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

Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by rbosinger on Friday May 18, 2018 @01:10AM (#17098869)

I think I'm just getting bored of information. I even find myself unexcited to check Reddit, or major news sites, or even this site. My routine used to be to check Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, CBC and CNN, GitHub "explore" and HackerNews. Now I just tend to get up in the morning, eat a muffin and stare off and think about stuff. I'm tempted to look at these sites but know I won't see anything that tickles me. So I find myself actually just deciding not to look at all.

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Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by pythonaut_16 on Friday May 18, 2018 @12:04PM (#17102517)

I think a lot of "information" on the internet these days is little more than noise.

News site: "Click-bait headline about something that happened that doesn't really change things."

Reddit: "A picture or anecdote about something perfectly mundane that happens to everyone, presented in a slightly interesting way that ultimately doesn't matter"

Hackernews: "A random tech article that expresses someone's opinion, or a random release of software or announcement. Doesn't really matter."

The information most likely to spread is mundane information that appeals to the most people. Welcome to the viral internet.

At least Hackernews frequently surfaces interesting content with technical depth and merit. I've learned a ton here and gotten connected to interesting technologies.

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Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by been_done1234 on Friday May 18, 2018 @01:24AM (#17098932)

I have a friend of a friend who has described the same feeling. They weren't sure what to make of it.

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Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by LeRoyVoss on Friday May 18, 2018 @02:42AM (#17099197)

I have the same feelings too.

In my case it is because of information being overwhelming. I just check a couple of sites at maximum now, the digital wellbeing thing that Google presented at io this year really resonated with me

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Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by brain5ide on Friday May 18, 2018 @10:22AM (#17101671)

I have the same feeling but am still guided by the monkey in my head that has the habit of checking everything. Any good replacement ideas for that dopamine hit?

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Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by pertsix on Friday May 18, 2018 @12:01PM (#17102496)

this is most commonly diagnosed as depression

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Re:Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, A... by lolsal on Friday May 18, 2018 @01:37PM (#17103341)

Can you clarify what you mean? I doubt that deciding not to look at news sites on the internet is depression.

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