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Are you sure facebook is the right app though? They obviously have a large user base, but is facebook really being used anymore? This is anecdotal, but everyon
by eksemplar 8y ago
Are you sure facebook is the right app though? They obviously have a large user base, but is facebook really being used anymore?
This is anecdotal, but everyone in my social circle is considering quitting facebook. They stick around for the same reason I am, because events are planned on facebook, because everyone is there.
No one really uses the wall though, and messenger completely died when it started forcing you to use it on mobile and people simply started using other message services because half their friends wouldn't respond until they were at computers.
That's not to say facebook the company is struggling. The wall has moved to instagram and a lot of people obviously use watsapp, but facebook itself is almost exclusively a better meetup.
Maybe this is different in the US, and it's certainly anecdotal, but it's the story I hear everywhere.
The user base is big, like you've said, and that means facebook has better potential than almost everyone else, I'll agree with you there, at least in theory. I just don't think Facebook is really a company with enough vision to disrupt online dating. If they were, they probably wouldn't still be trying to push facebook as their core product, and certainly not at the expense of their new apps that people actually like. I mean, it feels like the world is moving on, and Facebook isn't realising it, maybe because of their company name, but it just feels like they don't have the or any vision anymore.
- forkLding 8y agoFacebook is still being used, the majority of users are between 18 to 44 as can be seen on statista thru google search. However there is basically no young people. Having this dating feature kind of matches with their adult demographic who likely can pay. After all fb is dying with no young people signing up in North America, its gotta find a way out. Note that around the world but not North America and Europe there are still many young people signing up for FB.
- searine 8y ago> the majority of users are between 18 to 44 Yes but what kind of people? The only young people I see on facebook are married couples and kids. Not exactly the prime dating demographic.
- lucasmullens 8y agoI'm pretty sure Facebook users aren't more married than the average person. And kids aren't really on Facebook, not sure where you got that impression from.
- searine 8y agoBy kids I mean parents posting photos of kids.
- wild_preference 8y agoSo, your friends list consists of married couples and kids. How are you confusing that with the overall demographics of Facebook?
- CodeCube 8y agoI mean, you kind of answered the question yourself, "considering quitting facebook. [but] They stick around"
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoAnd then goes on to say: because everyone is there and but it just feels like they don't have the or [sic] any vision anymore.
- thanatropism 8y agoI spend 4-6 months at a time without logging in. I don't delete my facebook because I used as a kind of blog for years and don't want to delete all that content yet.
- eksemplar 8y agoThere's a difference between having an account and using it. I mean, I had a google+ account since the early days, but I used it about as much as I use facebook now.
- TomMarius 8y agoAnecdote - I don't know literally anyone who doesn't use Facebook, including my grandmother.
- eksemplar 8y agoDo you interact on the wall or in messenger?
- TomMarius 8y agoBoth, plus Groups and Events - groups are actually a huge major contributor to the development of shared economics in our country, a lot of people stick around because they want to participate in the hundreds of various interesting and well moderated groups (local food, housing, cars, ...) that are available in our language - I tried to find similar ones in English or other languages but failed. There are a few, but nothing comparable, discussion quality is usually much worse and ads are scam.
- booleandilemma 8y agoHi, non-Facebook user here :)
- cm2012 8y agoLiterally half of all Americans actively use either FB or IG at least once a day, as of Q3 ending.
- dbbk 8y agoAlso worldwide they have 2.27 billion monthly active users. Which is roughly a third of the human race.
- sveme 8y agoI actually don‘t believe those numbers without an independent audit.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 8y agoIt's ok. You aren't responsible for the go-no-go decision on this dating feature, so you don't need to believe the numbers.
- chillacy 8y agoJust stand in a subway and see what apps people are using. I’m in Southeast Asia and it’s Facebook or Line all the time. I almost never use it myself any lots of friends don’t either but these things will be correlated with my own preferences by nature. I also don’t read tabloids or watch reality tv but I know people on aggregate consume those a bunch.
- randomsearch 8y agoAt some point in the month those accounts make some kind of connection with Facebook’s auth system. Those accounts are almost certainly not 1:1 with people. The real usage of Facebook is probably a fraction of that number. They have huge incentives to mislead about those figures. A much better stat would be the number of individual people (eliminating known duplicates and businesses) who post an original post to their timeline each day, each week, and each month. Facebook don’t post those figures because they would be pretty darn low.
- msvan 8y agoMy entire social life lives in Facebook Messenger. Maybe Messenger is dead in your social circle, but certainly not in mine. The Wall is dead though.
- wild_preference 8y agoThe wall has just become like Instagram: you post things and people like/comment. That this commenter is asking people if they communicate via wall messages shows how out of touch they are, if "nobody uses Facebook anymore" wasn't the first hint.
- gordon_freeman 8y agoBy Wall, 'msvan' meant News Feed I guess.
- enieslobby 8y ago> messenger completely died when it started forcing you to use it on mobile and people simply started using other message services because half their friends wouldn't respond until they were at computers. To counter this with my own personal anecdote, in my social circles this is not true at all, and messenger has become even more of the messaging standard in recent times.
- joshstrange 8y agoA second anecdote, every single communication for me is over FB messenger or iMessage. I occasionally get SMS messages but I refuse to use SMS long-term with my android friends, you just miss out on too many features.
- thewizardofaus 8y agoWhat features do you miss out on by using SMS?
- joshstrange 8y agoRead receipts, typing indicators, delivery receipts, unlimited message size (text), better sending of media files and links to websites like previews)
- murukesh_s 8y agoPlus I believe SMS is not free, so you never used it as much
- throwawaymath 8y agoEncryption, authentication, delivery notifications, read receipts, typing indicators, group messaging, hyperlink previews, third party app integrations, (some) emojis, etc. The experience of using SMS is spartan and incomparable to modern messaging applications like iMessage, Whatsapp or Facebook Messenger.
- davidjnelson 8y agoOne example where Facebook is not just useful, but essential: crisis response. For example the butte county fire today.
- nicky0 8y agoIn what way is Facebook essential in this situation?
- davidjnelson 8y agoTo see if friends and family are safe.
- ams6110 8y agoHow is that essential? What are you going to do about it from wherever your remote location is?
- davidjnelson 8y agoStress reduction.
- ilikehurdles 8y agoThe people I immediately care about being safe are people I can and will contact directly outside of Facebook. Everyone else, I’ll find out about eventually.
- JoshMnem 8y agoIt's a stretch to call Facebook _essential_. If you're worrying about someone, pick up the phone. Using Facebook has its own heavy costs.
- fooker 8y agoHow do you keep track of the people -> current location mapping in your head? Are you going to suggest keeping a notebook for that?
- baby 8y agoPlenty of people use facebook for the marketplace, I can see how a lot of them would use facebook for dating.