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> Facebook wants to capture all discovery through FB and Insta directly competing with Amazon and Google Shopping. I don't have a Facebook account. As a resul
by CivBase 6y ago
> Facebook wants to capture all discovery through FB and Insta directly competing with Amazon and Google Shopping.
I don't have a Facebook account. As a result, I cannot "discover" anything on the platform. Facebook continues to become a less popular platform and their name continues to loose value thanks to constant involvement in scandals. I may be a minority, but I suspect I'm part of a growing minority.
I can't imagine many shops using this as a primary storefront and I can't imagine this offering much value to small businesses as a supplemental storefront.
Besides, who would be naive enough to trust Facebook with the primary storefront for a serious business? They have no obligation to create a good experience for sellers. All they care about is feeding the ad machine with more user data.
- woodrowbarlow 6y agothere was a period when i thought similarly (pretty soon, facebook won't be "cool" anymore) but it came and went. people are complaining more about facebook's disturbing moves, but they're not doing anything about it.
- CivBase 6y agoI think it's happening. It's just very slow. Most people wont delete their account. They'll just start using it less and less. Facebook hasn't been "cool" for a long time. It's not a platform most people want to be on. It's just so ubiquitous that many people feel obligated to be on it. Unless that changes, Facebook (the social media site, not the company) will continue to die a very slow death.
- redblacktree 6y agoExactly the case for me. I just routed facebook.com to 127.0.0.1 in my hosts file. I realized that I was going there out of habit and I always felt worse when I was done. It's been one of the best things I've done this year.
- juuyan 6y agoYet Facebook Shops would integrate to not only Facebook but also Ins, Whatsapp, isn't it?