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Maybe they feel they're building products that are actually adding value to people's lives? A decade ago, we hardly kept in touch or were aware of lives of peop
by sfifs 8y ago
Maybe they feel they're building products that are actually adding value to people's lives? A decade ago, we hardly kept in touch or were aware of lives of people beyond the immediate circle but now we do? Maybe their products gave self expression to millions of teens and twenties who found a way they could share their opinions and shape conversations without political or high society connections FOR FREE? Maybe they feel they've rescued people from watching unskippable ads on TV and replaced with far less intrusive ads on the feed?
While I neither work for nor really use Facebook products beyond WhatsApp, I do think they have added tremendous value to the world and would encourage you to also explore viewpoints different from the standard narratives.
- badfrog 8y agoI definitely agree with that, but I've started to hear a lot of people argue that social media is inherently bad. Reasons I've heard include wasting people's time, giving a false sense of community, and causing depression.
- JMTQp8lwXL 8y agoAfter college, many people busy with their lives don't post much on FB. There's a particular subset of friend I don't feel like I know very much about-- they're busy with their careers, relationships, etc. I couldn't passively watch my feed to know what's going on their lives, I'd have to pick up the phone and call.
- birksherty 8y agoI connected with long lost people on facebook. Most of them just upload a fake happy life on social media and it made me compare my life with them more. After deleting my facebook profile it never felt like I lost something. I don't want to know what's going on with everyone's life everyday. I just use phone call to connect with people I care about and few real friends now. It feels much better.
- tokyodude 8y agoThis isn't facebook's fault but for me SMS and then social media after I feel as worked the opposite. I maybe keep mildly aware of people I haven't seen in months or year because of social media but close friends I used to call daily or weekly and have long talks. Now it feels like bad manners to call someone which might disrupt their time when I could have messaged, emailed, slacked, tweeted instead. The result is I get/have no talks. Just a few short messages over a week or month.
- blueboo 8y agoLol, what precious, hysterical overstatement. You think hat ten years ago we hardly kept in touch with people beyond our immediate circle because you were 13. All of your “maybe they...” rhetorical questions have a firm answer outside your bubble. You’re not going to like them