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"... I don't care if they do better. It's not pointless quitting, I now no longer have Facebook in my life. ..." But your friends might and that is the problem
by bootload 16y ago
"... I don't care if they do better. It's not pointless quitting, I now no longer have Facebook in my life. ..."
But your friends might and that is the problem.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoIf I quit, Facebook immediately becomes less valuable to my friends. The only value Facebook has to the vast vast majority of its users, is it's ubiquity.
- mooism2 16y agoI did quit Facebook. My friends did not switch en masse to some other service I was using; they still organise parties on Facebook. A few people quitting Facebook only makes it less ubiquitous at the margins.
- bootload 16y ago"... My friends did not switch en masse to some other service I was using; they still organise parties on Facebook. ..." That's the scenario I'm thinking would happen. You are but one leaf on the social tree of your friends.
- bad_user 16y agoThe most powerful thing you can do regarding any service or product is to vote with your wallet ... or in the case of Facebook, with your subscription. When Facebook loses one user, the quality of their network drops ... insignificantly from a single user, but when speaking about multiple users quiting, then you've got a network effect. So ironically (thinking about TFA) if you care about the quality of their service the most effective thing you can do is to just quit using it. That will send a message more powerful than bitching and moaning about it in blog posts.
- bootload 16y ago"... The most powerful thing you can do regarding any service or product is to vote with your wallet ..." It is a big mistake to overlay a monetary system on your friends. This is one aspect users are really getting riled-up with, "monetising friends".