Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return

Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by vdqtp3 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:18PM (#28790899)

Those passive relationships are why I left Facebook. I had hundreds of friends, from people I had met once or twice to family and close friends of decades - but few of them put any effort into the relationships, instead relying on Facebook to prompt them to wish well on major events or update them on news.

Those relationships you don't want to let go of? They're largely worthless.

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by RandallBrown on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:39PM (#28791751)

Worthless in what way? I get happiness knowing about the lives of people I have cared about.

An interesting person from 15 years ago doesn't usually stop being an interesting person just because I haven't talked to them regularly.

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Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return by OneTimePetes on Friday October 08, 2021 @09:37AM (#28799147)

You shared moments of a finite life with them.Thus they are valuable. You read this comments, wasting expensive seconds of your life on it. Thus the relationship to a internet stranger was valuable.

All those connections are paid for in the most expensive currency that is.

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