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It's incorrect to say that they provide more value than they cost you. They cost most users more to leave than they cost to stay. That's not the same as providi
by ajb 3y ago
It's incorrect to say that they provide more value than they cost you. They cost most users more to leave than they cost to stay. That's not the same as providing that value, they've simply found a away to become a gatekeeper to the value people get from their social contacts.
- roenxi 3y agoThe cost to leave Facebook is precisely the cost of providing services equivalent to the value of Facebook's offering. There isn't an exit tax. In fact, I'd speculate the cost is exactly that someone would have to ring up their friends every so often and ask what is going on in their lives. As costs go we're delving into some trivial ones.
- theblobawakens 3y agoFor having taken that choice - getting off socials for ideological reasons - and now being left to do exactly what you suggest - phoning everybody regularly - I have realized that the cost in time is, in fact to trivial at all, quite the opposite. For a few months now I set time aside every few days to do so, particularly on the week-ends. Problem is ofc that not everybody is available to answer when I call. They then call back at random times, which are not always the best, but you can't also just cut ppl off and say I'll call you later. Digital social circles allow for asynchronous transmission, while regular comms require synchronous schedules which fast become a big opportunity cost. As such, maintaining the knowledge of the current state of your social network without some form of localized broadcast mechanism is in truth quite expensive.