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Anyone who choses to use FB is just not thinking. I could get joining Instagram, Snapchat, etc b/c of friends. But even if you don't care about privacy, don;t c

Anyone who choses to use FB is just not thinking. I could get joining Instagram, Snapchat, etc b/c of friends. But even if you don't care about privacy, don;t care about algorithms censoring human expression, and don't care about unauthorized physiological experiments to influence your emotions, why would you choose a platform with tons of ads, a terrible UI that fills up timelines with every time someone uploads a new profile, is slow as hell, and is a haphazard mess of sloppily assembled groups with all-caps titles. It's not attractive. It's not addictive. It's both morally and graphically disgusting at every level. I'm beginning to think the latter is intentional, just like scam email with copious misspellings.

nordsieck 9y ago
> Anyone who choses to use FB is just not thinking. One of the answers to your implied question is events. I belong to one of many, many subcultures who organize almost exclusively through facebook. This one happens to be related to dancing. There are around 5 weekly events held regularly, along with a number regular of monthly-ish classes and around one special event per month held locally. Facebook is just way better than the alternative (meetup), and better than the old way (email lists).
- kbart 9y ago
  How it's better than email list? Getting an email event invitation once in a while looks way better than checking Facebook's spammy notifications every day to see if something is coming up.
  - jerrre 9y ago
    I think many people have a more spammy mailbox than their facebook notifications.
  - nordsieck 9y ago
    > How it's better than email list? 1. Organizers can update events instead of sending a new message 2. Organizers get to see a list of people who claim they're going 3. The message thread and images associated with events are much easier to deal with instead of throwing everything into one big slush pile that is an email list. 4. It makes much more sense to create events way ahead of time (think a year out). 5. It's easier for participants to see which events their friends are going to. Ultimately, email just isn't very good for a number of use cases and events is one of them. These are also some of the same reasons why people started using wikis or sharepoint instead of email.
- rdiddly 9y ago
  I get tired just thinking about 5 dance events per week.
- andrewingram 9y ago
  The downside is getting tagged every few hours by some dance promoter. In London there are numerous (3-4 at least) events for every night of the week, just for a single dance style, and all the promoters want my attention.

nordsieck 9y ago

> Anyone who choses to use FB is just not thinking. One of the answers to your implied question is events. I belong to one of many, many subcultures who organize almost exclusively through facebook. This one happens to be related to dancing. There are around 5 weekly events held regularly, along with a number regular of monthly-ish classes and around one special event per month held locally. Facebook is just way better than the alternative (meetup), and better than the old way (email lists).

kbart 9y ago
How it's better than email list? Getting an email event invitation once in a while looks way better than checking Facebook's spammy notifications every day to see if something is coming up.
- jerrre 9y ago
  I think many people have a more spammy mailbox than their facebook notifications.
- nordsieck 9y ago
  > How it's better than email list? 1. Organizers can update events instead of sending a new message 2. Organizers get to see a list of people who claim they're going 3. The message thread and images associated with events are much easier to deal with instead of throwing everything into one big slush pile that is an email list. 4. It makes much more sense to create events way ahead of time (think a year out). 5. It's easier for participants to see which events their friends are going to. Ultimately, email just isn't very good for a number of use cases and events is one of them. These are also some of the same reasons why people started using wikis or sharepoint instead of email.
rdiddly 9y ago
I get tired just thinking about 5 dance events per week.
andrewingram 9y ago
The downside is getting tagged every few hours by some dance promoter. In London there are numerous (3-4 at least) events for every night of the week, just for a single dance style, and all the promoters want my attention.