Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, According to SimilarWeb

Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by dec0dedab0de on Thursday May 17, 2018 @09:59PM (#17098068)

I find it disturbing when people I don't know ask to be friends, if they don't have any friends in common with me. I can't really understand why FB even allows this as when would they not be bots or scammers?

When it's someone you just recently met.

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Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by mygo on Thursday May 17, 2018 @10:11PM (#17098119)

yep I can imagine an alternate reality where you move into a new town and are socially outcast online by a facebook policy where you must have at least one facebook friend in common.

imagine going out of state for college and then not being able to add the hundreds of people you’ve met to your facebook friends list because you’re not already connected on facebook with at least one person in common.

people would just spend more time on another social network, where they can connect.

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Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by marci on Friday May 18, 2018 @08:25AM (#17100823)

IIRC, last I used fb (some years ago), there was an option to only allow requests to be made by friends of friends. Faulty memory or option removed?

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Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by r_c_a_d on Friday May 18, 2018 @10:23AM (#17101681)

No, it is still there. I use it because I am only on Facebook for one group. By having no "friends" I can look at the group without the clutter and no "friend requests".

And, since the group are moving to a WhatsApp group soon, I wont have to use Facebook at all.

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