Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
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Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#2Anybody know a worthwhile open source social network alternative?
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#3Anybody know a worthwhile open source social network alternative?
I think a better alternative should be, a de-centralized distributed open source social network.
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#4How many users are just hanging on?
I use FB very occasionally for some events, but mostly never login. I get nagging notifications about how much I'm missing, but it doesn't feel like much.
I suspect there is a growing population of people with similar usage patterns. Are we really monthly active users?
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#5Article claims Facebook is losing market share to Instagram (with individuals under 25). With that in mind, doesn't seem accurate to state they're losing users.
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#6Generally, it has become a cesspool of ads and useless posts by narcissists. The site has allowed its fundamental value to be diluted by so many short term money grabbing interests that there's no going back.
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#7Not surprising. Social networks grow when they are cool, and Facebook is about the farthest thing from cool right now.
It got taken over by old people and companies looking to convert you to brands/religion/politics, all of which might be a liability to social/professional status.
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#8Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#9How many users are just hanging on? I use FB very occasionally for some events, but mostly never login. I get nagging notifications about how much I'm missing, but it doesn't feel like much. I suspect there is a growing population of people with similar usage patterns. Are we really monthly active users?
This is exactly how I feel. I go on Facebook less than half a dozen times a month (sometimes zero)... I still have an account, but even that feels like it's only a matter of time before that goes way too...
Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
#10I'm 34 and Facebook lost me as well. I can't remove my account as I need to use as a developer, but I unfollowed everyone and my newsfeed is empty. It's a bliss. Funny thing is, it's all Facebook's fault. Back in the days, the service was simply brilliant to see what's going on at your friends, at home and abroad. But when Facebook introduced the algorithmic newsfeed, the usefulness ended. I could no longer see all the photos and posts my friends' published. Now I had to rely on some weird algo - some friends were on my news feed, some others that I wanted to see, were not. I saw many more posts from pages that were irrelevant to me, much more reaction posts of my friends on stories that I don't care about, and finally - lots and lots of sponsored stories. Last year I got fed up with this mess, unfollowed everyone and now, if I want to see what's up at my friends, I go to my profile > friends > new posts and go to individual friends' profiles that I'm interested in. It's not a nice experience, but it's better than the algo news feed. Another benefit is that I use Facebook less and less. Interestingly, Twitter feed nowadays became much more interesting for me to read - although I had to unfollow plenty of mass-twitterers as well.