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It is Facebook. People who are in that ecosystem will use it, whereas those of us who aren't will not go anywhere near it.

by snvzz 3y ago

purplejacket 3y ago
Top comment.
mongol 3y ago
Exactly. For some reason I have this irrational dislike for the Meta universe. I made a choice early on to not join Facebook and since then it has been a like personal rule for me. But I am bad at keeping myself accountable since I use Whatsapp to communicate with my immediate family.
- djbusby 3y ago
  Not irrational.
- kelnos 3y ago
  I don't think that's irrational at all. I joined in April 2004, shortly after it was first open to some colleges, and at that time it was great. For the next few years at least, it was a pretty positive place, without all the "engagement hacks" and ads and junk. I joined Instagram as soon as it was available on Android (2012 I think), and loved it. By that point, Facebook was starting to get a little icky, and I really liked that it was just photos, all positive stuff, and always reverse-chronological. Then Zuck got his dirty hands on Instagram, and it of course started getting icky in many of the same ways Instagram did. I quit Facebook in 2018, and Instagram not long after, and haven't really looked back. I still would occasionally sign into my FB account for event invitations, but seems like most of my friend group doesn't use FB for that anymore, so that's mostly gone. Everything Meta touches turns into garbage. It's all about emotional manipulation and getting people worked up about something or other. Your take on Meta/FB from the beginning turned out to be prescient, I think.
- snvzz 3y ago
  Never had a FB account. Never used Whatsapp either. I got bad vibes from Facebook from the very start, and steered clear.
lanza 3y ago
The majority of the people on earth with access to the internet (~5b) are monthly Meta product users (~3.7b).
- tintedfireglass 3y ago
  Meta products include whatsapp too which is a large portion of the pie but does not constitute as a social media app
elforce002 3y ago
THIS. I only use it for businesses purposes. That's it. I won't be getting any news from this watered down version of Twitter.
MikusR 3y ago
It is Instagram not Facebook
- deadbolt 3y ago
  Don't be pedantic, it's the same thing.
  - MikusR 3y ago
    It really isn't. Meta wishes every instagram user was also a facebook user. Or every WhatsApp user to be instagram and facebook user
stOneskull 3y ago
well, it's instagram. this'll probably get lots of facebook users to make an instagram account now though, to have an account on threads. under the meta umbrella. every time i put on my quest 2, i get bored before the updates are downloaded. walkabout is the best thing about meta. maybe it'll be the savior.

It is Facebook. People who are in that ecosystem will use it, whereas those of us who aren't will not go anywhere near it.

by snvzz 3y ago

It is Facebook. People who are in that ecosystem will use it, whereas those of us who aren't will not go anywhere near it.

purplejacket 3y ago

Top comment.

mongol 3y ago

Exactly. For some reason I have this irrational dislike for the Meta universe. I made a choice early on to not join Facebook and since then it has been a like personal rule for me. But I am bad at keeping myself accountable since I use Whatsapp to communicate with my immediate family.

djbusby 3y ago
Not irrational.
kelnos 3y ago
I don't think that's irrational at all. I joined in April 2004, shortly after it was first open to some colleges, and at that time it was great. For the next few years at least, it was a pretty positive place, without all the "engagement hacks" and ads and junk. I joined Instagram as soon as it was available on Android (2012 I think), and loved it. By that point, Facebook was starting to get a little icky, and I really liked that it was just photos, all positive stuff, and always reverse-chronological. Then Zuck got his dirty hands on Instagram, and it of course started getting icky in many of the same ways Instagram did. I quit Facebook in 2018, and Instagram not long after, and haven't really looked back. I still would occasionally sign into my FB account for event invitations, but seems like most of my friend group doesn't use FB for that anymore, so that's mostly gone. Everything Meta touches turns into garbage. It's all about emotional manipulation and getting people worked up about something or other. Your take on Meta/FB from the beginning turned out to be prescient, I think.
snvzz 3y ago
Never had a FB account. Never used Whatsapp either. I got bad vibes from Facebook from the very start, and steered clear.

lanza 3y ago

The majority of the people on earth with access to the internet (~5b) are monthly Meta product users (~3.7b).

tintedfireglass 3y ago
Meta products include whatsapp too which is a large portion of the pie but does not constitute as a social media app

elforce002 3y ago

THIS. I only use it for businesses purposes. That's it. I won't be getting any news from this watered down version of Twitter.

MikusR 3y ago

It is Instagram not Facebook

deadbolt 3y ago
Don't be pedantic, it's the same thing.
- MikusR 3y ago
  It really isn't. Meta wishes every instagram user was also a facebook user. Or every WhatsApp user to be instagram and facebook user

stOneskull 3y ago

well, it's instagram. this'll probably get lots of facebook users to make an instagram account now though, to have an account on threads. under the meta umbrella. every time i put on my quest 2, i get bored before the updates are downloaded. walkabout is the best thing about meta. maybe it'll be the savior.