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I feel like this is overly cynical. Facebook is still the best social network for certain age groups. Instagram (and Facebook) engagement is dropping but it's (

I feel like this is overly cynical. Facebook is still the best social network for certain age groups. Instagram (and Facebook) engagement is dropping but it's (they're) still one of the best mediums for getting the word out about events (for me anyway). Reddit is fine as long as old-reddit still works, though with losing API access the mobile story is about to suck.

wlesieutre 3y ago
> Facebook is still the best social network for certain age groups It's a great place to hang out for 65+ retirees posting crackpot conspiracy theories, that was the main reason I left. While I'm yelling at clouds, Facebook was better when it was more profile and people focused instead of turning the newsfeed into a twitter copy and optimizing for engagement bait content.
- bluGill 3y ago
  > Facebook was better when it was more profile and people focused instead of turning the newsfeed into a twitter copy and optimizing for engagement bait content. Which is why I tell everyone to block every single group. If someone shares something (that is it isn't a photo they personally took, or a thought they personally wrote) hit the "block all from [whatever group it was shared from]" button. Leave all groups and market place. I did that almost a year ago and Facebook became a useful place again!
bluGill 3y ago
Facebook is still a good social network so long as you limit it to friend you personally know only. Block marketplace and all groups. Use it to keep up on those distant friends and family that you are not ready to leave out of your life completely even though you don't get together often (that is they live far away from you so you can't visit in person often)
- pdntspa 3y ago
  Agreed. I do not engage with groups all that much and the snippets/suggestions it shows me for some are just downright nauseating. On that note it has been useful for figuring out which of my friends are secretly assholes and which of them just like to shitpost.

wlesieutre 3y ago

> Facebook is still the best social network for certain age groups It's a great place to hang out for 65+ retirees posting crackpot conspiracy theories, that was the main reason I left. While I'm yelling at clouds, Facebook was better when it was more profile and people focused instead of turning the newsfeed into a twitter copy and optimizing for engagement bait content.

bluGill 3y ago
> Facebook was better when it was more profile and people focused instead of turning the newsfeed into a twitter copy and optimizing for engagement bait content. Which is why I tell everyone to block every single group. If someone shares something (that is it isn't a photo they personally took, or a thought they personally wrote) hit the "block all from [whatever group it was shared from]" button. Leave all groups and market place. I did that almost a year ago and Facebook became a useful place again!

bluGill 3y ago

Facebook is still a good social network so long as you limit it to friend you personally know only. Block marketplace and all groups. Use it to keep up on those distant friends and family that you are not ready to leave out of your life completely even though you don't get together often (that is they live far away from you so you can't visit in person often)

pdntspa 3y ago
Agreed. I do not engage with groups all that much and the snippets/suggestions it shows me for some are just downright nauseating. On that note it has been useful for figuring out which of my friends are secretly assholes and which of them just like to shitpost.