Re:Facebook loses users for the first time
by msluyter on Thursday February 03, 2022 @09:31AM
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Agree with most of this, but I'm curious where Facebook groups fit in here. We recently moved to Florida and have been scrambling to find non-religious home school friends for our daughter (homeschooling because of Covid). Facebook has been pretty much only resource available, and I've joined a number of local groups that have proved somewhat helpful. I'm wondering whether groups may provide a level of stickiness and user retention that the timeline may not?
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Re:Facebook loses users for the first time
by jmacd on Thursday February 03, 2022 @09:49AM
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Facebook Groups and Marketplace are both good examples of content graphs. Your social network is irrelevant to them, in fact you may prefer NOT to see the listings made by your friends/family as the negotiation/purchasing is often nicer when it is relatively anonymous. Facebook's one moat is very shallow in this space.
Unlike high attention media with placement and interstitial opportunities, Marketplace and Groups are not great business models.
Re:Facebook loses users for the first time
by tpmx on Thursday February 03, 2022 @12:49PM
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The social network graphs of the people contributing to e.g. a local group or marketplace helps in making sure that people behave somewhat honestly, I've found. At least in locales with like < 5k people.
Re:Facebook loses users for the first time
by tekknik on Friday February 04, 2022 @07:31AM
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> have been scrambling to find non-religious home school friends for our daughter
Why do they have to be non-religious?
Re:Facebook loses users for the first time
by kwertyoowiyop on Friday February 04, 2022 @10:09AM
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Why ask why? That’s their stated preference.