I read "it's dying" by people on Discord and Reddit all the time, but the numbers prove otherwise. It's been going up this entire time and sitting over 3 billion MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS!

I feel like the bubble around people on other platforms saying "who uses Facebook anymore lol" is kind of wild given the numbers. Keep in mind these are active users not just abandoned accounts.

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[–] 132 points 2 years ago (27 children)

I have never been a Facebook user so I'm mostly guessing.

But I think there was a heyday where people spent a great deal of time on there.

Now they don't. They just log on when it's needed to get ahold of someone or check a specific niche community.

Thus it's dying because the ad revenue is way down. It's in decline not because it lacks users, but because they no longer spend hours there.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This sounds accurate to me. I have an account, and there are certain people that I use Messenger for, but I haven't updated my status or shared anything in about ten years.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's the same boat as me.

    Messenger and nothing else for 9 years now.

    Reddit killed Facebook for me when i started getting banned for memes etc

    Then reddit killed reddit for me

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I started a facebook account in 2006 and stopped using it a few years later. I still have an account but only look at it maybe 2 or 3 times a year.

    I hate when I have to log in to find a business though. It 's infuriating.

    And I hate reddit with the glare of a thousand suns.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I also wonder what they consider an active user. Would logging in through Facebook to play a mobile game count? What about just logging in through Facebook on any site to get an account on that site? I know I probably check my Facebook once every 3 months to check up on fam but other than that I don't use it.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My brother is in the ICU right now, and everything is being co-ordinated on Facebook. It’s how we are letting people know updates, and how we get a hold of people.

    Facebook is really the only social media platform that lets you find people somewhat easily from their name.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    Ad revenue is up, because they've replaced the feed with 98% ads and sponsored posts. You can't even see what your friends are posting now. It's disgusting.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    you can if you change to your 'friends' feed.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (8 children)

    It doesn't load. It shows like 0-1 post and then just spins endlessly. I know there's content they could show, because I've checked.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (6 children)

    works fine for me on desktop website and android app. Not sure what's going on with your computers/accounts. 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I've viewing it from the website on my phone. Before you might suggest it, no, I'm not interested in the app.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    sounds like you need a better browser, and a better phone.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Firefox and Pixel 7 Pro. It doesn't load on my desktop either, also using Firefox.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    my statement stands, especially since it works for everyone else.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    You downvoted me for giving my specs in relation to a problem I'm having with a website from a multi billion dollar company? Okay then.

    Edit: and it's not fine for everyone else. There are thousands of threads on Reddit and Facebook from people experiencing the same issues. It's cool that it works for you, but not supporting a major browser, when you're as big as Facebook is lame.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    This. It's horrible and outright unusable. I used to block each and every "recommended" post/page, after a few weeks they stopped appearing so frequently.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I tried that, but there's a million more to take their place. A couple days ago there was an ad for a game that was a completely naked woman with her legs spread open as the picture. I reported it and Facebook said they've reviewed it and determined it doesn't violate their community standards, even though exposed nipples are explicitly stated in their standards as a violation. There was an option to request further review and I tried to do that, and of course the submit button was disabled and broken because a trillion dollar company cant even be bothered to build a functional website. I'm fucking done with that site. If I can't even look for content my actual friends posted without being assaulted with pornography, then I'm done. I wish they'd crash and burn like the dumpster fire they are.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The point isn't so much to actually block all the garbage, that's impossible, but to suggest to the Facebook algo to show you less such stuff.

    I've also seen people getting semi-pornographic adverts on Youtube, so your experience sounds entirely expected. Putting everything else aside, it's "funny" how any other smaller independent website or a user on these major websites can and will be sanctioned (the user getting banned, the small website gaining a negative reputation) for hosting/posting pornography, but when a major website shoves pornography right into your face (and probably minors' too, which is unambiguously illegal) nothing can be done, there is never any sort of uproar or criticism, I doubt you could even report it to some authority...

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