5 ms·
Agree with most of this, but I'm curious where Facebook groups fit in here. We recently moved to Florida and have been scrambling to find non-religious home sch
by msluyter 5y ago
Agree with most of this, but I'm curious where Facebook groups fit in here. We recently moved to Florida and have been scrambling to find non-religious home school friends for our daughter (homeschooling because of Covid). Facebook has been pretty much only resource available, and I've joined a number of local groups that have proved somewhat helpful. I'm wondering whether groups may provide a level of stickiness and user retention that the timeline may not?
- jmacd 5y agoFacebook Groups and Marketplace are both good examples of content graphs. Your social network is irrelevant to them, in fact you may prefer NOT to see the listings made by your friends/family as the negotiation/purchasing is often nicer when it is relatively anonymous. Facebook's one moat is very shallow in this space. Unlike high attention media with placement and interstitial opportunities, Marketplace and Groups are not great business models.
- tpmx 5y agoThe social network graphs of the people contributing to e.g. a local group or marketplace helps in making sure that people behave somewhat honestly, I've found. At least in locales with like < 5k people.
- skydhash 5y agoLike a more friendlier Reddit?
- tekknik 5y ago> have been scrambling to find non-religious home school friends for our daughter Why do they have to be non-religious?
- kwertyoowiyop 5y agoWhy ask why? That’s their stated preference.
- tekknik 5y agoBecause I’m curious. Why ask any question? Is it a hard question to answer?