Re:Facebook's employees reckon with the social network they'...
by CM30 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @02:39PM
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Audience.
Twitter has a more left leaning audience than many social media platforms, hence its creep away from tolerating anything right wing or centrist.
Facebook's audience is predominantly more balanced in that regard, with a larger percentage of conservatives using it in some way (especially those in older generations).
If they tried to go the same way as Twitter or Reddit, a large percentage of Facebook users would be absolutely pissed, and they'd likely lose a lot of traffic.
Twitter has a more left leaning audience than many social media platforms, hence its creep away from tolerating anything right wing or centrist.
Facebook's audience is predominantly more balanced in that regard, with a larger percentage of conservatives using it in some way (especially those in older generations).
If they tried to go the same way as Twitter or Reddit, a large percentage of Facebook users would be absolutely pissed, and they'd likely lose a lot of traffic.