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So why would people want to be Facebook users? What value are they getting besides targeted ads? I find it amusing to see people trying to imagine theoretical

by nas 16y ago

So why would people want to be Facebook users? What value are they getting besides targeted ads? I find it amusing to see people trying to imagine theoretical ways Facebook could earn income to justify their insane valuation. It is essentially the very definition of speculation. A prudent investor wouldn't touch that shit with a ten foot pole.

ericd 16y ago
So why would people want to be Facebook users? What value are they getting besides targeted ads? Erm... people like talking and interacting with their friends, and facebook makes that extremely easy? Ways it could make money in the future - since it could act as the online identity of a substantial portion of internet users, and gets the attention of a significant portion of those daily or weekly, there are a hell of a lot of ways.
- bad_user 16y ago
  If the noise gets unbearable, people will stop interacting on Facebook. E.g. every time I login I'm seeing lots of invites for stupid games and lots of my friends taking stupid quizzes/tests (like, "what does your birth month make you?", or other stupid shit like that). I've blocked as many apps as I could, I even deleted people from the friends list ... but it doesn't help, as the noise keeps getting more unbearable every day (no, I don't care about what my friends ate for breakfast). The only time I found Facebook useful was when I contacted a friend who changed his phone number. But that's about it in 2 years since I've had the account.
  - ericd 16y ago
    I'm near the low end of login frequency, probably, but it's usually the go-to place to organize parties and share photos. People also seem to like its messaging quite a bit. The notifications are pretty easy to ignore nowadays, but my friends don't seem to be playing Farmville/Mafia Wars as much as they used to.

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So why would people want to be Facebook users? What value are they getting besides targeted ads? I find it amusing to see people trying to imagine theoretical

by nas 16y ago

ericd 16y ago
So why would people want to be Facebook users? What value are they getting besides targeted ads? Erm... people like talking and interacting with their friends, and facebook makes that extremely easy? Ways it could make money in the future - since it could act as the online identity of a substantial portion of internet users, and gets the attention of a significant portion of those daily or weekly, there are a hell of a lot of ways.
- bad_user 16y ago
  If the noise gets unbearable, people will stop interacting on Facebook. E.g. every time I login I'm seeing lots of invites for stupid games and lots of my friends taking stupid quizzes/tests (like, "what does your birth month make you?", or other stupid shit like that). I've blocked as many apps as I could, I even deleted people from the friends list ... but it doesn't help, as the noise keeps getting more unbearable every day (no, I don't care about what my friends ate for breakfast). The only time I found Facebook useful was when I contacted a friend who changed his phone number. But that's about it in 2 years since I've had the account.
  - ericd 16y ago
    I'm near the low end of login frequency, probably, but it's usually the go-to place to organize parties and share photos. People also seem to like its messaging quite a bit. The notifications are pretty easy to ignore nowadays, but my friends don't seem to be playing Farmville/Mafia Wars as much as they used to.