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Re:‘People You May Know’ helped Facebook grow exponentially by ninth_ant on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:46PM (#22429217)
> But I'm still on Facebook because I have no other option for effective communication with my globally distributed family and with the local tech community.

But this speaks directly to the crux of this issue mentioned in the article that you take issue with.

Growth team tactics got people on the site and kept them engaged, and having a large and mostly comprehensive network makes it valuable to users. So when you find it valuable that your family and community is there, well that’s the point.

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Re:‘People You May Know’ helped Facebook grow exponentially by zaat on Thursday February 27, 2020 @05:12AM (#22432061)
Nope, I found my family directly and the community is in the groups. I believe I never used the People You May know box myself. I may have been added as a friend by someone using the feature, but probably not anyone that I actually care about being connected to.
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