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Interesting take. Me and my friends also moved to group chats. Probably unconsciously to avoid the intrusion. I guess FB overextended by invading out feeds wit
by rightbyte 4y ago
Interesting take. Me and my friends also moved to group chats. Probably unconsciously to avoid the intrusion.
I guess FB overextended by invading out feeds with ads and "recommendations" rather than gossip about friends.
- permo-w 4y agoI think "recommendations" are polarising rather than exclusively a (business) mistake. some people, like me, you and probably most of HN, see them as an intrusive waste of time and go out of their way to avoid them; however, I would imagine there is a very large slice of society that doesn't actively moderate how they spend their free time, or really question the things they're presented with online, to whom "recommendations" will have become a very engaging way to find new content and spend their time. that description isn't a euphemism for "stupid" either. I know plenty of intelligent people who scroll through a feed endlessly when they want a way to occupy their mind
- rightbyte 4y agoRecommendation feed engines probably gives encouraging numbers in the beginning, until the users realize that they are fed BS clickbait instead of baby pictures and other gossip. While I am quite sure some are hooked on the feed, the core of Facebook (friend gossip) is gone.
- Gareth321 4y ago>Me and my friends also moved to group chats. Probably unconsciously to avoid the intrusion. I guess that's why they have ads in Messenger now.
- rightbyte 4y agoYe. I wish Zuckerbergs adds them to Whatsapp too, so I can convince people to use e.g. Signal.
- stevage 4y agoMe too, accelerated by lockdowns. I love it. I'm so much more connected to them than I ever was through FB. Mostly just text. Banter.