Re:Ask HN: Is Facebook dying?
by meesterdude on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @12:12AM
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I think the answer is yes. Their engagement has dropped and continues to drop - maybe something to do with why you find FB boring.
I stopped using facebook because i got gaslighted by the algo again and again. If I "share" my friends see it, but anything else and magically nobody sees it. So FB isn't even a way to stay in touch with my friends because... it won't let me.
But it is changing, and as a company they've taken steps to stay relevant, and are still the big social media company. I don't think they'll go down without a fight, and strategically they may one day pivot away from the FB app towards a suite of ones they've bought up.
I stopped using facebook because i got gaslighted by the algo again and again. If I "share" my friends see it, but anything else and magically nobody sees it. So FB isn't even a way to stay in touch with my friends because... it won't let me.
But it is changing, and as a company they've taken steps to stay relevant, and are still the big social media company. I don't think they'll go down without a fight, and strategically they may one day pivot away from the FB app towards a suite of ones they've bought up.