Some people are not close enough to regularly call, and not far enough to drop from life. Liking posts or commenting emojis keeps the connection.
- Groups. There are some really nice groups that are on topics I am interested in, like literature, science writing in , group of local scholars.
- All local businesspeople are on Facebook. I regularly make queries on their products or shop in general through FB chat.
- I do as a hobby. I perform. Upload it to FB showing it to a custom list of friends, ang get 30+ likes. Love doing it.
- Some people I care about are there. They post there, and I like to see them. Often close-ish people from the past.
- Eternal September literally ruined Quora. While specialized, well-moderated groups in FB are going strong. There are several intellectually satisfying groups on FB.
- Fine grained control over what I make visible to whom, and what I see. I have 800+ friends (all known IRL), but I have manually unfollowed 500+ of them.
- Network effect makes some content great. It's just statistical. If there are much more posts, there are slightly more good posts. Memes on are great.
- Where I live, social status gives you many opportunities and advantages. FB is crucial in my local comminity for gaining that status.
Re: Ask HN: What Keeps You on FB?
#37Keeping track of what is happening in the lives 20ish real life friends whom I wouldn't really have contact with otherwise. It's also the only way I know how to contact several of them if I had to.
My daughters sports team uses it as their main communication channel.
Re: Ask HN: What Keeps You on FB?
#38It's my rolodex, that's about it. I don't look at it or post anything, really
Phone numbers change far too often/easily, this has been a decent constant
Re: Ask HN: What Keeps You on FB?
#39Paycheck and lack of larger paychecks elsewhere. Or do you mean with a profile? FB Marketplace and events around town: basically, a structured Craigslist replacement.
Re: Ask HN: What Keeps You on FB?
#40Fb messenger + portal. My kids can say “hey portal, call grandpa” to call my parents who live abroad. While on the call the kids can run around in the living room and the camera just follows them. I have never found a better setup than that. Fb does keep our family connected esp during the last 2 years.
97% chance you work at Meta because no one else I've talked to has ever heard of it. Too bad they're discontinued.