Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social networking era

Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by AOsborn on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @12:10AM (#32246766)

That's a fair point.

I think another perspective is that this is a case of businesses chasing (or being forced to chase) endless 'growth'.

Facebook is likely optimising to increase engagement and revenue.

But in my humble opinion the Facebook of the early 2000s was close to perfect in terms of use. Obviously leaving the product the same wasn't going to drive that revenue and make the careers of all the employees.

I wish Facebook remained as the platform I could jump on a couple of times a week to see what distant friends and my Grandma was up to. For a while they somehow managed to have just the right balance where it seemed like everyone on the planet would eventually sign up.

It felt like this was a huge step forward in how the world communicated.

Logging onto Facebook in 2022 is a cesspit of flashy videos and clickbait posts. What a disappointment.

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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by mst on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @04:47AM (#32248227)

I continue to think that the difference in taxation between capital gains and dividends was a market distorting error. "Not growing noticeably but being steadily profitable" is IMO both underrated and overtaxed.

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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by philjohn on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @04:56AM (#32248284)

Facebook is still that for me - I don't follow groups and my feed is 99% far flung friends posts about their lives - we've also moved past the "look, everything in my life is perfect!" phase and people are more honest.

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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by simongray on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @08:04AM (#32249449)

I removed half of my friends and almost all of my information in a digital konmari exercise last year and Facebook is still like 1/3 ads, 1/3 videos I don't care about (and never asked for), and 1/3 actual posts or comments made by my "friends". It's an adridden wasteland.

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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by deniscepko2 on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:02AM (#32248329)

I have exactly the same feeling. I wonder if there is something like "Facebook 2008" ? It seems like LinkedIn is slowly taking that spot

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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by rchaud on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @06:59AM (#32248958)

Probably Snapchat, as it was the last of the social networks to focus on person-to-person communications and group chats. 2008 Facebook was more about "stalking" someone's profile and looking at who was commenting on their "wall".

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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by simongray on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @08:07AM (#32249468)

The place where everyone communicates like they're sending a job application and most of your inbox is just recruiter spam...? That place is like Facebook in '08?

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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by prox on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @02:58AM (#32247622)

For me Facebook is a bit like ancient Discord. A few companies and hobby groups are on there which I follow.

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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by andsoitis on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @09:40AM (#32250264)

> cesspit of flashy videos and clickbait posts.

... that people in your network (re-)post, right?

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