Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year

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Post by ravitation » Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 6:18 PM UTC

ZenoArrow wrote: post #5

Article 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.

I mean, it is 1) technically accurate, and 2) still extremely important when thinking about Facebook as a product.

(Especially in comparison to Instagram as a product.)

Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year

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Post by ng-user » Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 6:18 PM UTC

ZenoArrow wrote: post #5

Article 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.

My thoughts exactly, let's not forget who owns Instagram.

Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year

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Post by adreamingsoul » Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 6:18 PM UTC

I'm in my 30s and have also left Facebook. I requested my account to be deleted but I doubt they did.

Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year

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Post by djhworld » Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 6:19 PM UTC

f055 wrote: post #10

I'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 t…

I rarely visit Facebook because of this reason, even when I do return the feed is populated with ads and other garbage that you need to scroll through to "catch up"

Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year

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Post by jasode » Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 6:19 PM UTC

Facebook suffered from 2 waves of "Eternal September"[0]:

wave 1: the addition of everybody outside your immediate friends and close family. You get the goofy uncle, the distant high school acquaintances, and all the work acquaintances from every previous job that submitted a "friend request" that you didn't reject out of politeness. The newsfeed gets polluted by nonsense such as forwarded memes, politics, and other junk.

wave 2: the corporate advertisers filling up the newsfeed that crowds out the desirable posts from your real friends & family.

The 2004 to 2008 period was probably the "magical" time for Facebook from a user standpoint. The initial wave of Harvard students had a beautiful user experience with TheFacebook. As for the new members joining Facebook today in 2018?!? Not so much.

Of course, ads are needed to pay for the datacenters so any social network like Facebook inevitably decays into a worthless waste of time.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 6:20 PM UTC

GCU-Empiricist wrote: post #2

Anybody know a worthwhile open source social network alternative?

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Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year

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Post by ravitation » Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 6:20 PM UTC

Facebook is a case study in revenue driven product design, especially in comparison to user and purpose driven product design. It seems to me that Facebook made the mistake of thinking that they were all one and the same.

Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year

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Post by ictoan » Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 6:21 PM UTC

I'm in my 30s and I use FB a lot to keep up with my friends. However, I have notice that my younger cousins in their 20s never post. So... where do young folks go these days? Instagram? Twitter? Snapchat? I guess I need to talk to my cousins more and find out.

Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year

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Post by utellme » Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 6:22 PM UTC

The question for me is - will Zuckerberg wake up and realize that Facebook is not a Google in terms of diversification and influence? CEO should have strategy about his main asset, he shouldn't rest on his laurels.

Re: Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year

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Post by jacquesm » Mon, Feb 12, 2018, 6:22 PM UTC

f055 wrote: post #10

I'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 t…

> I can't remove my account as I need to use as a developer

Why?