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> Why are people quitting Facebook? The rise of fake news, meddling by Russian agencies, and plenty of content in your feed that you don’t remember subscribing
by spodek 9y ago
> Why are people quitting Facebook? The rise of fake news, meddling by Russian agencies, and plenty of content in your feed that you don’t remember subscribing to may all be to blame.
Those reasons are nice, but I hope the reasons become things like going outside to play tennis or shoot some hoops, cooking dinners from scratch, biking to work, and active things like that. Then, instead of posting pictures about it, to continue to more active things with people you're actually in-person with.
- ravenstine 9y agoThe media seems to have a very different view of how the public used Facebook than what I think reality dictates. Even my most left leaning friends have never told me they were particularly bothered by fake news on Facebook, besides maybe some viral crap posted by their aunt. People are leaving Facebook because it's not that satisfying, and the public has become increasingly aware of this. Pretty much everyone knows that people exaggerate the hell out of their lives and that maintaining an online persona has diminishing returns. It's also just not cool anymore because Facebook is seen as a highly censored platform, and you never know when the algorithm has decided that your post won't "go viral" so many of your friends never see it. Then of course there's seeing the same ads over and over again. But no, it's because people are concerned about Russian meddling and fake news! Hahaha