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Re: Facebook Will Introduce Ads as Videos Start, a Move Long Resisted

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Post by osrec »

chiefofgxbxl wrote: post #173
osrec wrote: post #146

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You're right, but I'm tempted to do it anyway! Who's with me? Anyone? Guess it's just me! Seriously though, I know monetisation is tricky, but there must be a better alternative to ads. I'm thinking something which can perhaps enrich the quality of a user's experience for a fee, rather than earning via ads while annoying the user.

In some ways I think Americans are cheap. I'm imagining a paid FB-like service in the range of $5-10/mo, considering ISP packages can easily run up to $80/mo, and a FB-like site should ideally only consume a portion of that. But I think you really need to re-think the core concept of a social platform. Can't find the comment on HN, but someone a few days ago mentioned: social platform vs. social technology . A social…

Interesting points. I'm not sure if SMS is rich enough to support a full fledged social tech, but I kind the idea of keeping the technology open. I will definitely keep thinking about this!

Re: Facebook Will Introduce Ads as Videos Start, a Move Long Resisted

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Post by richardknop »

nacho2sweet wrote: post #139
electic wrote: post #56

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The greatest thing I did was delete Facebook off my phone. Here are the benefits I discovered: - I didn't miss anything. Turns out there wasn't any real quality content on there anyway. - My battery lasts 2x longer. - I seem to be happier. No joke. With all the rage articles and click bait headlines gone, I am far more happier. - I am way more informed now. I visit allsides.com and get the news there. I quickly get u…

I as well deleted it off my phone. There is just nothing personal on it anymore. They are also ruining instagram. Too many ads, suggested posts etc. They are morphing it in facebook light. Everything is just bad auto roll food videos, UNILAD shit, and identity politics clickbait sob stories. The only reason I still have facebook is for group chat messenger during the day, and to keep track of underground parties. One…

For that all you need is messenger app on your phone and messenger.com on your computer. You don’t need Facebook main app or website.

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Post by cyberpunk0 »

electic wrote: post #56
propman wrote: post #32

Facebook has become almost completely useless to me yet I waste so much time on it every day. No one posts anything on it except like 3 guys who post 10 times a day that I barely know yet find their extremist political posts mind numbingly amusing. The news on there is trash, I much prefer the WSJ and if I want sensationalist things I'll go to Reddit and my tastes are more niche now so I have some forums I visit occa…

The greatest thing I did was delete Facebook off my phone. Here are the benefits I discovered: - I didn't miss anything. Turns out there wasn't any real quality content on there anyway. - My battery lasts 2x longer. - I seem to be happier. No joke. With all the rage articles and click bait headlines gone, I am far more happier. - I am way more informed now. I visit allsides.com and get the news there. I quickly get u…

Want to feel better? Delete your account

Re: Facebook Will Introduce Ads as Videos Start, a Move Long Resisted

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Post by richardknop »

heedlessly2 wrote: post #42
propman wrote: post #32

Facebook has become almost completely useless to me yet I waste so much time on it every day. No one posts anything on it except like 3 guys who post 10 times a day that I barely know yet find their extremist political posts mind numbingly amusing. The news on there is trash, I much prefer the WSJ and if I want sensationalist things I'll go to Reddit and my tastes are more niche now so I have some forums I visit occa…

Facebook has lost ground for genuine social interaction. Facebook is more serious stuff such as life announcements for new job, grad/college acceptance, engagement to their significant other, uploading a vacation photo as their profile pic in Grand Canyon as a DSLR, etc.. Everything feels so "official" and "serious" Snapchat is low-stakes and more playful for throw-away stuff in people's day-to-day life.

None of my extended friends around the world (late twenties so we are not that old) nor my family use Snapchat. So in my opinion Snapchat is so niche and has such narrow group of users it will never replace what Facebook used to be.

Re: Facebook Will Introduce Ads as Videos Start, a Move Long Resisted

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Post by dannyw »

richardknop wrote: post #194
heedlessly2 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Facebook has lost ground for genuine social interaction. Facebook is more serious stuff such as life announcements for new job, grad/college acceptance, engagement to their significant other, uploading a vacation photo as their profile pic in Grand Canyon as a DSLR, etc.. Everything feels so "official" and "serious" Snapchat is low-stakes and more playful for throw-away stuff in people's day-to-day life.

None of my extended friends around the world (late twenties so we are not that old) nor my family use Snapchat. So in my opinion Snapchat is so niche and has such narrow group of users it will never replace what Facebook used to be.

People grow in age. The audience that is using Snapchat now (I talk to a dozen friends on Snapchat) are going to keep using Snapchat (I haven’t seen any age based dropoff), and younger people start using Snapchat.

I don’t even have some fairly close friends on FB!

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Post by hobarrera »

richardknop wrote: post #192
nacho2sweet wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I as well deleted it off my phone. There is just nothing personal on it anymore. They are also ruining instagram. Too many ads, suggested posts etc. They are morphing it in facebook light. Everything is just bad auto roll food videos, UNILAD shit, and identity politics clickbait sob stories. The only reason I still have facebook is for group chat messenger during the day, and to keep track of underground parties. One…

For that all you need is messenger app on your phone and messenger.com on your computer. You don’t need Facebook main app or website.

Actually, you can even have the Messenger app with no Facebook account. Just sign in with your phone number, and it'll pick up acquaintances from your contact book (much like WhatsApp). You can still search for other people, but don't need an FB account.

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Post by a012 »

nkrisc wrote: post #9

>The company also wants professional creators to post more videos to the site and make the platform a content hub on par with YouTube, a unit of Alphabet Inc.’s Google. That's interesting, because I've never been able to find a second time a video that popped up in my feed. For my experience, videos on Facebook might as well be ephemeral. forever vanishing the moment my feed refreshes itself automatically.

My feed is always on some dozen of posts constantly show up. Maybe my friends are not posting many, or maybe FB decided that's how many I could view.

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Post by juraseg »

ng-user wrote: post #72
fpisfun wrote: post #62

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It's hard to imagine a less ethical company in silicon valley than Facebook so it's not surprising

Uber?

While I agree that Uber has established itself as "the most unethical tech-company of our time", the difference is that Facebook's business model is kind of unethical - hoarding of personal data on its users to sell to advertisers. While Uber's business model is merely providing people with utility.

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Post by a3n »

JoshMnem wrote: post #135
propman wrote: post #32

Facebook has become almost completely useless to me yet I waste so much time on it every day. No one posts anything on it except like 3 guys who post 10 times a day that I barely know yet find their extremist political posts mind numbingly amusing. The news on there is trash, I much prefer the WSJ and if I want sensationalist things I'll go to Reddit and my tastes are more niche now so I have some forums I visit occa…

> yet I waste so much time on it every day I recommend deleting your account. Facebook wants people to think that everything happens on Facebook, but really almost nothing happens on Facebook. It's basically a useless recreational drug that is wasting the lives of many people (and severely damaging human civilization with its reality distortion -- time will tell us the full effects).

It's TV.
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