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Facebook seems to be of two minds with regard to "social" media. On the one hand, they're forcing awful reels/stories type anti-social content that's largely me
by rconti 3y ago
Facebook seems to be of two minds with regard to "social" media. On the one hand, they're forcing awful reels/stories type anti-social content that's largely meant for passive consumption and zero engagement, while on the other hand pushing a new product that encourages participation and engagement and content that lasts more than 24h.
- bluGill 3y agoThe actual useful social part of Facebook really only needs about 5 minutes per day to keep up with: who has a birthday, who's kid did some cute thing, who is where on vacation, and similar things. They need you to spend hours on Facebook to make money though, and that means adding things to keep you on despite not being what they do well.
- the_snooze 3y agoI think that's the truly rotten thing about social media. They need you to interact with it in pursuit of their business goals, instead of letting people drive social dynamics themselves. It's less "social" and more "consumption." By contrast, a private group chat is entirely driven by its participants and the social expectations between them. A private group chat won't say "hey, we recommend you add X, Y, and Z randos!" or try to commodify your social ties.
- permo-w 3y agothere's money in both of them