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This was a very minor reason in the grand order of reasons, but it played into why I finally left Facebook a few years ago. It's not like I was using it as a ph
by nonameiguess 5y ago
This was a very minor reason in the grand order of reasons, but it played into why I finally left Facebook a few years ago. It's not like I was using it as a photo manager. I'd only uploaded six photos ever and had been a member since 2004. But as I was sitting in the hospital recovering from my third spine surgery in 16 months, unable to even walk, and they throw me a photo on my timeline "hey, remember just 5 years ago when you could summit a mountain?" Yeah, I remember. It felt like they were kicking me in the face exactly after I'd already fallen down.
I did turn the feature off once they let you, but it doesn't do a user much good to throw new features like that in their face and then let them opt out after you've already insulted them.
- codeflo 5y agoMy story is less interesting, but I also remember quitting Facebook when it started to taunt me with photos of a past relationship that I wasn’t completely over yet at the time. Stuff like that has to be common. Did the “growth hacking” cynics who design these features not realize the harm they cause, or is the generated “engagement” still worth it in aggregate despite a few lost users?