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

Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by freddie_mercury on Friday May 18, 2018 @12:32AM (#17098712)

I would add that Americans are (possibly uniquely) politicised and can't seem to stop constant posting about news. My friends from other countries never do that and instead use Facebook to talk about their actual lives.

I also have anti-Facebook fatigue and HN threads about Facebook are tiresome and predictable. It is like a never-ending line of newly converted going on about veganism or Crossfit or whatever...but in HackerNews' case it is about anti-Facebook and how you'll be smarter, sexier, sleep better, lose weight, and your children and dog will love you more once you give up Facebook.

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Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by zerostar07 on Friday May 18, 2018 @03:10AM (#17099292)

Facebook is actively incentivizing posting of news. I remember over the years they made multiple changes specifically to bring more news to the users. Which is strange, given that they had the bulk of their growth when people were posting banal stuff and game requests.

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Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by trophycase on Friday May 18, 2018 @02:35AM (#17099165)

I haven't been on Facebook for 6 and 7 years and still often feel like I'm missing out and find it difficult to stay in the loop on events as well as staying connected with new acquaintences. How about that?

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