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1.8 billion DAU's. They must be getting something out of it. You're definitely in the minority (even on HN, but I'm sure there are a sizeable number of people h
by k-mcgrady 10y ago
1.8 billion DAU's. They must be getting something out of it. You're definitely in the minority (even on HN, but I'm sure there are a sizeable number of people here not using it). I think every B2B scenario would expect tel/email. I have never encountered any that asked me to interact over Facebook and I'd be shocked if they did. Is it possible your view of Facebook is skewed by not using it in the last 8 years? A lot of people I know seem to be using it more and more for everyday tasks, for example:
1. Address book, messaging (FB & Whatsapp)
2. News
3. Buying/selling through a newish marketplace feature
4. Event organisation (events & groups)
5. Promoting business and communicating with customers (B2C and vice versa through enabling messenger feature for a page)
- sandworm101 10y ago1. My phone. 2. Websites (bbc.co.uk/news for a start). 3. Amazon. 4. I use eventbright for public things, email for private functions. 5. That isnt people. Thats the corporate facebook account. And it has never generated a real client, but has created much busywork and false leads.
- k-mcgrady 10y agoMy point wasn't that there aren't alternatives, it was that people are using Facebook for more and more day to day tasks. As for point 5 I was referencing the fact that instead of calling businesses people are able to message them through Facebook. Nothing to do with leads or generating clients (which again leads back to my point - having not used Facebook in 8 years your idea of what it is and what it is used for is highly skewed).
- glup 10y agoIs there any independent verification of 1.8b DAUs? How could one go about assessing that?
- k-mcgrady 10y agoNot that I know of but as a public company I doubt they could lie about that number without the potential for serious consequences.