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One thing I've noticed (and I don't have any hard data for this, just anecdotal evidence) is that the rate of my friends sharing memories on Facebook has droppe

by avree 10y ago

One thing I've noticed (and I don't have any hard data for this, just anecdotal evidence) is that the rate of my friends sharing memories on Facebook has dropped a lot. It seems like more and more people are going to other networks/sites to share, and Facebook not so much. Messaging and communication is still going strong, but posting photos and stuff not so much. These changes, plus the features I've noticed lately that push up "your past memories" or "friendship anniversaries" certainly seem to be an attempt to get people posting more again, and remind them that what Facebook wants them to do is make this their 'social database'.

5555624 10y ago
Maybe it's a cultural thing. While I don't have a Facebook account, but a close friend has an account where a bunch of her friends are from the Philippines. Her friends in the U.S. don't seem to share much, other than an occasional funny picture; while those from the Philippines share what they are doing all the time. (She's from the U.S. and has never been to the Philippines.)
- avree 10y ago
  Interesting. My friends in the Philippines also are among the most frequent sharers on my News Feed as well!
  - mercer 10y ago
    Could it be that there's a progression to an individual's social media use that is somewhat separate from age? As in, many people in the West have been using social media for a long time and now don't care for it it as much, or are more particular in their use, while in the Philippines it's a relatively new phenomenon across age-groups? That's assuming that social media use is newer in the Philippines, of course. I have no clue if that's actually the case. I remember a time that everyone was on this whole 'chat thing' via IRC (some), ICQ, and whatnot. You chatted with strangers and friends alike; chat was the goal itself. In later years of high school this died down and we mostly used chat apps (in particular MSN Messenger) to actually get stuff done. Chat was just the tool. Now at this same time, internet had just become a big thing in Albania, and I remember people from all ages doing what I'd been doing in my early teens: random chats with people from around the world, just for the sake of it. The only difference was that they did it in internet cafés while I always had a home computer. Conversations with a number of people from Eastern Europe give me the same impression: regardless of age, they went through a 'chat phase' significantly later than those in Holland.
    - h8er4fun 10y ago
      When was the 'chat phase' in the Netherlands? It feels like that this chatting ended about 8 years ago in my Easter Europe country
- hurricaneSlider 10y ago
  Maybe it is because of workplace and hiring culture. Perhaps the states weights social media higher in their hiring decisions and hence people are more reluctant to express themselves in fear that this might cost them a future job
  - drusepth 10y ago
    I've always held the mindset, "If a company doesn't want to hire me for me being me, I don't want to work at that company," which obviously only works well when you have ample opportunities to select from during job searches. If there is a correlation between people posting less and fear of being rejected from future jobs, I wonder if Facebook will see more posting as the job market continues to improve (and vice versa). Would be interesting to plot out.

by avree 10y ago

5555624 10y ago

Maybe it's a cultural thing. While I don't have a Facebook account, but a close friend has an account where a bunch of her friends are from the Philippines. Her friends in the U.S. don't seem to share much, other than an occasional funny picture; while those from the Philippines share what they are doing all the time. (She's from the U.S. and has never been to the Philippines.)

avree 10y ago
Interesting. My friends in the Philippines also are among the most frequent sharers on my News Feed as well!
- mercer 10y ago
  Could it be that there's a progression to an individual's social media use that is somewhat separate from age? As in, many people in the West have been using social media for a long time and now don't care for it it as much, or are more particular in their use, while in the Philippines it's a relatively new phenomenon across age-groups? That's assuming that social media use is newer in the Philippines, of course. I have no clue if that's actually the case. I remember a time that everyone was on this whole 'chat thing' via IRC (some), ICQ, and whatnot. You chatted with strangers and friends alike; chat was the goal itself. In later years of high school this died down and we mostly used chat apps (in particular MSN Messenger) to actually get stuff done. Chat was just the tool. Now at this same time, internet had just become a big thing in Albania, and I remember people from all ages doing what I'd been doing in my early teens: random chats with people from around the world, just for the sake of it. The only difference was that they did it in internet cafés while I always had a home computer. Conversations with a number of people from Eastern Europe give me the same impression: regardless of age, they went through a 'chat phase' significantly later than those in Holland.
  - h8er4fun 10y ago
    When was the 'chat phase' in the Netherlands? It feels like that this chatting ended about 8 years ago in my Easter Europe country
hurricaneSlider 10y ago
Maybe it is because of workplace and hiring culture. Perhaps the states weights social media higher in their hiring decisions and hence people are more reluctant to express themselves in fear that this might cost them a future job
- drusepth 10y ago
  I've always held the mindset, "If a company doesn't want to hire me for me being me, I don't want to work at that company," which obviously only works well when you have ample opportunities to select from during job searches. If there is a correlation between people posting less and fear of being rejected from future jobs, I wonder if Facebook will see more posting as the job market continues to improve (and vice versa). Would be interesting to plot out.