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People believe they get value from the groups This has largely replaced forums Facebook tried to make a separate groups product for people that just want grou
by vmception 5y ago
People believe they get value from the groups
This has largely replaced forums
Facebook tried to make a separate groups product for people that just want groups and not the rest of Facebook
Just like Messenger can be used without a full Facebook account
It is higher value for users than the newsfeed other social network experience, but it mostly sucks too
- olyjohn 5y agoGroups are a disorganized mess of the same repetitive trash over and over. It's the same problem in every group. Just miles and miles of random posts with no way to organize them, and a shit search feature. The only reason it killed forums is because they lowered the effort barrier. Forums were great because it required logins, and a minimal level of competency in order to use it. Only people who really wanted to be part of the forum would join. A simple login was enough barrier to keep out people who didn't want to put in any effort to their contribution. Facebook made it so that you can just go click a button and upload a picture and contribute a shitpost with no effort.