If 'mericans are not spending their workdays uploading personal information to FB, what will they do at work?
U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
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Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
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Even more annoying is the same thing that they do with email notifications. They seem to keep inventing new "categories" of notifications all the time that I haven't yet opted out of - basically because I seem to be only able to opt out of just that specific category that they just sent me an email about, when I click on the "don't want to receive any more of these mails" link below the message. And every time, they…
I tried setting up email filters based on subject and keywords, I currently have around 15-20 but it's a futile attempt, they keep changing everything, they've even changed the language. It really feels like I'm harassed by a beggar at this point.
I've been auto-deleting emails from * @facebook * for 8 years. Never fails.
Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
#523Earlier quoted context omitted.
Even more annoying is the same thing that they do with email notifications. They seem to keep inventing new "categories" of notifications all the time that I haven't yet opted out of - basically because I seem to be only able to opt out of just that specific category that they just sent me an email about, when I click on the "don't want to receive any more of these mails" link below the message. And every time, they…
I’m not sure why this company is still allowed to send mail. Why can’t their mail servers be blacklisted?
There's nothing preventing you from setting up your own blacklist/filter. OTOH, most people don't care about this, and would be outraged if their mail provider started blocking facebook's mail.
Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
#524Edison was a thief dont forget. So why trust any company that bears his name?
Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
#525By far the biggest factor that had me stopping checking Facebook, and indeed LinkedIn, is number of utterly fictitious notifications they generate. There was a time a few years back when that red dot made me drop everything to check FB, but these days it’ll be some completely bullshit message they’ve made a notification out of. Feels like they got greedy for my attention and killed the golden goose there. I check it…
Dear God I installed LinkedIn a couple months back and their endless bs notifications made me realize that I don't need it. It doesn't give me anything. Why is it sending me 2-3 notifications a day when I have 5 friends who's profiles arent even actively used? If it did something useful, like find me clients for the work I do then sure - I'll give them my attention. He'll, I'll pay good money for that! But I don't gi…
Once it text messaged and emailed every contact in my phone telling them to join. It was like 2 unintentional clicks from the home screen.
Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
#526Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m not sure why this company is still allowed to send mail. Why can’t their mail servers be blacklisted?
There's nothing preventing you from setting up your own blacklist/filter. OTOH, most people don't care about this, and would be outraged if their mail provider started blocking facebook's mail.
I’m not sure if they would. It seems to me that, at best, the email has zero value to an enthusiastic Facebook user, because they are routinely engaged with the site, and have the app installed on their mobile device to receive the notifications directly. The emails are redundant to them and an unnecessary load on the internet infrastructure.
Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
#527I stopped using it once my mom wanted to be my friend on FB. Now both my parents use it all the time and are always wondering why I'm not on it.
Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
#528I think their AI is programmed to keep people on the site and therefore they leave bugs in like:
When you scroll down and a video pops out, you're suddenly at the top
When you like a message in chat, on desktop, you have to hover a few times until it shows up.
These are bugs, but they keep you using the site longer.. I just leave when they do that.
Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
#529One area I see why FB is losing a lot of users is that there's just too much noise generated, where the content which people may find to some degree useful is being crowded by the same repetitive ads, notifications, (fake) news and headlines that are being circulated around within your interests (friends, followed stuffs, etc.).
I recall when FB was immersive because it provided you content which you relate to - people you know, people you follow, interests that makes you feel that this social tool is enriching your life. Nowadays, FB is like a river with too much garbage on it. You won't enjoy swimming, much less even enjoy what you are seeing.
Re: U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
#530Anecdotally, I work with teenagers and none of them have a Facebook pages. It's viewed as a place for old people and parents. For me personally, it's almost impossible to deal with. Way too many political posts from my friends and family. It's probably best use for me is local events and an occasional major event from a friend/family member. Still, I find myself going there less and less. From a small business standp…
The problem with the non ad driven model is that to you 5$ might be nothing, but some people 5$ is an impossible sum of money to spend a month on entertainment. Ads allow companies to offer first world products to customers who could desperately use technology to help them connect and trade in their local communities. I think the discussion on privacy and ad based platforms should really be orthogonal.
The value of ads is related to the spending power of those advertised to. If $5 is an impossible sum to spend for a user, advertising to them is worth very little as well.