Re:Ask HN: Is Facebook dying?
by _kyran on Monday March 27, 2017 @06:41PM
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Just an anecdote about the immense value that can be derived from it amongst all the newsfeed crap:
This week, I moved 16000km away from home. Brand new to the city, after being here for 3 days, I get a notification that friend X has posted a local facebook group I'd joined that week.
I hadn't seen friend X (more of an acquaintance) in 4 years or so, but because of seeing this notification, he also saw a similar notification from a post I made, we both reached out at the same time, sent a few messages and ended up spending the entire day together.
Turns out we're both here for at least the next 6 months with similar intentions and have way more in common than we'd previously thought.
I've got a few other examples of serendipity that have happened due to social networks and as much as I hate the cancer that populates the newsfeed, messenger, groups, instagram and the directory itself provide immense value.
This week, I moved 16000km away from home. Brand new to the city, after being here for 3 days, I get a notification that friend X has posted a local facebook group I'd joined that week.
I hadn't seen friend X (more of an acquaintance) in 4 years or so, but because of seeing this notification, he also saw a similar notification from a post I made, we both reached out at the same time, sent a few messages and ended up spending the entire day together.
Turns out we're both here for at least the next 6 months with similar intentions and have way more in common than we'd previously thought.
I've got a few other examples of serendipity that have happened due to social networks and as much as I hate the cancer that populates the newsfeed, messenger, groups, instagram and the directory itself provide immense value.